Upon the vacancy of a rental property, certain immediate actions are necessary, regardless of whether the lease has ended and the tenants have departed, or if the property was abandoned due to eviction or an unplanned move-out. Some tasks may be apparent, while others could catch you off guard, such as discovering a tenant’s abandoned pet. While this may seem like an unlikely event, …

By Utopia Property Management SAN DIEGO, CA. – In today’s rental market we can tell you without a doubt that there are more people, including families, who are renting instead of buying. Families often make better tenants than other renters. They choose to rent for longer periods of time, because they enroll their children in local schools, and most parents don’t want to take …

Vancouver, Washington is nestled into the beautiful Pacific Northwest and has an incredibly diverse profile of neighborhoods, each unique in charm and what they have to offer residents. If you are looking for a quiet and quaint community to raise a family, or are looking for a piece of the action downtown, Vancouver has something to offer everyone. Check out our available rental property …

Santa Ana is a popular city in the Greater Los Angeles region and the county seat of Orange County, California. With a population of 310,220 in an area of only 27.37 square miles, it is the 4th densest city in the United States, behind New York City, San Francisco, and Boston. The city is known for its incredible diversity; many different communities reside within …

Sitting just 21 miles south of the Canadian border in the Pacific Northwest is the city of Bellingham, Washington. Named after Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is the most populated city in Whatcom County, the 12th most populous in Washington, and fits snugly between major cities Vancouver and Seattle. It is one of the few cities in the continental United States that experiences astronomical twilight for …

Sitting southeast of Los Angeles, Cerritos is a small city among many others that make up the Gateway Cities in Los Angeles County. It lies just northeast of Long Beach and west of Anaheim. Cerritos, which translates from Spanish to “little hills”, was originally known as Dairy Valley for its numerous dairy farms. Now Cerritos is a quickly growing city that is drawing attention …

With a name that translates to “Beautiful View”, the city of Chula Vista gets its name from its proximity to the breathtaking coastal mountain foothills. The city, however, has much more than gorgeous landscapes to offer. Chula Vista has a population of about 275,500 people, making it the second-largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, and the seventh-largest city in Southern California. In …

Portland is the biggest city in the state of Oregon, and the second most populated city in the Pacific Northwest, following Seattle. The city itself comprises just under 145 square miles, with the surrounding urban area sprawling for over 520 square miles. With over 600,000 residents within the city and over 2.4 million in the surrounding metropolitan statistical area, about 47% of Oregon’s population …

San Jose is well-known as the capital of Silicon Valley – if not the capital of the tech industry, period. It is also known as one of the most expensive metro areas in the US, where about a quarter of households bring in a quarter of a million dollars a year yet still can be priced out of the area’s median-priced home. Despite the …