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The Role of Cap Rates in Real Estate Investment Decisions

By Bell Properties, Inc. Thursday, August 21, 2025

There’s a pretty strong relationship between the capitalization rate, or "cap rate" for short and property valuation. Investors who are looking for ways to maximize what their investment properties are worth need to focus on their cap rates and how to make them wo...

The Impact of Interest Rates on Real Estate Investments

By Bell Properties, Inc. Thursday, August 7, 2025

Investors who nervously watch interest rates rise and fall before making a move are missing a lot of potential opportunities. That’s because rates change all the time, and it does not serve anyone’s portfolio to get distracted by how rates used to be or to agonize ove...

Scaling Your Investment: Strategies for Going from Single-Family to Multifamily Properties

By Bell Properties, Inc. Thursday, July 24, 2025

Diversifying a real estate portfolio is a necessary move for many reasons. It spreads risk across many different investment types, for example. It also gives investors an opportunity to scale their portfolios. Investing in the same asset class and only that asset class can lead t...

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) vs. Direct Ownership: Pros and Cons for Investors

By Bell Properties, Inc. Thursday, July 10, 2025

A Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) provides an opportunity for individual investors to invest in real estate without having to own or manage their own physical properties. Direct real estate ownership is when an investor has a tangible asset that can be bought, sold, and ...

Rent Adjustment Strategies: When and How to Increase Rental Prices

By Bell Properties, Inc. Thursday, June 26, 2025

Property management in California is always interesting, but perhaps it never gets more interesting than when it’s time to adjust the rent. The market is always shifting, competition is fierce, and tenants are well-informed. Add to that the rent control laws throughout the ...

Investing in Community Amenities: What Tenants Value Most

By Bell Properties, Inc. Thursday, June 12, 2025

Providing the right community amenities in a California rental property will impact what is earned, how long units are on the market, and what the long-term ROI grows to be on a per-unit basis and on the building itself. What kind of amenities will attract tenants the m...

Creating a Rental Property Budget: Planning for Expenses and Profits

By Bell Properties, Inc. Thursday, May 29, 2025

Any successful investor can tell that the key to a profitable rental property investment is careful budgeting. It’s a mistake to focus only on what will be earned. Those earnings depend largely on what’s spent. Without a well-thought-out rental property budget, t...

From Application to Approval: Simplifying the Tenant Screening Process

By Bell Properties, Inc. Thursday, May 15, 2025

Screening tenants is one of the best reasons to work with Bell Properties. We have an objective, consistent process in place that meets the requirements of all fair housing laws and Equal Opportunity Housing requirements. As tenants move from application to approval, it&rsqu...

Wear and Tear in California Rentals: What Landlords Need to Know

By Bell Properties, Inc. Thursday, May 1, 2025

A profitable California rental property is well-maintained, attractive, and safe. During tenancies and turnovers, things may break, deteriorate, and simply outlive their standard lifespan, requiring a replacement. When it comes to wear and tear in California rentals, th...

Mitigating Mold: Prevention and Remediation in Rental Properties

By Bell Properties, Inc. Thursday, January 30, 2025

Mold is more than just an unsightly problem for rental properties in California—it's a potential health hazard and if ignored, can become a legal issue. Rental property owners need to stay ahead of mold growth by implementing effective prevention strategies and understa...

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