Guides for property managers
How to check vendor insurance and prepare resident notices from your records, with managers approving the work.
- Vendor COI tracking for property managers: what a certificate proves and what to check insteadMost vendor files hold a certificate and an expiry date. The protection you are paying for sits in the endorsements, and the certificate says so in its own fine print. This guide covers what to check and how an agent can take the reading and chasing off your coordinator's desk.
- AI for property management companies in 2026: where the staff hours really areMost property management companies now use some AI, mostly general chat tools. The larger payoff sits in the routine and reactive work that fills a manager's week. This guide covers where an agent saves time and where AI should stay out.
- HOA violation letters in Texas: what Section 209.006 requires before a fineIn Texas, an association covered by Property Code chapter 209 has to send a specific notice before it can levy a fine, and the statute spells out what that notice must say. This guide walks through the checklist and the parts of the work an agent can draft for a manager to sign.
- Late rent notices in Texas after SB 38: notice to vacate, late fees and delivery rulesTexas rewrote the notice rules for eviction suits on January 1, 2026. This guide covers what a late rent notice must do now and how an agent can prepare each one with its checks visible for a manager to sign.