DURHAM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT BLOG

11 Tips to Rebuild Your Credit Looking for tips to build your credit? Here’s a slew of them to help you get your credit back on track. Set a date night with your credit. Think of it as your monthly check-up, or weigh in. Or add it to your to-do list when you pay your bills. Just be sure to take a few minutes each month to review you...

Landlord Study Hall: Pets vs. Service Animals in Rentals John and Laura enjoyed their first Landlord Study Hall. There was discussion on pets vs. service animals. Basically a service animal is not considered a pet in the rental world. Landlords must very careful when referring to these animals, there are strict laws protecting the right...

RALEIGH — The role that states should play in immigration reform has been a hot button issue across the country and here in North Carolina. Yet regardless of whether Congress comes to a consensus on a bill that would put an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, about 325,000 of those in North Carolina, on a path to citizensh...

From after-school program forms and sports team physicals to school registration documents, there are a number of people that will have access to your child’s personal information at back-to-school time. Unfortunately, the personal details that you include in these forms could put your children at risk of identity theft. Identity th...

Often the advertising media prompts you to purchase various cleaning products because they look great and promise to deliver great results. The reality is that you probably have items around the house that are inexpensive, work as well as the costly ones, and can be less toxic and are biodegradable. Using common household ingredients such...

Emergencies and disasters happen and in many instances, you cannot avoid them. Webster terms an emergency as "an unexpected situation that requires prompt action" and a disaster as "a grave occurrence having harmful results."  In the property management world, we see emergencies such as loss of heat, a gas leak, a water leak causing ...

Nobody likes to have an annoying pest around. It doesn't matter what it is; it could be ants, spiders, wasps, hornets, mosquitoes, cockroaches, and larger varmints. They can sometimes be more than an annoyance; they can also cause harm and carry disease. Most of the time, you can avoid an invasion from these pesky critters. Like any liv...

April is considered National Fair Housing Month. Different organizations hold a variety of events; articles and seminars increase to raise the awareness of Fair Housing and what it really means. Nowhere is there more emphasis on this than in the Real Estate/Property Management industry. Complying with Fair Housing is of highest priority t...