The first of the month comes and goes. No payment in the account. You check the tenant portal again on the second, then the third. Still nothing. You send a message and get silence or an excuse that does not come with a payment attached. For most rental owners in
Lacey Water customers with addresses ending in: Friday is a non-watering day. The odd-even watering schedule applies to grass, annual and perennial ornamental flowerbeds, vegetable gardens, and any other landscaping regularly maintained outside a residence or commercial building. Water used for other purposes such as pools, pressure washing, outdoor potted
Most rental owners in Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater reach the same point eventually. Managing the property yourself made sense at first. You knew the tenant, the repairs were manageable, and the income was good. Then something shifted. Maybe the tenant moved out and finding a replacement took longer than expected.
Most rental owners I talk to ask the same questions before they ever pick up the phone to call a property manager. “What if the fees eat into my profit margin?” “Am I paying for something I could just handle myself?” “How do I even know if the price is
We’ve all done it. The smoke alarm starts beeping and you don’t have a new battery. Or, you replace the battery but it doesn’t stop that incessant beeping! So, you rip it off the ceiling and say, “I’ll deal with it later.” Months later, your old detector is still sitting on
Turning an outdoor spigot on and off doesn’t take a genius. You turn the handle, water comes out. Simple, right? And yet… Every year we receive multiple maintenance calls for outdoor faucets that are broken, leaking, or mysteriously spinning in circles like they’ve given up on life. While outdoor spigots
