Property Maintenance

Cause-based guide to who pays for rental repairs in the Richmond metro, with documentation standards...

A repair dispute rarely starts with malice. It starts with a symptom that feels urgent to a resident and expensive to an owner, while the underlying cause is still unknown. “The house won’t cool,” “the toilet keeps clogging,” or “there’s ...

Reactive Repairs Cost More Than Owners Expect: The Economics Of Emergency Maintenance In Rentals

Profitability shows up on maintenance statements as a compounding problem, not a single repair problem.A rental stays profitable when preventable problems do not get the chance to compound, especially inside a maintenance services workflow where urgency, access, and documentation...

How to Keep Great Tenants in Your Investment Property

Around 13% of subsidized housing units in Virginia were unoccupied and in need of tenants, according to USAFacts.Holding onto great tenants is one of the best strategies for building a stable investment portfolio. When tenants stay longer, property owners reduce turnover-related ...

Who Is Responsible For Gardening At A Rental Home?

Gardening disputes rarely start as “gardening.” They start as a vague expectation that turns into an HOA notice, a dead patch of grass, a shrub that blocks a walkway, or a poison ivy patch that nobody claims. The cost usually shows up later as catch-up landscaping, pe...

How Often Should a Landlord Evaluate a Rental Property’s Condition? A Richmond, VA Guide

Condition evaluations stop being “nice to have” the moment a small defect turns into water damage, an access dispute, or a move-out argument about what was pre-existing. Most owners do not lose money because a repair was expensive. They lose money because they learned...