Blog

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.

2020-12-21

Why Communication is Key with Your Property Management Company

We live in a world where communication is key, but not all businesses are good at it. Telecommunication providers, for example, are notorious for their annoying and barely-responsive customer services… if you can even reach them at all. It’s no different in the service-oriented real estate industry. PMCs are supposed to manage properties and tenants […]

2020-12-07

What Will Happen to the Rental Industry if the Pandemic Lasts 2 Years?

What happens if the pandemic goes on for the next six months? The next year? What if it goes on much longer than we were originally expecting, and lasts another two years? With the way experts have been talking about the potentially slow delivery of a vaccine, that’s a possibility that’s starting to seem increasingly […]

2020-11-16

Virtual & 3D Tours are Here to Stay: Should You Invest in Them?

  With the pandemic still at large, it seems like virtual and 3D tours are truly here to stay. But should landlords invest in them? What if it’s just a temporary fix due to COVID? What are the benefits of having virtual tours, anyway? Before the pandemic changed our general behavior, most people didn’t trust […]

2020-11-02

Winter-proofing Your Rental Properties

With the warm months behind us and the weather cooling, it’s only a matter of time before winter snow and ice are here!  The last thing you want is tenants calling you on a freezing January night, saying their pipes have burst, flooding the entire basement and ruining their stuff (which they want you to […]

2020-09-21

ProtectingYour Rental Properties from Winter Related Damages

  With the warm months behind us and the weather cooling, it’s only a matter of time before winter snow and ice are here. The last thing you want is tenants calling you on a freezing January night, saying their pipes have burst, flooding the entire basement and ruining their stuff (which they want you […]

2020-09-07

PMCs: You Get What You Pay For

One of the most valuable things a PMC does for a DIY landlord is make their rentals a business, not personal. So, if you met a potential partner who was going to help you run your business, would your first priority be making sure that they took as little payment as possible for their efforts? […]

2020-08-03

Are You Ready to Scale Up Your Rental Business?

Most rental investors enter the industry thinking not just about owning a single rental property, but about how they can eventually scale up their rental business and acquire 2, 3, 4, or dozens of properties one day and retire from their day jobs. If you’ve put all your available capital into property #1 and are […]

2020-07-13

The Limitations of Online Tenant Screening Tools

Online tenant screening tools are easy and relatively cheap to use, but are they giving you the best overview of tenants’ backgrounds and reliability in terms of maintaining the property and paying rents on time?  If you’re dealing with applicants with high credit scores, this probably won’t be an issue for you. On the other […]

2020-07-06

Preparing for Extreme Rental Property Damages and Maintenance Issues

It should be expected that something will always go wrong or need fixing with any rental property. These extreme rental property damages and maintenance Issues often depends on the age and amount of deferred maintenance of a property and the demographics of the tenants. There are, things that most landlords aren’t prepared for either financially […]

2020-06-22

Beginner’s Guide to Working with a Property Management Company, Part 2

“Interviewing a Property Management Company”   Self-managing your rental properties can be challenging and time-consuming, especially for landlords who are scaling up their portfolios. This is where having a good property management company can be a huge asset There are many property management companies (PMC’s) to choose from, both good and bad, so gathering as […]

Signup for regular real estate updates and tips for the Metro-Detroit area