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By One Focus Property Management - Thursday, October 15, 2026

Should a Property Manager See Your Rental Before They Agree to Manage It?

Imagine taking your car to a shop and the mechanic quotes you a repair before he ever opens the hood. He has not looked at the engine, he has not put it on a lift, and he is already telling you what it will cost and how long it will take. You would walk right out of there.Now thi...

By One Focus Property Management - Monday, October 5, 2026

Average Rent in North Central PA? There Is No Such Thing.

Here is a question I get all the time: "What does a three-bedroom rent for around here?"It's a great question, and people ask it for good reasons. The problem is that a good answer takes a while. Depending on the town, a three-bedroom house here can rent for anywher...

By One Focus Property Management - Monday, October 5, 2026

The Buy and Hold Investor's Guide to Finding, Hiring, and Firing a Property Manager

Most investors hire a property manager the same way they'd hire a handyman. They Google it, read a few reviews, check the price, and sign.And then they wonder why it went sideways.I've been a property manager for 22 years. I run One Focus Property Management in central Pe...

By One Focus Property Management - Thursday, October 1, 2026

Heating Oil Is Near $6 a Gallon, Will Your Rental Property Survive?

Lately, there's one question I ask on almost every call with an owner who wants to talk about a new property. I ask it a little nervously, and I've caught myself holding my breath while I wait for the answer."How is it heated?"Here's why I'm nervous. If ...

By One Focus Property Management - Monday, September 28, 2026

Can a Landlord Limit the Number of People in the Rental?

He owns a three-bedroom house. He wanted the ad to say four people maximum. I wrote him back and explained that I cannot advertise an occupancy limit like that, because the Fair Housing Act protects families with children, and a rule like "no more than four" that is mor...

By One Focus Property Management - Tuesday, September 22, 2026

What Class A, B, C, and D Actually Mean in North Central Pennsylvania

Ask five investors what a Class B rental is and you'll get five different answers. Then watch them all nod at each other like they just agreed on something.Guess what? There is no agency that defines property class. Not the state board. Not NAR. Not NARPM. There's no form...

By One Focus Property Management - Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Why Finding a Good Contractor Is the Hardest Part of Owning a Rental

It is nineteen degrees and your tenant calls on a Sunday night. The furnace is out.You look up an HVAC company. You leave a message. You leave another one Monday morning. By Wednesday you still have not heard back, your tenant has called you six times, and you are starting to won...

By One Focus Property Management - Tuesday, August 11, 2026

We Earned the CRMC®. Here Is What That Actually Means.

On July 17, 2026, One Focus Property Management earned the Certified Residential Management Company designation, the CRMC®, from the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM®).We are one of fewer than 40 companies in the country that hold it, and the s...

By One Focus Property Management - Wednesday, March 11, 2026

🎉 We’re proud to celebrate one of our own!

Our very own Jenny Rippey, RMP®, from One Focus Property Management, has been published in the March 2026 issue of the Residential Resource, the official magazine of the National Association of Residential Property Managers. In her article, “Setting the Stage for Succes...

By One Focus Property Management - Thursday, December 11, 2025

How to Onboard and Train your Remote Assistant (VA)

Episode two of our how-to series drops today, and this one is for every investor who keeps saying they’re “too busy.” You’re not too busy. You just need help.33% of my team is remote workers from the Philippines and my guest, Jessy Leupold is accountable f...