Philadelphia Property Management Company Blog

Tenant ready quality is directly correlated to high evictions with a rental property.

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia.  John recently left a comment on one of my podcast episodes asking, essentially, how he can reduce evictions. From what he shared, he’s been dealing with nonstop turnover and multiple evictions, and while I don’t know the specifics of […]

Why is it taking longer to find tenants for rental properties than ever before?

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia. Ash reached out to me recently, asking why their rental unit, which historically rented extremely well is suddenly sitting vacant. From my perspective, the answer becomes clearer once we step back and look at the broader environment we’re operating […]

Entitled Philadelphia property owner wants to rent the property in filthy condition

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia. I manage a property management company in Philadelphia, and over the years I’ve seen all types of owners; hands-off ones, overly involved ones, inexperienced ones, but the couple I’m dealing with now, a husband and wife, stand out for […]

Your rental property similar or better that other rental properties in your market offer

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia. I have a team member from my property management company reaching out to me about a difficult‐to‐rent unit we manage in the Pennsport neighborhood of Philadelphia. It’s a great area, normally very rentable, but this particular property has been […]

Run down rental properties attract evictions

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia. Rental properties that get a lot of evictions often share the characteristics of looking like a property that will get an eviction. I was recently contacted by a property owner who has seven rental properties. He’s looking to switch […]

Squirrels getting into a rental property

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia. All right, here’s the situation: the tenants are really upset because a squirrel or maybe squirrels have gotten into their ceiling and possibly even their living space. I completely understand how distressing that must be. No one wants to […]

Assessing security deposit charges when a tenant made improvements to a property.

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia. I wanted to share a recent experience I had with a tenant move-out situation that raised some important points for landlords and property managers to consider. One of my tenants just moved out of a property we manage in […]

As a rental property owner you need to be making intellectual and not emotional decisions

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia.  I just had an owner terminate our property management services before we even got started. He owned a duplex in considerable distress, ceilings caving in, serious disrepair, just a mess overall, and while that’s not entirely uncommon, it’s deeply […]

City of Philadelphia rental property number of tenant restrictions

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia has well-defined parameters and clear restrictions on how many tenants are allowed to reside within that rental property. I recently received a question from an anonymous submitter about limiting the number of people living in […]

A property management company is going to have some input on the rental asking price!

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia. I recently received a question on the podcast as a comment from someone named Chrisman. He was a bit frustrated and wanted to know if what he’s experiencing with his property management company is normal. Specifically, his company is […]