Property Management Blog

One of the things we do at  McCaw Property Management is to have an HVAC company service our air conditioning units twice a year. These seasonal inspections and tune ups protect the properties we manage. The vendor we use is Keller Services, and today we have Brian explaining how these inspections can prevent common maintenance disas...

Part of managing a rental property is making sure the HVAC system is working properly. At  McCaw Property Management, we turn to Keller Services for that maintenance. Today, Brian from Keller is talking about air filters and mistakes that rental property owners typically make.Air Filter ChoicesUsually, you can find cheap air filters ...

With our HVAC questions, we turn to Brian at Keller Services. People often ask about the SEER at properties. They want to know what the SEER rating is, and if you don’t know how to answer that, Brian is going to help explain what it means.Seasonal Energy Efficiency RatioSEER stands for the Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio. This is h...

If you’ve ever purchased or shopped for an air conditioning unit, you may know that there are two general kinds of systems that work best in properties like your rental.Those are the R22 air conditioning system and the 410A air conditioning system. We have asked Brian from Keller Services to discuss the difference in these two syste...

We have clients buying houses in the Dallas and Fort Worth area, and one of their questions is usually about the cooling system. They want to know how to buy an air conditioning unit, and what they should look for with the unit that’s in the property. We knew there was no one better to ask about this than our preferred vendor, Brian...

As you know, taxes are not cheap. They are a necessary evil, and our goal is to not pay any more than we have to. Today, I’m sharing my tips for reducing your rental property taxes. These are three good ways of protesting property taxes.Talk to the Property Appraiser and Tax Authority Go to the county courthouse or appraiser&rs...

Heating and air conditioning units require seasonal tune ups if they’re going to continue working properly and efficiently. We’re talking to Brian, the owner of Keller Services, who is one of our preferred vendors. He’s going to tell us what they do and how to preserve the life of air conditioning units in your rental pr...

Recently, we have been getting letters from the city of Dallas asking us to register all our rental properties. You may have received these letters as well. This is nothing new to the  Dallas/Fort Worth area as a whole, but it is new to the city of Dallas. It’s nothing to worry about; they are just playing catch up with the res...

You can invest in real estate with little money, and today we’re showing you how that’s possible. We are on site at a project right now, working on a house that a remote client recently bought. He is in California, and the property he just invested in is here in Fort Worth. He’s never seen it in person.Real Estate Invest...

One of the things we see in the Dallas Fort Worth market right now is that  pricing on homes has gone up significantly. Values are much higher than they were five years ago. A lot of our clients have a rental property, which they’ve owned for a few years, and the worth has gone up. So, they want to take advantage of purchasing ...