Sharlene Mulchandani's (sharlene_innago) Blog

When Myspace first came on the scene in 2003 as one of the earliest social media platforms, no one could have imagined the digital revolution just on the horizon. Fast forward to today and it is hard to remember a time when half of our lives were not lived on the internet.These days a person’s ba...

If you’ve been a landlord in the past 20ish years, or even a renter for that matter, you’re probably more than familiar with the screening process. Credit checks, criminal history reviews and employment references have become industry standard in terms of what you can expect when you’re looking t...

In the sea of options for rental payment methods, it seems that the ease and convenience of online payment has traditionally been reserved for the biggest fish. Large apartment complexes and real estate conglomerates have long enjoyed the luxury status of being the only ones to offer a digital op...

If you’ve been a landlord long enough, you’ve run into this issue. You have a great, long-time tenant, who, every month, pays their rent like clockwork. That is, if their clock runs hours, days, or even weeks behind. That’s right. Late payment is a common problem that creates all sorts of issues ...

The concept of late fees is simple. Everybody understands that if rent (or any other bill for that matter) is not paid within a certain number of days beyond the due date, there will be an additional charge tacked on. Should be pretty easy, right? Wrong.If you are a landlord struggling with late-...

Maybe you’ve been there. You’ve gotten a great impression of a potential tenant. They seem trustworthy right off the bat, forthright, prompt and professional in their correspondence with you, and eager to abide by whatever stipulations you set forth. You trust your gut and move forward with the l...

There’s plenty of fish in the sea. It’s a familiar phrase that most employ when discussing matters of the heart. But the same can be said for landlords looking for that perfect tenant. However, what happens when plenty turns to too many?It’s a good problem to have – being inundated with just too ...

Tenant screening has long been standard in the rental application process. Background checks and reference requests come as no surprise to renting hopefuls in this day and age. They understand it is the responsibility of the landlord and is also important to the overall health and quality of a pr...

“You get what you pay for.”It’s a phrase many of us are familiar with and some even live by. It also often rings true, especially when it comes to the world of property management and real estate. If you want convenience, ease of use, speed, and efficiency, you’ll likely have to pay for it, right...

We’ve all been burned before. Whether it’s arriving to your match.com date only to find that you don’t recognize the person from the photos, or realizing the so-called publishing job of your recent new hire was probably something more like a paper route. When you’re responsible for calling the sh...