Rent Your Property
Rental housing has always provided a broad choice of homes for people at all phases of life. Some of the interesting rental facts are almost one third of all U.S housing is rented, 43% of millennials ranked job opportunities as their primary motivation for moving and renting, and the median rent list price over the last five years in major U.S. cities such as Seattle has steadily gone up. In addition, the lack of home affordability leads to increased demand for rental properties.
As a real estate investor or homeowner looking to rent your property, chances are you are looking to maximize the profits from your investments as well as maintain and increase the value of your properties. Should you manage the property yourself or hire a professional management company? Ask yourself the following questions:
- How do you react when your tenants tell you they can’t pay rent due to a family emergency, or that their roommate won’t give them their half of the rent? Are you comfortable handling confrontations with tenants when they don’t pay rent on time?
- How certain are you that you are charging the highest rents you can? Do you wonder how much you should charge for rent?
- Does it stress you out that you might receive a phone call from your tenants at 3 AM saying their toilet is broken?
- After your current tenants move out, how long does it take you to get the unit ready for the next set of tenants? If it takes you 3 weeks to get the unit ready because you have another job, you are losing 3 weeks of rents. Would hiring a professional property management company make you money because they can turn the unit so much faster?
- Do you know the ins and outs of Fair Housing, Landlord-Tenant Laws, and a host of other requirements related to your legal duties as a landlord? Are you aware that not doing something right could lead to significant civil fines and penalties?
- Did you know that many renters cite “slow response by the landlord to our maintenance requests” as the reason for moving out? If you work at another job and have family responsibilities after work, how quickly can you respond to your tenant’s maintenance requests? Would hiring a professional management company help you keep your good tenants longer because their issues are addressed immediately?
- Are you worried about the tenants damaging your property? How do you keep yourself protected?
- What if you have to evict someone? Do you understand the legal procedure you have to follow?
- How much time are you spending showing vacant homes, advertising available units, collecting rents, doing bookkeeping, turning vacant units, dealing with vendors, paying the bills, and handling tenant issues? Would your time be better spent elsewhere, such as spending time with your loved ones or searching for more investment properties to buy?
Protocol Property Management is in the business of managing single-family homes, condos, multiplexes, and apartments in the Seattle metropolitan area. For the last 25 years, we have been relied upon by many real estate investors and homeowners to manage their properties due to our market knowledge, expertise, and experience.
Here are the advantages of hiring Protocol Property Management:
- Deep management experience. Protocol has decades of property management experience to help you attract the best tenants and achieve the highest rental rates.
- Marketing expertise. We know how to market your property and lease it fast so your vacancy loss is minimized.
- Comprehensive tenant screening. We take the time to screen each tenant carefully, verify income, and check references to ensure you have excellent tenants living at your property.
- Knowledge of laws and regulations. Violating rental housing laws can be costly. By hiring Protocol, you will gain the peace of mind knowing all the laws and regulations are properly followed.
- Timely accounting reports. You need accurate and timely financial statements to help you monitor your assets and make investment decisions. Protocol will produce monthly and annual financial statements on your property.
- Detailed property inspections. Protocol Property Management will conduct periodic property inspections to ensure your tenants are taking good care of your property, and resolve any issues if damages are noticed.
- Proactive management of tenants. From collecting rent on time to handling tenant complaints, Protocol will ensure a high rate of resident satisfaction as well as the proper enforcement of any lease violations.
- Attentive supervision of maintenance and repairs. Protocol Property Management works with a network of high-quality vendors to ensure any maintenance issues are addressed quickly, correctly, and cost effectively.
- Freedom of your time. Stop wasting your time dealing with tenant issues. Free up your time to buy more rental properties or spend with your loved ones, and leave the day-to-day management to us.
The reality is that hiring Protocol as your professional management company allows you to maximize your rents, reduce your vacancy, attract good tenants, and free up your time, which in turn makes you money instead of costs you money. Contact us today to rent your property.
CONTACT PROTOCOL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TODAY
Rent your property with ease and confidence
Request a Proposal