Chester County Property Management Blog

By Times Real Estate Group - Monday, February 6, 2023

10 Tips for Selecting the Best Property Manager

Before you decide which one is best, it is important to understand what a property manager is and does. Property managers can be an individual or a firm that takes over daily rental operations for a fee. Thus, these professionals take over when the owner cannot attend to landlord...

By Times Real Estate Group - Friday, January 20, 2023

How to Prevent Frozen Pipes

How to Prevent Frozen PipesKeep garage doors closed if there are water supply lines in the garage.Open kitchen and bathroom cabinet doors to allow warmer air to circulate around the plumbing. Be sure to move any harmful cleaners and household chemicals up out of the reach of chil...

By Times Real Estate Group - Friday, January 6, 2023

How to Protect Pipes From Freezing

Why Pipe Freezing is a ProblemWater has a unique property in that it expands as it freezes. This expansion puts tremendous pressure on whatever is containing it, including metal or plastic pipes. No matter the strength of a container, expanding water can cause pipes to break.Pipe...

By Times Real Estate Group - Friday, December 30, 2022

Resident Benefit Package Enrollment

What Is a Resident Package?Welcome to your Times Real Estate Group Resident Benefits Package! To help you take advantage of your Resident Benefits Package, we've included some helpful information below, including some "action items" to get things started!What you ne...

By Times Real Estate Group - Friday, December 16, 2022

Why Tenants Don’t Want to Move in the Winter

The winter months are always slow for rentals as people generally don't want to deal with moving during the busy holiday season, and moving can be practically impossible if we get snow. Larger properties are more susceptible to this as they are usually rented by families with...

By Times Real Estate Group - Friday, November 11, 2022

Keeping the property warm

As we're into the colder, darker winter months, it's essential that your home is prepared for the challenges it will face.So, as a tenant, what can you do?Keeping the property warmOne of the best methods of keeping your home warm and your heating bill down is to keep the ...

By Times Real Estate Group - Friday, November 4, 2022

Why do we screen lease renewals?

A lot could have changed for residents over the course of their initial lease beyond what we’re aware of. A simple screening fills in the blanks and comes with a few key benefits:Cost Savings. This one’s self-explanatory. A screening check helps us understand any issu...

By Times Real Estate Group - Thursday, October 27, 2022

When is Refusal-to-Rent Illegal Housing Discrimination

People often wrongly assume that any discrimination by a property manager is illegal. "To discriminate" means simply to distinguish among available choices. Some of these distinctions are lawful; others are not. Thus, in deciding to whom to rent, a property manager may ...

By Times Real Estate Group - Thursday, October 20, 2022

What if you can’t pay your rent on time?

Clearly, it’s important to pay your rent on time, but things come up and we’re human. COVID-19, for example, has wreaked havoc on the economy, forcing millions of people to file for unemployment over the last year. So, what should you do if you just can’t get yo...

By Times Real Estate Group - Friday, October 7, 2022

Why do property managers require a credit check?

Property managers want to know that you’re going to pay your rent, in full and on time. If your score is low, a landlord may be reluctant to rent to you, as they could be worried you’ll miss rent payments in the future. "Your credit score acts as your financ...

Chester County Property Management Blog

10 Tips for Selecting the Best Property Manager

How to Prevent Frozen Pipes

How to Protect Pipes From Freezing

Resident Benefit Package Enrollment

Why Tenants Don’t Want to Move in the Winter

Keeping the property warm

Why do we screen lease renewals?

When is Refusal-to-Rent Illegal Housing Discrimination

What if you can’t pay your rent on time?

Why do property managers require a credit check?

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