Blog by Rob Cassam

When an owner has an apartment property near the campus of a University and they mainly rent apartments for student housing, there are particular problems. The competitive situation dictates that leases be offered for one semester of nine and a half months. A twelve-month lease for students is virtu...

The property manager provides the tenant applicant with the lease application that must be filled out for the interview. A leasing agent may assist during the review process, but the final selection of tenants is ultimately the property manager and owner’s responsibility.

All leasing personnel should...

Commercial property goes in cycles from full occupancy to overbuilt with vacancies. When it has been difficult to rent, various concessions have been made to get tenants in and paying rent.

Free rent concessions have been used sometimes to help fill a building. This may have created more problems tha...