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Opinion: tools for landlords to help low-income tenants

Housing Wire

The federal Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is a powerful tool to help low-income families find apartments they can afford, but the program isn’t reaching its potential because far too few landlords participate in it. Why don’t landlords participate? The challenge at hand is ripe for bipartisan action. million households.

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Property management software: Why more Americans firing their property managers

Housing Wire

For those who think being an independent landlord is easy, congratulations youre wrong. Finding the best tenant is an uphill battle for some landlords. How can landlords simplify operations and still turn a profit? Landlords can do that themselves with the right tools. The challenges mount from the jump.

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NAR partners with RentRedi for benefits program

Housing Wire

The platform provides tools for both landlords and renters, which the company said is designed to automate and streamline the management process. “As RentRedi will now offer NAR members a subscription to its property management platform at a rate of $1 for the first six months.

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EasyKnock partners with FinLocker to bolster consumer financial health

Housing Wire

Home equity solutions and sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock announced a partnership on Tuesday with financial fitness and homeownership platform FinLocker that will make FinLocker’s tools available free of charge to EasyKnock customers. The capital will allow the company to create new tools for current and prospective homeowners.

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The Mortgage Collaborative’s Melissa Langdale on the risks and rewards of gen AI

Housing Wire

So we were trying to create an opportunity for the consumer to be in control of their experience and give tools for standardization of the tenant screening process that the landlord could then leverage to create operational efficiencies. But all of these tools come with rewards and with extra risks.

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Why it’s time for the housing industry to get serious about climate risk

Housing Wire

These losses – both insured and uninsured – have traditionally been borne by homeowners, renters, landlords, builders, and property & casualty insurance companies. And the Federal Reserve has asked the nation’s six largest banks to participate in a climate scenario analysis designed to measure and manage climate-related financial risks.

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Rentals: No longer the “dirty little secret” of real estate

Housing Wire

This discrepancy impacts agents, landlords, and tenants alike. At the California Regional Multiple Listing Service, rental listings are now included in the same search results as for-sale properties, with specific rental filters and search parameters designed to enhance both agent and consumer experiences.