Negotiate Lease Renewals & Rent Increases

Being a landlord is not for the faint-hearted. It’s a tricky business: people are emotional about their homes, whether they are the owner entrusting their home to a renter, or the lessee deciding on a place to live for any amount of time. After managing a duplex rental property on our own, we turned to Avenue One 7-8 years ago to give us much needed help. Right away, Julie and Tracy added value, handling all of the tenant change-over maintenance and raising the rent to reflect the current market, handing the marketing and then showing and screening potential tenants. They were clearly the experts, and handled everything very efficiently. Over the years, there have been a couple of not-so-great tenants, some damage, some rather painful maintenance costs on the aging 1950’s building’s structure. But this is what being a landlord is about, too. There will be times when the market favors tenants more than the landlords, and vice versa. But with Avenue One, the overall experience over time has been positive–and easy on us. It’s important to us to be good landlords, not just collecting checks but making sure the property is reasonably maintained, safe and comfortable for our tenants. Avenue One shares that philosophy, and hopefully tenants have a good experience on the other side. Everyone wins.

My fiancé has a condo in the Eastlake neighborhood, that we needed to rent out. We were a bit apprehensive about being landlords since neither of us has done this before. We had heard a lot of horror stories about bad property managers out there, and we weren’t sure how to find a good one. We looked at Yelp reviews to give us some guidance on finding a good leasing agent/ property manager. We found great reviews for Avenue One Residential. We met with Julie Landry and were very impressed right off the bat. She was professional, had a lot of experience, and gave us great information. She took her time to answer our questions and was very friendly. We were so impressed that we hired her on the spot! Things got even better; she rented our condo for more than we even thought it would rent for-and very quickly. Julie found us an awesome tenant, who moved in as soon as my fiancé moved out of the condo. Everything has gone perfectly. We couldn’t be happier with Avenue One’s service. For anyone who is looking for “Nordstrom” quality service from a property manager, call them. You won’t be disappointed. This has made being a landlord a fantastic experience! Thanks Julie & Avenue One!!!