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I'm really not heartless.  I promise I am not.  But hey timing is everything.  We have a Tenant that has been behind in their rent payments and we have recently filed for a court ordered eviction.  Our attorney had a special process server serve the eviction papers and he tried to reach the Tenan...

People ask me questions all of the time like "what is the market doing?", "how is real estate in Springfield, MO?", "should I rent or buy" or "is business up?".  Because these questions can be answered so generically with the term "it depends", I find it easier to tell people about the projects t...

So I have been chastised on Twitter for not playing in the rain here on Active Rain more often.  So here I am, posting to yet another blog.  I've come up with the 5 reasons I have been away from Active Rain, and 5 reasons of why I should come back.  Please feel free to add your own, it inspires m...

This blog really isn't the weather channel blog. But for some reason I seem to keep writing about snow, ice storms, a crazy pendulum swinging temperatures. Believe it or not, weather plays a huge part in managing over 200 rental properties. Over the last 24 hours, Springfield has received 7+ inch...

When are people gonna learn not to go up against Dizmang Properties? I love it when a Tenant doesn't get their way and then they get mad and immediately throw around the terms "I'm Gonna Call My Attorney". Yet when you ask them the name of their attorney you get a response of "...um...uh....I'm n...

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) chapter in St. Louis is having their annual, "Walk to Cure Diabetes" on September 30, 2007 and we're all getting involved. When I say all of us, I mean 18 of us coming from both Springfield, MO and Omaha, NE. Now that you're familiar with this blog...

Tenants irritate me. There are a few deadbeats that we rent to that never pony up their rent payment until all of sudden we post a notice. Yesterday we had to post 12 notices. For the 160 units that we manage, that is the most that I've ever had to post at one time. I gave them until Monday at no...

I feel like I have maxed out my credit cards and I am desperately looking for another credit card to transfer the balance to so that I have some “room” on my virtual credit card. OK, this credit card situation that I’m talking about it is all hypothetical. That’s how I feel about my external hard...

I have created this blog for the purpose of posting to the (417) Dwellings! blog. You see, I work for Dizmang Properties, Inc. in Springfield, Missouri as the Office Manager for the last 7 years. I assist Paul Dizmang in managing over 160 single family rental homes. Not only have we created an of...