MoveZen Property Management Rental Investor Resource

10/27/2026

RALEIGH, N.C., October 27, 2026: MoveZen Property Management has been awarded Silver in the Property Management category of The News & Observer’s 2026 “Raleigh’s Best” awards. The annual competition recognizes local businesses through public voting.

MoveZen Property Management was voted Silver for Property Management in The News & Observer's 2026 Raleigh's Best awards

10/27/2026

The Journey that Led MoveZen, and Founder RE Hunter, to the News & Observer’s Raleigh’s Best List

Carolina Beach gave him another set of lifelong insights: a front-row seat to the most extreme housing mania in the country. From 2005 to 2009 the small island was hit as hard as the famous markets of Florida and California. He watched the insanity on the way up, the denial on the way down, and the acceptance and turnaround that followed. It left him a debt-and-risk-averse believer in sound finance

MoveZen took Silver for property management in the News & Observer's 2026 Raleigh's Best awards, decided by public vote. The story behind it

10/27/2026

All Real Estate Is Local Again and Rentals Are Even More Hyper-Local Than Sales
USA Today reported this week that the national housing sales market has fractured into wildly different regional stories. We’ve been watching the same thing happen in our Sunbelt rental markets, only more extreme. Rents now swing 15% from one street to the next

The national housing market has fractured. Similar sunbelt rentals can swing 15%. Why 20 years of local data matter more than ever.

10/27/2026

Because landlords get locked onto peak summer rental rates, and fail to understand how swift moving the rental market is, it’s extremely common for homes that didn’t rent in early August to still be on the market in December, but 15-25% lower. That’s 3+ months of avoidable vacancy (about $5k in these examples, as of now),plus as shown a $200 discount or $2400 in year 1. Grand total = $7,500 to find out that fall isn’t summer in rental housing. Unfortunately, it happens every year for my 20+ year career, often to the same people over and over. This isn’t investment it’s a pet project driven by bias.

https://movezen360.com/the-painful-peril-of-chasing-a-falling-market-day-late-dollars-short/

10/22/2026

Another corporate landlord learning the hard way that you don't start your rental rate +30% in a market that's been down for 2 straight years. From there, if your reduction strategy is random you will sit empty for 33%+ of the year. A lose lose strategy to say the least.

10/21/2026

This kind of performance absolutely decimates any hope of profitability. Massive turnover and massive vacancy isn't a winning hand. Sometimes it's random but it's usually a sign of a very bad strategy.

10/21/2026

Remote work, expat assignments, snowbird seasons, and trial relocations have created a growing class of homeowners who aren’t ready to sell but can’t be around to maintain the property. There’s a third option, and it’s based on the reputation we’ve built supporting homeowner customers for nearly two decades.

https://movezen360.com/traveling-often-custom-home-services-for-your-empty-house/

10/21/2026

Satisfaction as a Marketing Lever
Satisfied residents do more than just stay — they advocate.

Our research shows that satisfied residents are more than five times more likely to recommend their property manager to friends or family. This organic advocacy is critical because referrals from friends/family are one of the top three methods renters use to discover their next home, and most internet listing services prominently feature reviews.

10/21/2026

A lot of rental investors do, and a lot do not understand how crucial this is in today's risky and expensive world. - We've been heavily investing in solving renter challenges since we saw its importance in the chaos of 2022.

10/21/2026

...but landlords estimate just 15%. Both the labor they hire and the materials
they buy outpaced what they perceived, and both outpaced general inflation (+26%).