2020 has only driven home the importance of screening your tenants correctly. If you move-in a tenant and they refuse to pay the rent, you cannot give notice, file an eviction, or charge late fees for some time yet. […]
Leasing
Announcing 3D Virtual Tours
It’s always a big day at Empire when we test or introduce a new service. Today we are privileged to announce that Empire is now offering 3D Virtual Tours of select vacant homes. When the country first shut down, […]
Quality Doesn’t Cost, It Pays
Being a landlord is complicated enough without the added stress and expense of evictions. Listen to Ed Waggoner discuss Empire’s perfect record, 0% eviction rate over twenty plus years in business.
Should I Allow Pets?
Half of the inquiries on available rentals consist of one simple question. Do you allow pets? For the majority of prospective applicants, that is the deciding factor. Our culture is one that views pets as a part of the […]
Fall and Property Management
As the cold and rain set in, even the most stubborn as forced to accept the inevitable. Like it or not, summer is long gone and we are well into fall. Aside from the beautiful transformation that comes over […]
The Approaching Demise
In 1995, Craig Newmark began a small email service to friends that featured local events in the San Fransico Bay area. It became a web-based service in 1996, as well as being expanded into other categories besides that of […]