Welcome to the Logical Property Management Blog. Below you'll find blog posts specific to Property Owners or Tenants to learn more about how we work and what you should be looking for.
The day a tenant stops paying is the day you find out if you actually understand Michigan property law, or if you just thought you did. Execute the process correctly, and you have your asset back and cash flowing again in about a month. Execute it poorly, serve the wrong notice, miss a statutory deadline, […]
Landlords, buckle up, because today’s ongoing eviction horror story might just make you rethink every lease renewal you’ve ever signed. It’s like a bad episode of a spooky ghost-hunting show—but the specters in question are very much alive and possibly eating breakfast in a house they’re not supposed to live in. This tale begins innocuously […]
If you’re a Detroit landlord, you NEED to read this. Our legal team just sent over an urgent update about breaking news coming out of the 36th District Court. The court is fundamentally changing how nonpayment of rent cases are handled, a move which now ties evictions directly to the city’s rental compliance ordinances. What […]
We’ve been buying, renovating, and managing rental properties in Detroit for almost 30 years. So it’s pretty safe to say that we’ve seen it all – from tenants who refuse to leave to ones who break in again, just when you thought you’d finally evicted them for good. So much, in fact, that we decided […]
What Do You Do When There’s Too Much to Evict? You’ve shown up on eviction day. It’s the final stage of a long, drawn-out process. The legal battles are behind you, and today’s goal is simple but crucial: remove the tenant’s possessions and secure the property. Arriving with your crew, law enforcement by your side, […]
As property managers with over 25 years of experience, we’ve seen our fair share of tenants who were more trouble than they were worth. But our most recent eviction story stands out as a cautionary tale for every landlord. Let us take you through the relentless cycle of late payments, mounting fees, and legal battles […]
There’s been a lot of buzz lately about squatter scams, particularly on social media. Some people claim it’s just another “manufactured crisis” driven by sensational headlines and TikTok. But as a property management company with boots on the ground in Detroit, we can confidently say—squatter scams are a genuine issue, and they’re becoming increasingly prevalent. […]
In the latest edition of our Eviction Horror Stories series, we’re looking at an MFR property in Detroit that took nearly 5 months of insanely hard work from our team to sort out – but sort it out, we did. Here’s how: In late October 2023, we got a call from a potential new client […]
We’re not aware of any other local management company sending their clients these types of updates! Please let us know if you hear of another company doing so. Please be sure to share this with anyone you know interested in real estate investing or looking for a better property manager, so they can see what […]
We’ve seen it, you’ve seen it—stoner movies where a bunch of friends smoke pot in a nondescript living room, casually engaging in recreational activities. It doesn’t only happen in movies, however, because marijuana or weed is steadily increasing in accessibility to individuals across the nation. Around 35 million Americans use marijuana on a monthly basis, […]