Property Management Blog

A lot of work goes into preparing a property for the dangers presented by even mild winters. Adequately winterizing a property means taking precautions to protect the pipes and plumbing systems, reinforcing windows to save energy costs, inspecting roof integrity and drainage, and much more. Depending on where you live, additiona...

If you’re wondering how does property management work, we have a client with us today who has been working with us for a while, and we just finished up a remodel. We’re taking this opportunity to ask him about our relationship and what it’s like to work with us as an investor. Identifying Investment Opportunit...

A lot of the clients we work with are from out of town and they don’t know where to buy rental property in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas. There’s no right or wrong answer about the best places to buy - it depends on the investment plans. There are two options to consider. You’re going to buy based on app...

Rental real estate investing often requires nontraditional loans, and today I’m talking to Cary Donham from Capital Concepts. Cary is my most trusted advisor when it comes to mortgages. So, here’s the conundrum: I’ve got 10 houses. What do I do when I want to buy my 11th house? If I go to a bank, they’re g...

Often, people will find a property that’s a great deal, but because so much work is needed on the home, it’s hard to pull the deal together financially. If rental property financing is an issue, there may be a way to overcome the problem. Today, we’re talking to Cary Donham with Capital Concepts. They p...

One of the common questions we get is about flooring for rental property. Landlords and property owners are replacing floors all the time in their rental properties, and they want to know how they can prevent this. It gets expensive when you have to put down new floors between every tenant. So, we’ve aske...

At McCaw Property Management, we manage properties all over the Dallas and Fort Worth areas. One of the things we are always coming up on is needing to make rental property upgrades. Either tenants are rough on the properties or the property is just old and dated. So we are talking about what you can do to improve ...

A lot of the questions property owners ask us are about insurance. They want to know what kind of insurance they need and they want to know what should landlord insurance cover? These are very good questions because you don’t want a claim or incident to arise, and then find out that you’re not covered. Today we�...

Absentee landlords, or remote landlords, are the people who own rental property in a different area than where they live. You can absolutely manage a property successfully from other parts of the state or the country or even the world. There’s nothing to be afraid of, as long as you are willing to outsource...

There are several important things that landlords often forget to do. Make sure you aren’t making these mistakes at your own rental property. Re-Key the Locks You may have your tenant who is ready to move in, and if you do – remember that the state of Texas requires you to re-key the locks within seven days of...