This is the Rental Income Podcast, where we talk to owners of rental properties and give you actionable tips and advice that will help you make more money while dealing with less hassle.

And now your host, Dan Lane.

I put together a list of seven things I wish I knew earlier about renting properties.

And you can download your free copy.

Just go to my website, free landlordgift.com.

Joining me on the show today is Brenton Hayden.

Brenton owns a company called Renters Warehouse.

They manage 9,000 rental units.

And today on the show, he's going to give us some tips that will help you find a property

manager and tell you what to look for in a property manager if you're considering outsourcing the management

of your properties.

Or if you're still going to manage the properties yourself, he's going to give you some tips

that will help you be a better manager and better landlord.

So before we get into the interview, I just want to welcome a brand new sponsor to the podcast.

It's podio.com.

If you aren't familiar with Podio, let me tell you how it works.

So say you have a tenant that calls you and they have a light that isn't working.

Right now, you probably track down your handyman, you explain the trouble, you figure out a time for him to go to the property, and then you call your tenant back and let them know when to expect the handyman.

Well, with Podio, you can streamline this entire process.

When the tenant calls, you just open up the Podio app on your phone.

You write a quick note explaining the trouble, and then you assign that task to your handyman.

He'll get an alert on his phone, and he takes it from there.

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