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Not Getting Offers? How Tampa Owners Turn Their Property Into Passive Income Instead

Not Getting Offers? How Tampa Owners Turn Their Property Into Passive Income Instead

by Andrew Dougill | May 7, 2026 | Owner Education, Property Management Education

What’s the best way to make money on the property you want to sell when you’re just not getting the offers you want on the sales market?  The answer, based on our professional as well as our personal experience at Hoffman Realty, is this:  Turn your property into...
Exit Strategy 101: How to Sell Your Tampa Property for Top Dollar

Exit Strategy 101: How to Sell Your Tampa Property for Top Dollar

by Andrew Dougill | Aug 7, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education

Are you ready to sell your Tampa rental property?  Whatever your reasons, when it’s time to execute your exit strategy, you want to make sure you’re selling for top dollar.  If you’re selling to another investor, having a tenant in place will not be a big deal. In...
Timing Your Rental Investments: A Guide to Market Cycles

Timing Your Rental Investments: A Guide to Market Cycles

by Andrew Dougill | Jul 3, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education

Everyone wants to time their investment correctly. For a lot of investors, this means following the crowd. They notice that everyone is buying, so they rush into the fray, looking to pick up whatever properties they can.  That’s not always a good idea.  At Hoffman...
Is Investing in Tampa Real Estate Right for You? A 2025 Guide

Is Investing in Tampa Real Estate Right for You? A 2025 Guide

by Andrew Dougill | Jun 5, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education

At Hoffman Realty, we’re professional property managers, real estate experts, and investors. So we’re always encouraging people to buy property in order to establish wealth and build a solid financial foundation for now and especially for later.  But it’s not for...
Building a Legacy: Estate Planning and Protecting Your Tampa Real Estate Assets

Building a Legacy: Estate Planning and Protecting Your Tampa Real Estate Assets

by Andrew Dougill | May 1, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education

Here’s a tip from a professional property manager who also happens to be a parent: put together a trust for your children, but don’t let them access it until they’ve done a little work to earn it.   We’re talking about estate planning today, and how you can build a...
House Flipping in Tampa: Is It Still Profitable?

House Flipping in Tampa: Is It Still Profitable?

by Andrew Dougill | Apr 3, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education

House flipping can be quite profitable in Tampa, as long as you’re careful about what you buy and how much you pay.  Buying low and selling high is the goal anytime you invest. There’s a serious sense of urgency to it when you’re flipping a property, however.  When...
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How We Inspect Your Property

We perform a video taped move-in inspection at the start of a tenancy.

At around 90-days after the start of the tenancy, we perform an occupied inspection to check for issues like:

  • – Unsanitary conditions
  • – Excessive wear and tear
  • – Unauthorized occupants
  • – Unauthorized pets

We take photos to document. If there are issues, we schedule action and subsequent follow-up inspections. Assuming all is OK, the next interior inspection is an Annual Property Review in 6-months or 90-days prior to the end of the lease.

The Annual Property Review (APR) is a written report with photos performed by a licensed home inspection company. The APR goes beyond tenant lease compliance to inspect the major systems in the property (such as roof, plumbing, electric, heating and cooling, appliances, etc.). This is important report for our landlords. Owning an investment property is like owning a car – if you don’t maintain it properly, it will let you down. The licensed home inspector also performs our comprehensive safety inspection at the same time. We want your tenants to be safe in your property, and it benefits you as the landlord because it lowers your potential liability to personal injury claims.

At move-out, we perform another video taped move-out inspection. We bring this back to our office to compare it with the move-in so we can make informed decisions about tenant damages and cleaning responsibility.

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All Day-to-Day Operations

• A manager on call 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year.

• Attending to office visits, daily telephone and email correspondence with tenants.

• Proactive communications with our landlords.

• Liaison with Homeowner or Condo Associations, if applicable.

• Timely rent collection.

• Collection of late rent through various legal means.

• Administering rent through the trust account.

• Periodic inspections of the property to ensure lease compliance.

• Lease enforcement actions with tenants.

• Hand deliveries of legal notices to tenants as necessary.

• Organizing keys for viewings, inspections, and repair vendors.

• Attending to payment of various property expenses.

• Organizing maintenance repairs and quotes.

• Regular follow-up with maintenance vendors.

• Copying/scanning of invoices and data entry.

• Preparing calendar monthly statements for property owners and collating supporting information for the owner’s statement.

• Preparing annual year-end income/expense statements & IRS 1099 Forms.

• Conducting annual rent reviews.

• Processing notices to vacate or to renew a lease term.

• Organizing utilities to be turned on and off when required.

• Conducting videotaped move-in/move-out inspections.

• Lodging security deposit claims (when necessary) in accordance with the Florida Landlord Tenant Laws, F.S. 83.

• Liaison with insurance companies, when authorized.

• Filing evictions “if” necessary.

• Attending court evictions “if” necessary.

• Maintaining a staff of highly skilled and trained professional property managers.

• Maintaining a professional office with the latest in technology and property management tools in our industry.

• Constant ongoing training of staff and cutting-edge knowledge of our industry.

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