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I was reading a story today about a landlord in Atlanta who was arrested with his wife for calling police and reporting drug activity in his rental home.  While he thought he was doing the right thing, he and his wife spent the weekend in jail and had to post $10,000 bail so they could retrieve t...
11/19/2012
 As a community dealing in property management on a variety of levels, we are reminded by Hurricane Sandy how crucial it is to have emergency planning in place before it is required.  Understanding your properties and the unique risks they have is crucial for successfully navigating disaster.  In...
11/08/2012
  My office never sleeps.  24/7/365 we are open for business.  Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration on my part.  My personal office is open 9am - 5pm, however our web-based rental software program always "leaves the light on."   Today I've noticed a dramatic shift in customer traffic and I'm pos...
11/06/2012
I've been working with a new customer who is a property manager and I've noticed I get a negative feeling about him every time I receive an email from him.  I've never met him face-to-face but I just assume he's not friendly. Why?  It's his signature line in his emails:   "The beatings will conti...
10/11/2012
It seems that summer sneaks away quickly and fall and winter are here before we barely finish our fair-weather project list.  Winterizing our homes and rentals is best done before you’re facing sky-high utility bills and every contractor is booked helping others.  Here is a list of common winteri...
10/10/2012
I stumbled upon this promo for a new reality show called “The Landlord” that several different networks are considering airing and by the end of the short clip, my head was spinning, with the universal hummm being “OHMYGODIWOULDNEVERWANTHISJOB.”   And then I remembered.... years ago, I had his jo...
10/09/2012
Most all of you already understand the importance of pre-qualifying tenants prior to allowing them to occupy your rentals.  Establish your criteria, review your applicants history, yadda, yadda.    Most property managers are versed in what can go wrong with a bad seed (a.k.a. tenant-from-hell), b...
10/04/2012
Everyday I wake up, I am so grateful to live in beautiful Grants Pass, Oregon!!  Its natural beauty and diverse ecosystems are what drew me here - BIG trees, BIG mountains, BIG rivers, long growing seasons with lots of sunshine, expansive wild spaces and the proximately to the BIG Pacific Ocean.I...
10/03/2012
Each year, roughly 3,000 people die in house fires in the US.  2,000 of those deaths are in homes with absent or non-functional smoke alarms.  2,000 preventable deaths.  How many of the homes you manage can you guarantee would notify the sleeping occupants of a fire?  According to National Fire P...
09/28/2012
One of the many great aspects of working in property management software is that I get to meet property managers from across the country and learn about the industry from a wide net.  I love learning from them and watching how they go about conducting their operations, from marketing, to accounti...
09/25/2012
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