Owner Education

Is Pensacola oversaturated with short term rentals?

By Nicole St. Aubin on Thursday, November 10, 2022

We have been inundated with calls from Pensacola short-term rental property owners over the last two months. Most of these property owners have seen a drastic slowdown in AirBnB bookings and are realizing their Pensacola area STR property is not performing as successfully as they...

10 Ways For Landlords To Spot Fake Pay Stubs

By Nicole St. Aubin on Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Technology is both a blessing and a curse to the leasing process. Tenants are able to find your property and apply online in a matter of minutes. At the same time, they are able to locate fake income documents, or even assume a fake identity to apply with. Given advances in ...

Pricing your Pensacola Rental Property

By Nicole St. Aubin on Monday, October 17, 2022

How do you properly price a home for the rental market? Watch Nicole St. Aubin, broker, as she discusses properly pricing an investment property, and read our article below as she answers this question. First, let’s talk about how not to price your Pensacola area rent...

Florida’s New Fiasco Home Insurance 2022

By David Keen on Thursday, September 8, 2022

If you have been a homeowner in Florida over the past 5 years, it has become apparent that each year that goes by, the harder it has become to secure insurance on your home. While this is no secret, the issue has only grown exponentially worse into the year of 2022. Since 2020, 1...

Types of Insurance Policies: DP1 vs DP3

By David Keen on Thursday, September 8, 2022

As we have seen challenges in the insurance industry over the last few years, it’s important to become better familiarized with the types of insurance policies offered to landlords for their Pensacola area rental properties. We’ve discussed how the decrease in number ...

Normal Wear and Tear VS Tenant Damage

By Lindsay Scapecchi on Tuesday, May 24, 2022

It seems like every month we are discussing what normal wear and tear is and what is considered tenant caused damage. We strive to be fair with both our owners and tenants so we are always doing our research to make sure our standards are on track with others. Most recently we h...

Items You Should Not Have in a Rental Property

By Realty Masters on Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Some items a Pensacola Landlord SHOULD AVOID having in their rental property!As Pensacola property management professionals, we have a lot of experience in mitigating risk. Because of this, there are several items we would never recommend having in a rental property. Here's a...

The Struggle with Home Warranty Companies and your Rental Home

By Nicole St. Aubin on Wednesday, May 4, 2022

We wanted to write this article for any homeowners with existing home warranties or are thinking about getting one. Our team is having an increasingly hard time working with home warranty companies, please read this article in full.As we are writing this, Lindsay, one of our prop...

Buy and Hold Investment Strategy

By Realty Masters on Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Are you looking to invest in Pensacola Real Estate and take advantage of the active rental market? Would you be interested in increasing your monthly revenue? If your goal is to buy properties and rent them for cash flow, here is some information you should co...

Landlords access to property

By Nicole St. Aubin on Tuesday, May 3, 2022

What does Florida Landlord Tenant Law say about owners visiting their properties while the home is tenant occupied? As a local landlord with or without a professional property manager, you may be required to visit your rental property regularly for inspections, maintenance...