At Chesapeake Property Management, we know our landlords usually have two major concerns when it comes to renting out their properties to prospective tenants: They are afraid the tenant won’t pay the rent on time (or ever.)They are also afraid that the tenant is going to trash their home.We are able to substantially minimize the ri...

Our landlords usually have two major concerns when it comes to renting out their properties. First, they are afraid the tenant won’t pay the rent on time or ever. Second, they are afraid the tenant will trash the property. We have systems in place to substantially minimize the risk of those two things happening. Here are three thin...

Understanding how to screen for great tenants is going to help you be more successful as a landlord. As we have told you before, property management in Maryland is not a licensed or regulated industry, so there’s a wide range of systems that companies use to process tenant applications. You need to find out how each property manage...

Deciding which rental applications to approve and which to reject is a very important topic that can be very personal. We take very seriously the fact that we have access to so much personal information - we know how much money people make, their debts, how often they move, how long they have been at their job, what assets they hav...

If you're considering becoming a landlord, realize that tenant qualification is really important. Here's why. Recently, a former landlord/client of ours decided to go his own way in terms of managing his rental property. He had been with Chesapeake Property Management for a few years, and decided he wanted to "save the commission and pro...