Property Management Insights
What twenty years in Arizona property management actually teaches you
Written by Kern Kellogg, Designated Broker of Arizona Property Management & Investments. Method, not marketing — the reasoning behind the decisions owners have to make.
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What a Vacant Rental Actually Costs You
Vacancy · Rental pricing · Owner economics
A Phoenix Valley broker on how to measure vacancy in dollars per day, why holding out for a higher rent usually loses money, and how to build a pricing review schedule before the home goes on the market.
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An Owner's Working Guide to the Arizona Landlord and Tenant Act
Arizona law · Compliance · Leasing
The parts of Arizona Revised Statutes Title 33, Chapter 10 that a rental owner runs into in practice: notice periods, access, habitability, disclosures and the deposit deadline — with pointers to the statute.
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Tenant Screening That Holds Up
Screening · Fair housing · Leasing
How to build written rental criteria that are applied identically to every applicant, what actually predicts whether rent gets paid, and where fair housing exposure comes from in day-to-day leasing.
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Preventive Maintenance in a 115-Degree Market
Maintenance · Desert climate · Capital planning
Why Phoenix Valley rentals fail differently from rentals anywhere else, and the seasonal maintenance rhythm that keeps air conditioning, roofs, irrigation and plumbing from turning into emergencies.
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How to Price a Phoenix Valley Rental
Rental pricing · Market analysis · Owner economics
A working method for setting rent: how to select genuine comparables, why leased comps beat advertised ones, the adjustments that matter in the Valley, and how to read the market's response.
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Arizona Security Deposits and the Move-Out Statement
Arizona law · Move-out · Compliance
What A.R.S. § 33-1321 requires of Arizona landlords: limits, nonrefundable charges in writing, the resident's right to attend the move-out inspection, and the itemised statement deadline counted in business days.
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Self-Manage or Hire a Property Manager
Owner economics · Choosing a manager · Operations
An honest comparison from a broker who does this for a living: when self-managing genuinely makes sense, what a manager is actually being paid for, and the questions that separate a good firm from a cheap one.
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