Property Management Blog

Appliance Lease Changes By The Revolution Firm

Do you rent your property out with appliances included? By appliances we mean washer, drier, and so on? If so, you need to read this.It’s a few words about appliance repairs and how some judges are viewing who handles these repairs in a rental home.Let’s explain.For y...

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The Quarterly Inspection Folly

As the owner of a rental property, you’re all about keeping your place safe, right?You’re all about going into your property regularly to check things out and see what’s going on inside. Your rental property is your investment. You have the absolute right to ins...

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Think of Your Atlanta Area Rental Property as an Investment

As a landlord, how do you think of your rental property? If you’re thinking of it as a home rather than an investment, you’re making a mistake.What does your rental property mean to you? That’s not a trick question at all. It’s a vital question, one that c...

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The Tenant Move-Out Process for Your Atlanta Area Rental Property

So you’re moving out of your home or apartment you’re renting with us. All good things come to an end, right?But moving out isn’t as straightforward as leaving the keys in the door and setting off on your merry way. There’s a process to adhere to and today...

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Tenant Notice to Vacate Requirements

Today we’d like to discuss the beginning of the move-out process. The very first step in move-out is the notice to vacate. Here, our discussion depends upon our GTL standard lease terms. If you signed a lease with our company, whether during an initial move-in or a renewal...

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GTL Company Structure & Your Points of Contact

Video Transcript:Hi, Todd Ortscheid here with GTL Real Estate.In this video I wanted to talk briefly about the structure of our company, how we have everything set up for communications for you as our client, and also just who you should be expecting to speak to at various stages...

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New Tenant Repair Requests

Video Transcript:Hi, Todd Ortscheid here with GTL Real Estate. This week, I wanted to speak real quick just about a question we sometimes get from owners, either who have just started renting their property out, or they’ve moved out an old tenant and moved in a new one. Th...

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Tenant Payment Options

Video Transcript:Hi, Todd Ortscheid here with Revolution Rental Management, formerly known as GTL Real Estate. In this video, I want to talk about your various payment options on how you can pay your rent, or any other fees, or anything you might owe. There are several different...

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Why communicate in writing?

Video Transcript:Hi, Todd Ortscheid here with GTL Real Estate. In this video I just wanted to talk briefly about how you can reach us. A frequent question we get from tenants is why we prefer to have communications in writing. If you call our phone system you’ll find that ...

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Why do we charge a fee for paper payments?

We recently started charging a $10 fee for paper payments (check, money order, cashier’s check). Why did we do this?Well, several reasons:Paper payments take a lot of time for our staff members to deal with. Electronic payments are all completely automatic, but paper paymen...

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