Don’t Lose Your Home! Eviction Basics Every Renter Should Know

When she was faced with eviction, rather than leaving quietly, a Charlotte, NC woman recently set her apartment building on fire as a response to being forced her from her home.  Thirteen other families were forced to find new housing after their homes were burned to the ground. While not every eviction story ends in [...]

HomeTownRent Announces Major Upgrade to Rental Advertising Websites, Technology, and Features

Dear HomeTownRent customers, fans, and friends; On Sunday evening, June 27th, HomeTownRent implemented our biggest “code launch” (changes to our website and system) in years.  We are excited to announce a successful upgrade to our entire system architecture, database structure, listing management, and photo upload process.  That’s techie talk for an even faster, leaner, and [...]

It Pays to Rent in a College Town

Coldwell Banker recently compiled data on median home prices and organized the information by major college football conference.  The data, which at first glance seems like fun trivia, reveals a truth about the current real estate market: College towns continue to provide an excellent opportunity for real estate investors, even in this economic downturn. The [...]

Rental Scams on Craigslist and Rentals.com Cost Renters Thousands

Do Scammers Have the Upper Hand on Many Rental Websites? Nicholas is only the most recent renter who emailed us in frustration, having lost money to a scammer listing on a competitor’s site: “I am letting you know of a fraud property owner going by the name Steve Lamberti. He is using the email slambertiapt@live.com. [...]

How to Find Great Tenants: 5 Red Flags to Avoid

For property managers, choosing the right tenants is more an art than a science. It can be difficult to determine from a few brief meetings whether a potential renter is someone with whom you want to enter into a contract.  While even the greenest of property managers know that credit and employment checks are essential,  [...]

National Survey Offers Insights into Renters’ Preferences and Rental Market

Have you ever wondered what thousands of renters think about the rental ads they see online?  Every day HomeTownRent extends the reach of property managers’ rental listings by distributing them to other helpful rental advertising websites.  One such destination, rentBits, completed a helpful survey of over 1,000 renters to gain insights into the most important [...]

Using Social Media to Market Your Business

Members of the HomeTownRent team are always working to build strong relationships with property managers and landlords who advertise their rental properties on HomeTownRent’s websites. Through the development of these relationships, it becomes clear that each property manager is different from the next, with a background and business model that is as diverse as the [...]