Richmond Property Management Blog

Virginia Rent Payment Plan Before Eviction: When Landlords Must Offer One

Starting July 1, 2027, Virginia will require a specific group of landlords to offer a written rent payment plan before terminating a rental agreement for certain nonpayment balances. The rule does not apply to every landlord or every delinquency. It turns on the landlord's ow...

Virginia Rental Application Disclosure Requirements for Landlords

Beginning July 1, 2027, Virginia landlords subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act will have a new disclosure step at the very front of the rental application process. Before requesting or collecting any payment or information about a prospective tenant, the l...

Virginia Rent Payment Methods and Processing Fee Rules

Virginia rental owners can offer online portals, ACH, cards, and other convenient ways to pay, but current law now sets a clear floor for covered residential tenancies. A compliant rent collection system has to account for the payment methods a landlord must accept, the receipts ...

Virginia Landlord-Tenant Law Changes Coming in 2027

Virginia rental owners do not need to wait for the 2027 General Assembly session to start preparing for next year's landlord-tenant law changes. Several of the 2026 Virginia landlord-tenant law changes are already scheduled to take effect in two waves, on January 1 and July 1...

Virginia Tenant Record Requests: What Landlords Must Provide

Virginia tenants already have the right to request copies of their tenant records. Starting July 1, 2027, Virginia adds a more specific accounting requirement for many landlords: when a tenant makes a written request for tenant records, the landlord must provide a written stateme...

Virginia Landlord-Tenant Law Changes in 2026

Virginia rental law changed in several important ways during the 2026 legislative cycle. Some changes are already affecting leases, notices, maintenance, and court procedures. Others were enacted in 2026 but do not take effect until 2027.For Richmond-area rental owners, this annu...

Virginia’s Expanded Landlord Retaliation Protections

Virginia is expanding its landlord retaliation statute on January 1, 2027. The change does not create a new retaliation rule from scratch. Virginia Code § 55.1-1258 already prohibits specified retaliatory conduct. The 2027 version broadens the protected tenant activities, gi...

Ashland Rental Market and Pricing Guide

Ashland is the smallest rental market in this pricing series, which makes a local pricing guide more useful only if it is used carefully. The town has a strong independent identity, but a relatively small number of active rentals means broad averages can move noticeably as the mi...

Mechanicsville Rental Market and Pricing Guide

Mechanicsville is often the market identity that matters to a prospective resident, even though the property sits within Hanover County. For rental pricing, that distinction is useful because the homes a Mechanicsville renter compares may form a much tighter competitive set than ...

Glen Allen Rental Market and Pricing Guide

Glen Allen is a meaningful rental-market identity of its own, and current data shows exactly why owners should avoid reducing the pricing decision to a single market label. Asking rent can move one direction while renter-demand indicators move another.PMI James River's Glen A...