CORPORATE HOUSING AND FURNISHED APARTMENTS LANDLORD AND RENTAL BLOG BY CHBO
If you are someone who owns or operates corporate housing destinations, you probably have a million things you deal with on an average day. Everything can take up a whole lot of hours, from marketing to management and getting repairs taken care of while fielding emails from potential tenants. It can be a ton of work, and sometimes you might want a little help at your side....
As someone who offers fully-furnished CHBO apartments for rent, understanding the common complaints of guests in corporate rental homes is important. This allows you to make changes to create a space that guests love spending time in. We’ll share the top five complaints so you can decide if you need to adapt things for happy guests....
As the manager or leasing specialist of an apartment community, you spend your time working to decrease vacancies and increase occupancies in your apartments. This is a big job and sometimes you might wish you had help with it. CHBO can help you become more competitive, reduce office stress, and access services that your renters desire....
Something that continues to gain in popularity are locked mailboxes. This is especially true when talking about new construction and condominium buildings. Keeping your mail safe from prying eyes and sticky fingers can be appreciated by anyone, even in a corporate housing situation. The only problem is deciding how to handle the mail key itself....
With spring just on the horizon, it’s time to start thinking about the Major League Baseball season which is coming up soon. This is the perfect time to start looking for corporate housing, whether you’re a baseball player or a fan who is heading to Arizona, Phoenix, Tucson, or Central Florida to enjoy Spring Training. There are tons of perks to choosing this type of housing solution, which we’ll outline below for you....
Most of us are familiar with the classic 1950s film “Sunset Boulevard,” and the famous line, “I’m ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille.” In fact, we might jokingly make that same statement when posing for a photo, but how do you get your corporate rental property ready for its closeup? How do you do corporate housing photography so it looks its very best, but in an accurate way?...
Let me share a story with you about a visit to Greece. We booked a private home rental and it seemed great in the images. While it had a fabulous view, all of the taps were loose and one fell off in the middle of a shower. The landlord knew there were problems, admitted it and was surprised by our negative comments. He lost us as future renters, and if you have furnished rentals available, take lessons from our experience. Tips for Success in Corporate Housing Rentals In other words, if you want to lose out on future bookings for...
A lot of furnished corporate housing owners manage their own properties instead of hiring a property management company to do it for them. This might seem like a lot of work, but it can actually be very simple if you have a good checklist. With this cheat sheet, you can organize your property management responsibilities so that you won’t feel like you’ve taken on a second job with your furnished corporate apartments. Accept Credit Cards – First of all, you need to be able to accept credit card payments from your renters. You can easily do this with a...