Suncoast Property Management Blog for Owners

Maximizing the return on investment (ROI) of your rental property is not just about increasing the rent; it’s a fine art that involves strategic planning and smart decisions. As a landlord, you play a pivotal ...

By Becky House

Property management is an essential element in maintaining and increasing the value of real estate investments. The role of a property manager is multifaceted and pivotal in connecting property owners with ...

By Becky House

Tenant screening is a vital component in managing rental properties effectively. As a landlord or property manager, your goal is not only to fill vacancies but to do so with individuals who will pay rent on ...

By Becky House

Tenant screening is an essential process for any landlord looking to lease property. By conducting a comprehensive background check, you gain a clearer portrait of prospective tenants, which can safeguard your ...

By Becky House

As a landlord or property manager, preparing your rental properties for winter is crucial to ensure the safety and comfort of your tenants and to protect your investment from the cold weather’s potential ...

By Becky House

Are you a rental property owner looking to maximize your rental returns for 2024? With the rental market constantly evolving, it’s important to stay ahead of the game and make strategic decisions to ensure ...

By Becky House

Regular property inspections are an essential part of being a landlord. They help you ensure that your property is well-maintained, identify any issues before they become major problems, and keep your tenants ...

By Becky House

Preparing your rental property for the winter season can be a daunting task, but it’s essential to ensure your property remains in good condition and your tenants stay warm and safe. As a landlord or property ...

By Becky House

Allowing pets in your rental property can be a tricky decision to make as a landlord. While it can attract more potential tenants and even increase rent prices, it also comes with its own set of challenges. In ...

By Becky House

Property managers provide an essential service, acting as mediators between tenants and owners while keeping track of every penny spent, local regulations, etc. They make sure passive income remains passive by ...

By Becky House

Property management companies play an essential role in more ways than one – from finding tenants to screening applicants and collecting rent payments. They ensure landlords stay abreast of industry standards ...

By Becky House

Landlords should become familiar with state and city-specific landlord-tenant laws to avoid legal or financial consequences for themselves and their tenants. Landlords should not reject applicants based on ...

By Becky House

Property inspections can assist landlords or property managers in detecting lease violations and ensuring tenants are maintaining the condition of their dwellings. Inspections also serve to mitigate safety ...

By Becky House

Tenant screening is an integral component of renting property. It protects you, your clients, and the home itself from damage that might cause irreparable harm to any structures on your rental properties. In ...

By Becky House

Real estate exit strategies generally consist of selling properties for a profit; however, investors often underestimate the significance of timing their sales based on market trends. Planning your exit ...

By Becky House

Hiring a property management company is one of the most critical decisions you’ll make when investing in real estate. Finding the ideal one will protect and grow your investment. Finding a qualified property ...

By Becky House

Being a landlord with difficult tenants can be a daunting challenge. But knowing how to effectively handle these scenarios will help ensure your property remains rented. The initial step in conflict resolution ...

By Becky House

No matter your experience as a landlord or as an experienced real estate investor, you want to maximize the value of your rental property and attract higher renters. Here’s how: To maximize the value of your ...

By Becky House

Did you acquire a new property you plan to rent out? Are you looking for ways to boost a new or current rental property? There are many ways to make your rental property more appealing and easier to rent. ...

By Becky House

The time has come and you need a good property management company. The right company will not only be professional but also well-established with a solid reputation. Turning over your rental properties to a ...

By Becky House

Landlords have to know how to communicate with their tenants. If you choose a property management team to help, you will likely need to make sure they know how to communicate with your tenants. Either way, the ...

By Becky House

As a landlord, you will have certain responsibilities and duties when it comes to maintenance and repairs to the property. It’s important to understand the local laws in your area so you can make sure you are ...

By Becky House

So you want to raise the rent, but you’re worried you might lose tenants. This is a tricky thing you might want to do, but you want to keep your best tenants. When you’re ready to raise the rent, it has to be ...

By Becky House

When you choose to work with our integrated operations team, you get top property management professionals. Our team knows how to make sure your properties and tenants are taken care of. We offer many ...

By Becky House

Communicating with your tenants is vital to your success as a landlord. If you want to make sure your tenants are happy, you should make sure you communicate with them in the best way possible. There are ...

By Becky House

Are you considering investing in rental properties throughout Georgia? With the right property management team and smart investments, you can build up cash flow and equity in your rental properties over time. ...

By Becky House

Breaking into the landlord game isn’t easy. While many TV shows make it look like it might be easy, it’s not as easy as it may look. If you’re considering buying a rental property, you should be well prepared. ...

By Becky House

As a landlord, one of the most important things you can do is keep your tenants happy. It may seem like common sense, but sometimes, it’s not as easy as it sounds. Happy tenants renew leases and spread the ...

By Becky House

Jacksonville, Florida has been a hot place for real estate investors for many years now. It’s a top market for investments for many reasons. The Jacksonville metro area has even been proven to be a big part of ...

By Becky House

When you own rental properties, one of the things you need to do is effectively promote your property. If a tenant moves out, you need to get a new one in as fast as you can, within reason. The longer a ...

By Becky House

Tenant evictions can make it hard to profit from your rentals. It’s a long process and it can cost you money upfront, along with lost rental payments. If you want to avoid tenant evictions, you need the right ...

By Becky House

When you become a landlord, you should understand the rental application process. Even if you hire a property management team, you should know this process. If you’re a new landlord, this beginner’s guide to ...

By Becky House

The year is almost over, but you still want to handle some home projects. Even though the holiday season is around the corner, there are some projects you will want to do during the winter months. The winter ...

By Becky House

There are some things that tend to be very common with rental properties. However, just because something is common doesn’t mean it should be something you embrace. With the right design trends, you can make ...

By Becky House

When you own rental properties, it’s not uncommon to rent to roommates. You may have a property with three bedrooms and three roommates who want to move into the property and split the rental payment. If ...

By Becky House

If you’re trying to increase the rent you make from your rental property, you need to know the right upgrades. There are certain upgrades that allow you to charge more for rent and others that won’t matter ...

By Becky House

When you’re a landlord, you want to avoid rental scams or you could end up struggling to profit from your properties. There are plenty of rental scams out there and you need to be aware of them. Let’s look at ...

By Becky House

Have you been thinking about investing in rental properties in Jacksonville, Florida, and surrounding areas? If so, we at Suncoast Property Management have some ideas that will provide you with an overview of ...

By Becky House

People enter the landlord business for a ton of different reasons. Regardless of how you did, being a landlord can be a profitable and rewarding venture, or a dangerous one if you come into some pretty common ...

By Becky House

While there might be a stigma around Section 8 housing, it’s still something to consider. It’s commonly known for having too much government involvement, a lot of paperwork, lower quality tenants, and some ...

By Becky House

When you take on a new tenant, you want them to take good care of your home. It’s an investment you made and you want that investment to remain in good shape. Helping your tenants feel at home will help them ...

By Becky House

When looking to try and find that balance between cost and ROI (Return on Investments) on home upgrades, every investor needs help. When looking at the available options for interior improvements, two of the ...

By Becky House

When you hire a property management company, it’s a good idea to understand what they do and don’t do. Some property managers may do it differently than others, but they all tend to have specific duties to ...

By Becky House

You’ve owned a rental property for years and it hasn’t been hard to manage. However, you just decided to invest in a second property and the third one is right around the corner. When you go from owning one ...

By Becky House

Many landlords and tenants are confused about renter’s insurance. They may not know what it is or how it works. It’s not uncommon for a landlord to require tenants to carry renter’s insurance, and for good ...

By Becky House

As a landlord, you’ve likely made mistakes with your rentals. There are some common mistakes landlords make that can certainly be avoided. Let’s look at five property mistakes you can avoid making by hiring a ...

By Becky House

Investing in a rental property means you want to make an income from it. With the right tips, you can certainly maximize your rental income potential. Let’s look at some of the best tips you can use to make ...

By Becky House

Whether it’s you as a landlord that wants to terminate the lease or the tenant, there are some things you should know. Sometimes, situations come up where it makes sense to let a tenant out of the lease. Let’s ...

By Becky House

When you’re ready to invest in a rental property, you want to make sure you’re successful. Evaluating the property, finding the right tenant, and making sure you can navigate the common issues can certainly ...

By Becky House

Attention homeowners that either currently lease out their home or are considering leasing out their home. Today we are going over a “cheat sheet” if you will on how to keep your tenants happy. When your ...

By Becky House

When you decide you want to buy a rental property, there are several things to consider. The 2% rule is one of those things you should be looking at before you decide to move forward with the purchase. What is ...

By Becky House

When it’s time to head north and you want to rent your Florida home, you should know how to get it ready. Whether you’re renting to one tenant for the entire summer or renting to vacationers by the week, there ...

By Becky House

Do You Know What Real Estate Investment Strategy Is Right For You? When researching the best approach to your real estate investment strategy, you’re likely to come across Property Management focused firms and ...

By Becky House

We have some exciting news to share! I’m thrilled to announce that PropertyManagement.com recently recognized SunCoast Property Management as one of the best property management companies in the Greater ...

By Becky House

Now that spring is here, it’s time for you to step out and start your spring cleaning. Here is a list of “to-do” items that you should start now so you can relax all the way through summertime: Test your ...

By Becky House

Look at the amazing progress we’ve made in just a few short months!! Be sure to follow our sister company at: www.sihomesfl.com

By Becky House

We are so happy to announce that our sister company, Southern Impression Homes, is now live! As our eagerness grows, the developments in Glenda’s Meadow Phase II and Forest Hideaway are moving so fast we can ...

By Becky House

Suncoast Gives Back As we come to the close of our “Suncoast Gives Back” food drive event, we are overwhelmed by the response from the community. Due to the generous amount of donations given by you, we ...

By Becky House

Suncoast Attends the 2016 NARPM Convention in Tampa Bay! The centerpiece at the 2016 Tampa Bay NARPM convention On September 21st, 2016, Suncoast Property Management had the honored privilege to attend Tampa ...

By Becky House

It may seem like you are giving yourself a little room to work with, but be careful. You may just be turning off buyers to begin with. Pricing a home for sale is a difficult task. Every home value falls within ...

By Becky House

When you’re ready to sell your home, we know that you’ll have to do the obvious. Cleaning the carpets, decluttering, and landscaping in order to get that maximum curb appeal but there’s one thing you might’ve ...

By Becky House

It’s no surprise that investors love what they do. I mean why not? If you can find just the right long-term investment that will continue to grow, then you’re on the road to that freedom from financial ...

By Becky House

It comes to no surprise to investors and homeowners alike that deterioration of their property is inevitable. Years pass and it’s only common sense that without proper care, these things will come back to ...

By Becky House

Suncoast Property Management has been diligently working on a highly demanded referral program. The Jacksonville based Property Management Company is actively seeking to expand by adding new owners to their ...

By Becky House