You CAN Have Your Cake and Eat it Too!

There is much debate over where the saying, “You can’t have your cake and eat it too” came from, but when reducing vacancies and maintenance costs at your rental property, Boston Real Property Management says you CAN have your cake and eat it too! Sound impossible? With the Real Property Management Boston office on your side, it’s not.

As a rental property owner, your “cake” may be happy tenants that stay long-term, pay rent on time, and take care of the property. This “cake” usually results in less vacancy days at the property that increases your cash flow.

But how do you achieve keeping tenants happy?

Tenants tend to mirror what they see from their landlord. If the landlord is proactive in taking care of maintenance issues, responding quickly when things need attention, and showing that they care for the home, tenants are more likely to do the same. However, if a landlord is lax when it comes to maintenance issues, they will generally experience a higher tenant turnover rate.

So with Boston Real Property Management you get your “cake” of happy tenants that stay long-term, pay rent on time, and take care of the property, but what does it mean to “eat it too”? Paying absurd amounts of money to get this “cake” doesn’t help you enjoy the cash flow from your rental property investment. So to “eat it too” is taking care of your tenants while saving money on the maintenance. This does not mean ignoring problems as they arise. The fact is, no matter how ideal of a tenant you have renting the home, appliances are still going to break, and things will need to be repaired or replaced. Proactive attention to maintenance is the most cost-effective approach to issues. And this is best done by a landlord performing seasonal maintenance and inspections, making sure the home is up to code, and rent-ready before a new tenant moves in. The bottom line is that you can keep tenants happy and do that at lower maintenance costs with the help of Boston Real Property Management.

Real Property Management Boston suggests setting aside 1-2 months of rent per year to cover the costs of maintaining a rental property. By partnering with us, you can also receive discounts on services from our network of partners.

By keeping tenants happy through proactive, cost-saving maintenance, you CAN have your cake and eat it too!