MCS | Knowledge Center

Resources, education and tools from MCS to help manage and preserve assets across
the Commercial, Single-Family Rental and Property Preservation industries.

 

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3 Key Elements for Successful SFR Investment Property Management

When it comes to maximizing the value of your single-family rental (SFR) investment properties, there are a lot of details to monitor. Do you have all the investment property management pieces in place for a successful 2023 for your SFR investment properties? We’ll explore three essential elements that can help you get there, whether you own 10 properties or a portfolio of 10,000 homes.

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Lawn Winterization Checklist

The commercial landscaping musts that can’t wait for spring 

Keeping your landscaping looking sharp for your customers and visitors is a year-round undertaking, and lawn winterization is an important step that shouldn’t be neglected. Here’s a handy checklist to help ensure your commercial landscaping team takes the steps needed to prepare your property’s turf for the season.  

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6 Critical Property Preservation Services Every Provider Should Offer

For mortgage servicers, preservation services are critical to ensuring the properties you are responsible for are preserved and maintained in a manner that complies with regulatory requirements and local code compliance, but finding a provider that checks all the boxes on your needs list can be challenging. After all, you’re entrusting them with a lot, from securing the property, removing any debris, conducting regular lawn maintenance and winterizing when necessary. 

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SFR Lifecycle

Does Your SFR Property Services Provider Handle the Entire Lifecycle?

As fast as the SFR industry has grown in just the past few years, it has been a challenge for owners and operators to have all the knowledge, skills, manpower, and bandwidth to handle the many facets required to successfully grow and operate a profitable portfolio, whether it’s 10 properties or 10,000. Some investors may be great at financial analysis and modeling, while others have experience in construction or development. Then there are those with a property management, maintenance, operational or leasing background. Others may have all of the areas of expertise at the corporate level, but need partners to implement at the local market and property level across the entire lifecycle of a home.

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