Red Roof Rentals Property Management Blog

By Red Roof Rentals - Monday, May 20, 2024

Seattle's median asking rent falls 7.3%, biggest drop in U.S.

SEATTLE - Seattle’s median asking rent has fallen 7.3% in just one year, the largest drop of any U.S. metro area.According to a report from real estate company Redfin, the biggest rent declines year over year have been in America’s Sun Belt—the lower, warme...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, April 26, 2024

10 Reasons to Hire a Professional Pierce County Property Manager

Setting the right rental rates: A good property management company will conduct a thorough market study in order to set a rental price for your property, ensuring that you achieve the perfect balance between maximizing monthly income and maintaining a low vacancy rate.Collecting ...

By Red Roof Rentals - Monday, November 1, 2021

BUY NOW! And you might lose money later! A CAUTIONARY TALE

Desperate to grab hold of today’s historic low home loan interest rates, many people seem to be willing to PAY ANYTHING to lay claim to ownership of a home of their own … TO GET RICH IN THE FUTURE. Problem is, they aren’t paying attention to future changes that...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, October 1, 2021

WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD RENTERS GONE?

They worked on restoring their credit during the 1+ year COVID… then they worked hard and got approved for a 2.75% home loan… went out house shopping with their Realtor… found their dream home… and gave Red Roof notice to vacate.Are we upset by this? N...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, May 8, 2020

BEFORE YOU DECIDE NOT TO PAY YOUR RENT

It’s appearing in the news now … unemployed renters who propose to PAY NO RENT until the COVID-19 epidemic has past.“Why should a wealthy landlord take advantage of and profit by my suffering?” is the common unspoken thread being used to weave this fabric...

By Red Roof Rentals - Saturday, March 28, 2020

WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS

The Red Roof office may be closed to the public but WE REMAIN OPEN TO SERVE YOU! Thanks to management systems already in place, we are able to fully serve our owners and tenants from our temporary home office.Until the state ordered moratorium is lifted and our office is re-...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, February 28, 2020

Learning from the Past

“What goes around comes around” “The past has a way of repeating itself” “Hold onto your clothes long enough and they will come back in style”Haven’t all of us said or thought these things before? They are all are ways of expressing a vag...

By Red Roof Rentals - Thursday, November 7, 2019

ARE HEAT PUMPS REALLY WORTH IT?

Short answer… YES!With the widespread availability and reasonable cost of the new “minisplit” heat pump units, also called ductless systems, you can now consider converting your old gas, oil or electric forced air furnaces to a NEW WAY OF HEATING… A...

By Red Roof Rentals - Thursday, October 24, 2019

Washington State Mandated Deadlines for Rental Repairs

Here is a problem that we encounter from time to time:An owner is called about a needed repair issue (cost est. to exceed $300).The owner says “Let me think about it.”State law requires the repair to be commenced within 1, 3 or 10 days1 day – no water, no power,...

By Red Roof Rentals - Thursday, June 13, 2019

What Determines My Credit Score?

If you haven’t already found out, your credit score can affect many aspects of your day-to-day living:your car insurance monthly paymentwhether you get approved to rent a house or notyour approval for a new VISA cardyour monthly payment on a new home you want to purchaseHer...

Red Roof Rentals Blog

Seattle's median asking rent falls 7.3%, biggest drop in U.S.

10 Reasons to Hire a Professional Pierce County Property Manager

BUY NOW! And you might lose money later! A CAUTIONARY TALE

WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD RENTERS GONE?

BEFORE YOU DECIDE NOT TO PAY YOUR RENT

WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Learning from the Past

ARE HEAT PUMPS REALLY WORTH IT?

Washington State Mandated Deadlines for Rental Repairs

What Determines My Credit Score?

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