As helpful as online real estate resources Zillow or Trulia are, you'll want to work directly with a realtor and property management company for help renting a home. And, in the Baltimore area, we can help you. Zillow and Trulia offer big picture housing perspective Using Zillow or Trulia, you can educate yourself about potential neighbo...

Are you looking for a property management company that will provide you with professional, consistent, competent and high quality business guidance and service? One that consistently applies high standards to the services offered to landlords and tenants alike? If yes, continue reading below about Chesapeake Property Management, Inc. whi...

If you're new to Chesapeake Property Management, you may not be familiar  with how the company came to be and what inspired us to start the  business in 1997.You see, the reasons are very similar to the ones that inspired us to become involved in the Baltimore area real estate business in 1992:1. To offer business and financ...

Recently, we had a prospective tenant contact us who is relocating from South Carolina. He wanted to rent a property in Owings Mills, Maryland. Once he got over the initial sticker shock of rental properties here, I told him about the state of the rental market. Some of our properties move very fast; he needed to be prepared mentall...

If you have rental properties, you need to be ready to do repairs and maintenance as situations arise. That said, who's actually doing the repairs on your rental property? Landlords often think that buying a home warranty (like AHS) is a great investment. They think that for just a few hundred dollars any and all their rental property r...

Before deciding to rent out your home, you should be aware that there are risks associated with being a landlord.   We want to be up front about these risks so that you have realistic expectations. Some homeowners, after speaking with us, decide that being a landlord is not the best option for them.   It is better to know ...

If you are self-employed, you may be wondering how to get approved for a rental property. At Yaffe Real Estate and Chesapeake Property Management, we see many self-employed applicants applying for our rental properties. As part of our tenant application and qualification process, applicants have to supply proof of income over a...

Are you a first time home buyer hiding out as a tenant? Chesapeake Property Management, Inc. manages over 170 individually owned homes in the greater Baltimore Maryland Metro Area. With that amount of inventory, we process many tenant applications every day causing us to sometimes look at these applications and say: "Why are these people...

Often, potential property management landlords ask us questions about how tenant repair requests are handled for their rental property. More specifically, they might wonder "How do you decide what repairs to make to my home?  Will you call me every time?   Do you always get multiple estimates?  What vendors do you use?...

If you're considering becoming a landlord, realize that tenant qualification is really important. Here's why. Recently, a former landlord/client of ours decided to go his own way in terms of managing his rental property. He had been with Chesapeake Property Management for a few years, and decided he wanted to "save the commission and pro...