
Insurance Requirements for Working with SJA Property Management
Insurance is an important part of keeping your Seattle area and Eastside investment property and your financial interests protected.

Insurance is an important part of keeping your Seattle area and Eastside investment property and your financial interests protected.

Today, we want to talk about the importance of consistent rent collection. How can you ensure your tenants will pay the rent in full and on time every month? There are many ways to decrease the likelihood that your tenants will not pay rent on time.

When you move a tenant into a property in Washington, you are responsible for maintenance of anything that wasn’t caused by the tenant’s misuse.
Vacancy is one of the biggest drivers of an investment’s performance, and even one month of vacancy is about eight percent of an investor’s gross revenue. SJA Property Management is a leader in the property management industry, serving the Puget Sound area including Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland, Seattle, and the surrounding cities. We have some ideas about how to control vacancy, and today we’re sharing five steps to help you do that.

Showing your property is a major part of renting it out to a great tenant, and today we’re sharing some tips on how to make those showings successful.

The Seattle rental market is changing, and we want you to know that we are taking the necessary steps to protect your investment and ensure you’re earning as much as you can on it. SJA Property Management is an industry leader in the Puget Sound area, including Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland, and Seattle. Today, we’re giving you an update about what’s going on in the general rental market and how we’re adapting.

When you’re doing renewals, don’t increase the rent so much that your tenants move. If your tenants do move, you’ll incur a vacancy.

At SJA Property Management, we require all tenants moving into one of our properties show proof of proper renter’s insurance.

Should you rent your Seattle home furnished or unfurnished in 2026? SJA Property Management breaks down rent premiums, vacancy costs, STR rules, tax benefits, and when each option makes sense for Puget Sound landlords.

At SJA Property Management, we start advertising properties about a month before the current tenants move out.