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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.

2022-08-15

Tenant Payment Performance Update through July 2022

We’re not aware of any other local management company sending their clients these type of update! 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 […]

2022-06-03

Tenant Payment Performance Update through May 2022

  We’re not aware of any other local management company sending their clients these type 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 […]

2022-03-14

Calling Out Financially Dishonest Tenants: How to Catch Fake Pay Stubs

  Unfortunately, we live in a world where fake pay stubs exist.  If you’ve been a landlord for a while, you’ve probably come across a couple of these counterfeit documents during the application stage (or you’ve at least heard of someone else who has). The challenge is how to easily spot them, so you don’t […]

2021-09-10

COVID-19 Tenant Payment Performance Update through August 20

We truly hope you appreciate our extra efforts to keep you informed about the COVID impact on tenant rent payment performance. There are a lot of issues outside of our control, but we want to communicate to keep you informed. Please send us any suggestions for what additional information you’d like to see. Please be […]

2021-08-16

5 Tips to Collecting Rent on Time

Collecting rent, in full and on time, is the number one thing a landlord needs to do to be successful and have consistent cash flow.  But, especially in Class C or D rental markets (where lots of new investors start out because the houses are affordable), this isn’t always easy. You’ll almost certainly have to […]

2021-08-12

COVID-19 Tenant Payment Performance Update through July 2021

We truly hope you appreciate our extra efforts to keep you informed about the COVID impact on tenant rent payment performance. There are a lot of issues outside of our control, but we want to communicate to keep you informed. Please send us any suggestions for what additional information you’d like to see. Please be […]

2020-05-18

How Flexible Should You Be With Rent Payment Issues Due to COVID-19

Many tenants who are temporarily out of work are struggling to make rent payments due to COVID-19 Coronavirus has had a major impact on the global economy. As of April 20th, the U.S. has the highest number of cases in the world, and Michigan has been particularly affected. Not only are there a large number […]

2020-04-20

Handling Squatters in Michigan

When you hear the word “squatters”, it probably conjures up images of a homeless community or an abandoned house used as a drug den in the inner city. Though in many cases that may be true, modern-day squatters may be someone you diligently screened and leased to. Whether one of your holdover tenants refuses to […]

2019-11-11

Why Cash-For-Keys Can Be Better than Evicting

So, you have a nightmare tenant that you just want to get rid of! Though most property owners are all too familiar with the legal process of eviction, there is a viable alternative. If the seeds for eviction have been sown, “Cash for Keys” is a less intensive way to expedite the inevitable.  What is […]

2019-03-04

The 3 Most Common Eviction Mistakes DIY Landlords Make

Eviction is the legal process whereby a landlord regains possesion of his rental unit, typically for nonpayment or other lease violations. Each state has their own well-defined laws and procedures for evicting tenants. Failure to follow these correctly may result in money-costing delays and/or force a landlord to start the eviction process all over again. […]

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