The fastest solution for an emergency rental property repair is often the worst solution

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia. When you manage properties for a living, you learn pretty quickly that not all contractors are created equal. And when something goes wrong at a property, say water in the basement or a broken HVAC system; it’s easy to […]

There’s a big difference between a rental property and a rental property that is still a home

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia.  Yesterday, I had an insightful conversation with a potential client who owns a home and is preparing to convert it into a rental property. He’s decided to hire my property management company, which I’m excited about, but before finalizing […]

Rental properties and locking mailboxes

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia. As a property management company in Philadelphia, we run into this issue more often than you’d expect – locking mailboxes and tenants not returning the keys. It’s a small detail, but it causes a surprisingly large amount of frustration […]

Can a Philadelphia landlord turn utilities off if the the lease utilities are tenant responsibility?

Hi, there! Joe White here from Grow Property Management, your trusted property management company in Philadelphia. I recently started working with a new landlord client who’s clearly in distress. He owns a duplex in Fishtown, Philadelphia, and just onboarded with my property management company. One of the units has a tenant who hasn’t been paying […]

As a rental property owner don’t continue responding to a tenant after you’ve already responded

It’s not uncommon for a tenant to continue contacting you a landlord rental property owner after they’ve already answered the tenants question when the tenant doesn’t like the answer. Should a rental property landlord feel obligated to continue to respond to a tenant over the same matter? Where should a landlord draw the line. Hi, […]