Property Management Blog - Tips, Help, Advice for Landlords, Investors and Renters in NC & SC

A real-world case study from the headlines — and what landlords in NC and SC need to know to protect their investment.📰 Real Case That Made HeadlinesIn early 2025, a lawsuit filed in Florida made national news. A luxury rental company called... read more >>

What every property owner in Charlotte, Raleigh, Columbia, and beyond needs to know before accepting a single online rental application.1. What Is Zillow's Rental Application?Zillow lets renters fill out one application and send it to many landlo... read more >>

Here's what credit scores for renters aren't telling you. They can make payments for nine months straight and get that reported by their property management company as a positive credit history. But then they could stop paying and not worry a... read more >>

If you're a tenant and you're paying your rent on time, your credit score might be affected. There are tenants out there that will pay on time for nine months straight and then not pay the rent for three months, knowing that their property ma... read more >>

40% of renters, statistically, will ultimately buy a home. Why did the other 60 not? One, they don't save money. Two, they don't speak to a real estate company. Three, they don't talk to a mortgage lender. Four, they're just not conce... read more >>

Here's an Airbnb trick that most owners don't know. If you're buying furniture, any appliances, or anything for your Airbnb that's going to cost less than $2,500 each item, you can actually write it off entirely the first year you bou... read more >>

CHARLOTTE, NC – Carolina Property Management, a full-service residential property management firm serving North and South Carolina, has been ranked #20 in the United States by PropertyManagement.com, an independent platform that evaluates prope... read more >>

Here is how I am saving over a hundred thousand dollars on my taxes this year. Rather than spreading out your depreciation over 27 and a half years or 39 years if you're a short-term rental, you can take an early accelerated depreciation with thi... read more >>

Here's why Airbnb and renters are the worst. They allowed their kids to just draw all over my walls, my furniture, indoors, outdoors, on everything. They unraveled my couch, so I had to have a seamstress fix it. And it took my cleaning people a w... read more >>

Here's the difference between short-term rentals and long-term rentals. For short-term rental, you're going to get calls at any hour of the night just to fix their shower, the dishwasher, tell them how to open the door, and gain access. That ... read more >>