Richmond Property Management Blog

Richmond City Rental Inspection Program: What Landlords Need to Know

Richmond City has a residential rental inspection framework, but it does not create routine municipal inspections for every rental property in the city. City Council adopted Ordinance 2025-161 on November 10, 2025, creating the Residential Rental Inspection Program, or RRIP. The ...

Will Mortgage Rates Affect Glen Allen Rental Demand in Late 2026?

Mortgage rates are likely supporting some Glen Allen rental demand in late 2026, but the local evidence does not show a uniformly hot rental market. Higher borrowing costs can keep some would-be buyers renting longer. At the same time, Glen Allen's current rental data shows t...

Will Mortgage Rates Affect Richmond Rental Demand in Late 2026?

Mortgage rates can affect Richmond rental demand, but not in the simple way landlords sometimes assume. Elevated borrowing costs make buying a home more expensive, which can keep some would-be buyers renting longer. At the same time, mortgage lock-in can turn some would-be home s...

Virginia Rent Escrow and Habitability Claims: What Landlords Need to Know

Virginia habitability disputes can reach court in two related ways. A tenant may raise qualifying landlord noncompliance as a defense after a landlord files a nonpayment case, or the tenant may file a separate tenant assertion asking the court for relief. Rental owners dealing wi...

Can Virginia Landlords Charge Tenants for Maintenance and Repairs?

Short answer: Virginia's July 1, 2026 law restricts when a landlord can require a tenant to pay a fee for maintenance or repair. It does not make every task that can be described as “maintenance” a landlord responsibility. The same Virginia Residential Landlord an...

Military Lease Termination in Virginia: What Rental Owners Need to Know

A Virginia rental owner who receives a military lease termination notice should not process it as an ordinary request to break a lease. Current Virginia law gives qualifying military tenants a statutory termination right, and the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, or SCRA, ...

Virginia Rental Fire or Casualty Damage: Landlord and Tenant Rights

A fire or other casualty can turn an ordinary rental into several urgent problems at once: emergency access, property stabilization, resident displacement, insurance claims, repair decisions, and the question of whether the lease continues. For Virginia rental owners, PMI James R...

Air Conditioning as an Essential Service in Virginia Rentals

Virginia changed the legal treatment of central air conditioning under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act on July 1, 2026. Qualifying landlord-supplied central air conditioning is now included in the statutory definition of an "essential service." The chan...

Virginia Eviction Diversion Program: What Landlords Need to Know

Virginia's Eviction Diversion Program can change what happens after a nonpayment unlawful detainer reaches General District Court. For rental owners who want a consistent process from delinquency through court, PMI James River's eviction protection process is built around...

Virginia’s 90-Day Rent Increase Notice Requirement

Starting July 1, 2027, Virginia Code § 55.1-1204(K) will require certain Virginia landlords to give written notice of a renewal-term rent increase at least 90 days before the end of the current rental agreement term. The notice must also give the tenant a renewal-response de...