Columbus Property Management Blog

Nobody buys a rental house planning to evict anybody. But if you own long enough it happens, and the owners who handle it badly are almost always the ones who did not know the clock had already started running against them.Here is what Georgia law actually requires of you as a Columbus owner, and roughly how long each step takes.How long ...

It happens a few times a year to every agent in Columbus. You have a listing appointment, you run the numbers, and the honest answer is that this client should not sell right now. They owe too much. The market is not where they need it. They are PCSing out of Fort Benning in six weeks and the house will not close in time.So what do you do...

A good number of Harris County houses are owned by people who no longer live in Georgia. Somebody took a job in another state, or PCS'd out of Fort Benning, or inherited a place on a few acres outside Hamilton and decided to keep it. The house is fine. The distance is the problem.Can I manage a Harris County rental from another state?...

Every owner asks it the same way. The tenant gives notice, the house is about to go empty, and the question is how long until somebody is paying rent again.Midtown and Rose Hill — the 31904 side of Columbus — is a harder ZIP to answer that question in than most, and it is worth understanding why before you set a price.How long...

Everything we have written for rental owners and renters around Columbus, in one place. It is grouped by the question people actually call and ask, not by the date we posted it.If you would rather just talk to someone, call (706) 565-0741 or start with what we do for owners.Renting it out or selling itIf you own a house here and you are n...

If you own a house in East Columbus and you are trying to work out what it would rent for, the ZIP-code average is going to lie to you. The median rent in 31907 is around $1,250. We have a one-bedroom out here at $795 and a four-bedroom at $2,050 — same ZIP, same city, same school district, and two and a half times the rent. Averagi...

You have orders out of Fort Benning, the house in Phenix City is not going to sell inside your window, and somebody in your unit already told you to list it and eat the loss. Slow down. This is the most common call that comes into our Columbus, Georgia office, and the answer is usually the opposite of what you were told over coffee.Should...

Property management fees in Fortson, GA are 10% of the rent collected each month, plus a one-time leasing fee when a tenant is placed. Fortson rents are the top of this market — active 31808 houses are asking $2,095 to $2,800 — so the fee runs $210 to $280 a month. Before you price anything, though, there's a Fortson-speci...

Property management fees in Midland, GA are 10% of the rent collected each month, plus a one-time leasing fee when a tenant is placed. Midland rents higher than most of the Columbus market — a 2017-built five-bedroom out here leases at $2,600 — so 10% is a bigger monthly number than it is south of Macon Road, and the math for ...

Property management fees in Fort Mitchell, AL are 10% of the rent collected each month, plus a one-time leasing fee charged when a tenant is placed. On a four-bedroom renting at $1,750 — which is about what a 2,000-square-foot house on this side of the river goes for right now — that's $175 a month. The rest of this page i...