rental property management: MORE Rental Applicants MOVING with their ADULT Children * I need to SCREEN Them ALSO - 05/20/13 03:16 AM
For years, I have PREscreened applicants prior to scheduling viewings of my OCCUPIED rental homes.
While properties appear VACANT on my website, they are actually OCCUPIED by current residents who are leaving at the end of their current lease term.
To view an occupied property, the rental prospects must complete our one page rental application.  No further screening is done and no application fee is required at this point; however, all ADULT applicants must have application form.

 
As more ADULT children move back home after graduation or because of the HIGH UNemployment numbers where they currently live, prospects may … (24 comments)

rental property management: Who Put Those CRIMINALS in Your Rental Home? OH! You Did? - 05/16/13 05:56 AM
Our local media is buzzing about a raid local authorities made on an UPscale home in an established neighborhood adjacet to the University of Virginia.
On the heels of the Boston Marathon Bombings * seeing SWAT teams in this quiet area was chilling for local residents.
What is even more chilling is that the rental residents of the home - several single/UNrelated males with multiple vehicles with differet state license plates - were making FAKE IDs and that the authorities had had them on their RADAR for almost 6 months based on a sting of faux IDs being mailed from a … (49 comments)

rental property management: Beach Book Season is coming! Are you READY for some JACK DANIELS on the Beach - 04/13/13 04:21 AM
I'm not sure how I found out about Jack Daniels....the character in JA Konrath's thriller series that are named after Jack Daniels bourbon drink recipes...and I am VERY GLAD I did.
Jack is a Chicago police detective formally known as Jacqueline until she married her husband * Alan Daniels * then she became JACK DANIELS.
Since I listen to books on cds in my car, I was pleased to find that the various character voices are read by male and female voices which really helps with the continuity of characters and locations.
Reading (listening) to them in order his very helpful … (4 comments)

rental property management: LARGE Mosty Mountain Home * Available July 1 * 5 bedroom * $2,995 * 5 Min to UVa - 03/24/13 03:18 AM

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rental property management: Cinderella Chronicles * Part SEPT * YES! Let Me Call you a Taxi - 03/18/13 03:46 AM
I've been asked about the "strange/off the menu" services I have been asked to perform and one of the ones that came to the top of my high-maintenance, blond head was providing TAXI service.
A few years ago, I rented a nice, downtown condo to a female, international attorney teaching at the UVa Law and JAG school.
She loved the location, could walk to restaurants and theaters downtown and only had one problem....she did not drive...not that she did not have a CAR; she could not drive because of eyesight problems.
NO PROBLEM....I found a local taxi driver who would take … (11 comments)

rental property management: LARGE One-Level Home w/2-Car Garage * 10 Min to NGIC*DIA*CHO * $1,445 - 03/16/13 03:14 AM

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rental property management: Cinderella Chronicles * Part CINCO * They can BUY a HOUSE and Can't Read their Lease - 03/15/13 03:50 AM
The "drop dead date" for returning my first round of executed lease renewals was last Friday at 5P....and since we had no power or USPS for several days because of the BIG SNOW STORM (USPS may be able to DELIVER; however, they can't PROCESS without electricity), I delayed REposting properties as AVAILABLE until last Tuesday.
One of my residents families that did not return their lease renewal form by the deadline has a property with a first floor master bedroom that one of my OTHER resident family member needs for health reasons AND the owner of THEIR current rental home is … (6 comments)

rental property management: Cinderela Chronicles * Part FOUR * That's my PROCESS and I'm Sticking To It - 03/14/13 05:19 AM
I managed a nice townhouse 2 years ago and put a family from Florida in it.  I then parted ways with the property owners and now my FORMER residents want to 1) move closer to his work; and 2) into a rental with better schools for their children.
SHE contacted me a few months ago when she started seeing some early property offerings that were the size and in the areas they now want to live in.  
When I explained that I would require completed rental applications for her and her husband prior to scheduling a viewing, she indicated she … (9 comments)

rental property management: Cinderella Chronicles * Part TROIS * You should have MENTIONED That Earlier - 03/13/13 03:55 AM
I have received the majority of my lease renewal notifications back from current residents so those NON-responses are leaving so I have activated those listings on my website and started my AGGRESSIVE marketing on Craigslist.
A local family that requires a larger rental home in a specific school district contacted me to arrange a viewing.  Since the property is currently occupied, I communicated that I needed my 1-page rental application completed for all adult applicants and either SCANNED and EMAILED or FAXED back to me.....INSTEAD * they delivered their application forms to my office with their application fee check.
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rental property management: Cinderella Chronicles * I have to move EARLIER than THAT! - 03/11/13 04:34 AM
My current residents have almost all renewed their leases for another year and those who have NOT * I will be activating the listing for their homes on my web site and in organize them in my Craigslist posting routine * will be moving out of the area for their employment or further education.
Because there are fewer available rental homes in the area, local renters who want to move UP or DOWN are anxious to find another rental home and
I had a rental prospect contact me about a PERFECT new home she found on my website * PERFECT … (8 comments)

rental property management: You want on my PREFERRED Vendor List? Better have a SMART Phone & Know How to Text - 03/10/13 04:17 AM
5 years ago, I had a client who was going on vacation and wanted me to TEXT him when I secured a tenant for his rental home....I HAD NO CLUE so he told me what to do and I entered his full mobile phone # in my Google contacts and the rest - as they say - is HISTORY.
Fast forward to 8-10 inch snow storm in Virginia of last Wednesday and as power, internet (land lines) were OUT and roads were impassible, I remained in business.
My PREFERRED tree guy lives further into the country than I do and he … (3 comments)

rental property management: LARGE Lake Monticello Home w/4-Bedrooms * 2-Car Garage on LARGE LOT $1,695 - 03/09/13 03:12 PM

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rental property management: LARGE 3-Level Contemporary Home for Lease at Lake Monticello * $1,345 - 03/09/13 03:07 PM

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rental property management: 3-Level Townhouse w/Home Office/4th Bedroom * Media Room * 3 Min to UVA - 03/09/13 02:59 AM

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rental property management: I woke up to 5 inches of SNOW at 5AM....At 9A - we have 8 * I'm not CLOSED - 03/06/13 05:50 AM
I'm getting "office closed" posts from other area property managers because of the heavy snow storm in the Virginia area.
We have known about this since SATURDAY.....so my question is HOW DO THEY DO THAT?  HOW DO THEY CLOSE?  
I checked in with 3 repairmen yesterday on their "snow status" AND I have seen my yard service post on Fb with a photo of their plows that are READY to go to work.
I'm NOT at my office - although I am tracking a FedEx delivery of a tenant prospect's check to trigger my sending him his lease packet electronically. … (16 comments)

rental property management: MORE INcorrect information on WHO and HOW to REPORT 1099-MISC for Rental Income - 03/05/13 04:06 AM
My rental property management agency failed to send me a 1099-MISC (and is refusing to send one). How do I report my rental property income or report my agency's failure to send a 1099? Their accountant says they don't need to send a 1099-MISC to me (they have sent it to vendors for work). Every forum I've looked at said that property management agencies should send the property owner a 1099-MISC to report their income from the rental. The above question is from the INTUIT (Quicken) website and so far, all of the answers to the question are INcorrect or INcomplete.
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rental property management: You HAD Me at 3-CAR GARAGE * One-Level Home for Rent July 1 * $1,545 - 03/05/13 03:54 AM
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rental property management: Insurance Companies Not Issuing Policies based on Dog Breed you Own OR have in your Rental Home - 03/04/13 03:07 AM
Many property managers are restricting the breed of dogs they will accept in their clients' homes and they are ) requiring photos of the dog; and 2) limiting that specific dog in the lease...if the dog dies or is removed from the home, no NEW dog can be brought in
Via Kristin Hamilton CDPE, SFR, CHS, Realtor Redlands/ Loma Linda Homes for Sale, CA (Keller Williams Realty):
Insurance Companies Not Issuing Policies based on Dog Breed you Own!
 
Insurance companies are getting pickier about what breed of dog you have before issuing a homeowners policy based on the carriers new restrictive rules. … (4 comments)

rental property management: Move-in READY * Large Contemporary Home on 5+ Acres * Earlysville, VA *$1,995 - 03/03/13 04:10 AM

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rental property management: Forest Lakes SOUTH Townhouse * Available June * $1,595 * First Floor Master - 03/03/13 04:05 AM

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