What You Rent for the Money – We want to feature your properties!

Written by on May 13, 2012 in Marketing, What You Rent for the Money - No Comments
What You Rent for the Money

Our monthly blog series What You Rent for the Money wants to showcase your rental properties.

We’re looking for single family units, duplexes, rentals in large complexes, you name it! Our goal is to showcase beautiful properties and help bring you rental traffic (or at least a little SEO help).

All you need to do is send us an email that includes the following:

  • One interior rental photo
  • One external rental photo
  • One paragraph describing the rental unit (approximately 100 words)
  • One paragraph describing the community or neighborhood (approximately 100 words)
  • Rental unit stats including monthly rent, square footage, number of bedrooms, and number of bathrooms

In exchange, RentMonitor will promote your rental property on our blog in one of our monthly property feature posts and link back to your rental on the web. This link can be the current for rent ad or your rental’s website, just let us know which you prefer.

Please send any questions and your requests to deannaatrentmonitordotcom.

We look forward to featuring your beautiful rentals on RentMonitor!

Here’s an example of what a What You Rent for the Money feature post would look like.

Boulder, Colorado
2 Bedroom / 2 Bathroom / 1295 sq. ft. / $1,950 per month

Boulder, CO is known as a college town thanks to the University of Colorado at Boulder located in it’s city center. However, the town, situated at an elevation of 5,430 feet is commonly referred to at 25 miles in the middle of reality by the locals. Located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Boulder is also characterized as an active, outdoor, and eco-friendly city with a liberal lifestyle and vibrant tech community.

This newly renovated 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom rental home is located in one of the most desirable Boulder neighborhoods. This home features large bedrooms, a newly renovated bathroom with double vanity, and a washer and dryer on the upper floor. The main floor offers a newly renovated kitchen with black appliances and granite counter tops, a dining area with hardwood floors, a large living room with gas fireplace, a deck with wooded view, and a newly renovated bath with shower. This rental also includes a large basement with lots of storage space.

For more information about this rental please visit this rental listing (link to your listing or site).

The Old Fashioned Paper Rent Check

Written by on May 6, 2012 in Rent Collection - No Comments
Don't let your rent collection be like this!

The days of the paper rent check are numbered. While the rest of our purchases have changed – we are accustomed to paying with credit or debit cards, online banking and automatic recurring deductions from our bank accounts – rent, mortgage and HOA payments have lagged behind. These are often the only expenses people pay via check anymore.

A recent article from Multi-Housing News discussed how the rental industry is moving away from traditional paper checks into the future with ACH transactions, debit and credit cards, and even mobile payments. It’s really about looking at the generation of renters coming up and identifying how they can and will want pay the rent.

The biggest growing demographic in the rental industry is Generation Y. Classified as being born between 1977 and 2001, those between the ages of 16 and 33 now make up 25% of the population. With the housing market still weak and slowly reviving, many of them are choosing to rent and have contributed to the recent apartment boom.

According to research from MetLife, Generation Yers’  have been shaped by communication technology. Due to the range in age, some of them have used this technology since they were as young as age five and cannot remember a world without it. They were raised on 24/7 connectedness, and are accustomed to multi-tasking: juggling e-mail on their PDAs while surfing online and talking on their cell phones.

Landlords and property managers need to be aware of their changing market and begin preparing for the shift in their renter’s mindsets, if they have not seen it already. Renters will be demanding more payment options that fit into their online lifestyle and will expect the ease of being able to pay when they want from wherever they are.

RentMonitor makes it simple for landlords to offer online payments to their tenants. Check us out at http://rentmonitor.com to see how we can help you move your rent collection process online and automate it.

Photo by: British Postal Museum & Archive

Want to collect rent online? Now you can with RentMonitor!

Written by on May 1, 2012 in Rent Collection, RentMonitor Updates - No Comments
Online Rent Collection and Payments by RentMonitor

We are thrilled to announce an all-new RentMonitor! The easiest way to collect and pay rent online.

Tenants can easily pay their rent online and the money is automatically deposited into your bank account each month. Streamline your rent collection while keeping your other processes in place. It’s simple, affordable, secure, and automatic!

After a quick and easy setup process we do all the work for you: reminding tenants of rent due, transferring the payments, sending receipts, adding late fees if necessary, and following up when the rent is late.

Plus, we keep you updated every step of the way through emails and text messages. Just sit back and watch the money roll in.

For more information about online rent collection visit http://www.rentmonitor.com today!

How to Respond to Negative Apartment Reviews

Written by on April 22, 2012 in Management - No Comments
How to Handle Negative Reviews on Apartment Ratings

We’ve all heard about it, but it may not have happened to you. A property receives a negative review on a site like Apartment Ratings and the management team is worried about how it will affect their traffic or current residents. And even though we know that the most vocal people are usually the upset ones that leave a comment or review, we can’t help but wish it were the happy customers that left the comments instead.

So, what are you to do?

A recent article from Multifamily Executive talks about how apartment owners can tackle these negative online reviews. The article discusses a recent survey compiled by Multifamily Insiders where 58 percent of respondents said they felt they received a false rating. However, only 39 percent of respondents said they consistently respond to reviews online.

Some managers suggest that it’s best to respond offline due to the negative nature of ApartmentRatings.com. Once an issue is resolved, managers ask the resident to update their review with the outcome.

The survey also revealed that 26 percent of respondents said they have posted a fake positive review of their property. The management staffs did not approve of this tactic though.

For more information about the survey and how to handle negative reviews, you can read the article at Multifamily Executive.

What You Rent for the Money

Written by on April 8, 2012 in What You Rent for the Money - No Comments
What You Rent for the Money

In this monthly series RentMonitor, features different rental properties across the country based on HGTV’s What You Get for the Money.  From the garden apartment in Chicago and the studio space in New York City to the guest house in Charleston and the beach cottage in Santa Monica, we will show you What You Rent for the Money.

This month we are staying close to our headquarters in Boulder, CO and looking at rental apartments along the front range. Let’s see what pet-friendly apartments we found for rent for under $1500 in Boulder, Denver, and Fort Collins, Colorado.

Boulder, Colorado
2 Bedroom / 1 Bathroom / 970 sq. ft. / $1,300 per month

Pay Rent Online - Boulder ApartmentsLocated at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Boulder is situated at an elevation of 5,430 feet. The city is commonly referred to at 25 miles in the middle of reality by the locals and known for its active, outdoor, and liberal lifestyle. Rentals here are dictated by the college population at the University of Colorado.

Pets are welcome in this newly renovated 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment located in the center of the city. This sunny, secure building includes all new windows, hardwood floors, and is freshly painted. Just a block from shopping and dining, this is a great location in Boulder, especially with free parking and storage.

Denver, Colorado
1 Bedroom / 1 Bathroom / 820 sq. ft. / $1,310 per month

Collect Rent Online - Denver ApartmentsColorado’s capital is located just east of the Rocky Mountain foothills and 30 miles southeast of Boulder. Denver is nicknamed the Mile-High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile or 5,280 feet above sea level. The exact spot is bench-marked on the steps of the State Capital building.

Enjoy all the comforts of downtown living with a fully equipped kitchen and full size washer and dryer of this split-level one bedroom home in Uptown Square! Master suite takes up the entire second floor and includes a large walk in closet and over-sized soaking tub. Pets welcome!

Fort Collins, Colorado
2 Bedroom / 2 Bathroom / 996 sq. ft. / $1,307 per month

Online Rent Collection - Fort Collins ApartmentsLocated in northern Colorado, Fort Collins is home to Colorado State University and an outstanding public school system. Nestled at the base of the Rocky Mountains, Fort Collins offers exciting recreational opportunities, unique cultural offerings, and is a regional center for employment and shopping.

This large 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment  offers nearly 1,000 square feet of comfortable living space. Apartment features include a fully equipped kitchen with granite island, a full size washer and dryer, and a private veranda.

Would you like to feature your apartment community on RentMonitor? If so, please send us an email to infoatrentmonitordotcom to tell us about it. We’re looking for new apartments to feature and next month it could be yours!

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