
Legislative Update – The Final Push
On Tuesday, the House and Senate voted on three landlord-tenant bills. For all intents and purposes, this is the final hurdle for these legislative proposals before they will become law. With all proposals that are considered in Olympia, there is a lot of give and...

Legislative Update: Landlord Tenant Laws
The 2020 legislative session is “half over.” There are two weeks left and the pace at which legislation moves increases a lot. About last week... This legislative session the WMFHA lobby team has defeated efforts to implement rent control and defeated efforts to...

12 Timeless Tips for Property Management
12 Timeless Tips for Property Management: Spinnaker Property Management is on your side! Here is a great set of tips to keep you moving forward profitably.

Spinnaker Property Management: Protecting Your Property Assets from Fire
Spinnaker’s promise is to provide quality property management services but foremost, to deliver peace of mind to our owners. With that in mind, you will come to expect a consistent flow of information from Spinnaker Property Management with one common theme: keeping...

Review of 2019’s City of Tacoma Rental Housing Code
Here at Spinnaker, one of the most important services we provide is keeping our clients up to date on any legal changes that affect their relationship with their tenants. Of course, we must add that you need to have your own corporate and personal attorneys in place,...

Preparing a Rental for PNW Winter
The Pacific Northwest has it’s share of inclement weather – and this winter is forecasted to be a snowy, wet one, as many of our recent past. If you are a property owner you may address the maintenance tasks you are familiar with but experts claim there are a few that are crucial enough to put at the top of the list. Here is our compiled list of to do’s for winter preparation:

Migration South Forces Expanded Mass Transit
More and more people are finding that moving South expands their budget since homes in Tacoma,
Olympia, Lacy, Lakewood, and Puyallup are up to 30% less expensive.

In House Maintenance Makes a Difference
We wanted to share some property maintenance tips from our experienced in-house maintenance staff. First, have a calendar of tasks to complete and stick to it. The following list contains some of the more crucial maintenance tasks to schedule and do on a regular...