Paramount Property Management Blog

Why Hire a Property Manager When You Can Do it Yourself?

I can do it myself--why should I hire a management company?The other day I got a call from a gentleman who stated that we have a pretty sweet deal, he stated that property managers can't be in the house all the time with tenants so really all they do is just take a portion of the rent and that is our job.Paramount Property Management ...

10 Tips Correctly Handle and Protect Your Deposit

Tenants and Landlord’s alike have an interest in protecting the security deposit. Landlords use the deposit as a security to cover damages once a tenant has moved out. The landlord’s major concern is having enough money to cover damages, efficiently finding and resolving damages while leaving enough time to pay vendors and ret...

Pets in Rentals

Idaho Rentals and PetsFor many property owners it seems easy to say, “I don’t want any pets in this unit.” The cost of replacing carpet or potential damage is far too great a risk and will cost more than a pet deposit. The other side of the coin is that by refusing pets you can eliminate a large portion of your tenant ma...

Security Deposit Refunds

In chatrooms or review forum or when talking with friends what you hear most about rentals is the security deposits. Mostly you hear complaints that tenant’s did not get their deposit back even though they cleaned. What is happening here? Are landlords charging deposits for profit? Are tenant's being ripped off? Are tenants unde...

5 things Landlords should not do when screening for their rental

Rush: After posting your rental you may get requests to speed up applications and feel pressured to rush or skip steps to hurry and get an applicant in.. Some applicants also may voice concern that you would accept their application and screen others at the same time. The screening process is very important. It is a key to keeping your co...

Meteorites and Rentals

November 30, 1954 Mrs Ann Elizabeth Hodges became the only human to be stuck by a meteorite. She was not feeling well and was asleep in her living room when the 8lb meteorite crashed through her ceiling and struck her in the leg. She was 34 living in a rental property in Sylacauga, Alabama.You would think this strange twilight-zone type o...