What does a property management fee cover?

By Gulf Coast Property Management Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Do you currently own a rental property? If so, you know that taking care of a rental investment can be done in one of two ways. Either you do it yourself or you hire a property management company to do it for you for a fee. Today we’ll go over what our management fee consists o...

Top Hurricane Preparation Tips

By Gulf Coast Property Management Tuesday, September 5, 2017

During Hurricane Season, we urge tenants and homeowners to be prepared if leaving your rental home/ home is not an option. We wanted to share a few great tips and things to remember in case the Bradenton-Sarasota area suffers damage from a Hurricane or for any future storm.Top Hu...

New Landlord Common Mistakes

By Gulf Coast Property Management Tuesday, August 29, 2017

How To Avoid Common Landlord Mistakes Being a landlord brings on a whole new set of responsibilities and by not handling situations the right way could end you up in quite a bit of trouble. Without experience or the knowledge to manage a rental home you could quickly lose money ...

Earn Credit for Paying Rent On Time!

By Gulf Coast Property Management Monday, August 21, 2017

Here at Gulf Coast, we believe it is important to give credit to all of our tenants that pay rent on time. That's why we have teamed up with Experian Rent Bureau. Experian includes your positive rental payment data to Experian credit reports. Check out how it works and sample re...

Submitting Online Maintenance Requests

By Gulf Coast Property Management Thursday, August 10, 2017

Recent changes have been made to the way we handle our maintenance requests. Moving forward maintenance requests can be input through our tenant portal system. This recent change has prompted us to look at how we handle incoming calls and online requests and we are pleased to an...

Common Tenant Responsibilities

By Gulf Coast Property Management Tuesday, August 1, 2017

While it may be a no brainer to some renters having rented for a few years, many prospective tenants aren’t sure what tenant responsibilities entail. With a lease in place tenants have many duties to fill while living in the rental. Of course, landlords/property managers are r...

Top Notch Screening Process for Tenants

By Gulf Coast Property Management Thursday, July 20, 2017

We’ve all heard those horrifying landlord stories. The ones that make you think twice about becoming a landlord. Stories that involve tenants destroying personal property, tenants running a drug house, or those tenants that make life plain miserable. While it does happen, i...

How much does it cost to move in?

By Gulf Coast Property Management Wednesday, July 5, 2017

One of the most asked questions by prospective tenants is how much will it cost to move into one of our properties? While cost is mostly associated with the rental rate, we have decided to let you know how our process goes and how much you can expect to spend to move in. Additio...

How Can I Pay Rent?

By Gulf Coast Property Management Monday, June 12, 2017

One of the most common questions we receive by tenants at Gulf Coast is "How do I pay rent?" Of course this question is very important so we have decided to explain the different ways you can pay rent at Gulf Coast. Online Portal First, and most easiest process to use is your o...

How To Submit An Online Application

By Gulf Coast Property Management Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Online Application Hello future tenants, this video is step by step instructions on how to submit an online application for one of our rental properties. It is very simple and fast, it shouldn't take you longer than 10 minutes. A few things to have prepared before you star...