By PM Jen Ruelens - 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 PM Jen Ruelens - 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 PM Jen Ruelens - 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 PM Jen Ruelens - 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...

By PM Jen Ruelens - Thursday, December 4, 2025

Season three is here, and we’re calling it the how-to season. How to grow. How to scale. How do pe...

The first hire every real estate investor should make is a remote assistant, ideally global. Yes, I said it. And yes, I stand by it.In today’s episode, I sit down with Jay Berube from Better Who [link to their profiles] to break down exactly how to do it. Why it works, how ...

By PM Jen Ruelens - Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Big news! I’m giving my first keynote at a national event, at Elevate Sales Kickoff

Big news! I’m giving my first keynote at a national event, at Elevate Sales Kickoff.This event is my love language. Two days at the beginning of 2026 full of energy, enthusiasm, strategy, and practical steps you can actually use to set up your entire year. And it&rsquo...

By PM Jen Ruelens - Wednesday, October 15, 2025

She Makes the Difference

We’re proud to announce that our very own Jennifer Ruelens has been selected as a 2025 Leading Woman in Property Management by the NARPM Women’s Council of Property Managers!Jennifer is one of twelve women to receive this award from NARPM (National Association of Resi...

By PM Jen Ruelens - Thursday, October 2, 2025

What if you could build enough of a real estate portfolio to walk away from your W-2 job and run you...

What if you could build enough of a real estate portfolio to walk away from your W-2 job and run your own business on your own terms? That’s exactly what my high school classmate, Rebecca Styer, has done. She’s built a 30-door portfolio in Lancaster County, and in th...

By PM Jen Ruelens - Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Beginner’s Guide: Real Estate Investing Without Money or Experience

By PM Jen Ruelens - Monday, August 25, 2025

Book Review of "The Self Managing Landlord"

Two new things in this video- My first book review and I am new with the wireless mics and forgot the fuzzy thing that helps with the wind. it's really not bad though. I loved this book, but do have some suggestions for readers and the authors, Amelia McGee and Grace Gudenkau...