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real estate management: Business 101: What does your email address say about you? - 12/26/11 07:21 AM
So one of the things that I do in my position is to hire new property managers to work with our firm so as you can imagine when we post a job we get tons of resumes. So I was sent one that appeared to be a pretty qualified person, had a nice resume, well written, no spelling errors (we'll save that for a later blog) and I was sending a reply email to set up a first telephone interview. As soon as I hit the "reply to" button I noticed her email address "onecrazymama@something.net" and I had to pause for … (8 comments)

real estate management: Can you be a successful residential property manager working 9-5? - 12/18/11 11:15 AM
Here is the easy answer: Probably not!
Why you say? Unlike commercial property management you need to be able to be flexible to when tenants and prospective tenants are available. Residential tenants normally are busy during the day, so the best time to show properties, inspect units, and gain access to property to perform inspections is normally weekends and evenings. Without being available after normal hours it is going to make your job a bit more difficult.
Could you be successful working 9-5 in residential management? Maybe-but it will be more difficult. Best managers are available nights and weekends, at … (3 comments)

real estate management: Tenant Story of the Week: Ghosts? Now what? - 12/10/11 07:33 AM
So now what? Ghosts!
So I have a 2 family and unit 1 was vacating because they found somewhere else to live, and they did not get along with the tenants in unit 2. So the week they moved out the tenants in unit 2, 2 college men who shared a place called and said they wanted to move early because they were not getting along. I said that they needed to honor their lease. So about a week later one of them shot themselves in the apartment and committed suicide. Wait-it gets better!
So a few weeks later I … (4 comments)

real estate management: Tenant story of the week! - 12/07/11 05:16 AM
Got a new place in with an anxious owner who wants his places rented about 2 weeks ago, sound like most of yours? So ran a special, had someone take an app, look at the place, and love it! They like the special on the rent, and would like to be in this weekend since they want in before the holiday. Sounds plausible, and my client is in love with the idea, and she seems nice enough-good income, decent dress, decent car.
So I pull her report. Nothing out of the ordinary shows until I hand run the eviction report, which … (4 comments)

real estate management: So who do your tenants call at 3 am? - 07/20/11 06:57 AM
So why does everything break in the middle of the night or on the weekend? Its a question I have long pondered in my over 20 years of property management. I used to ask my brother-in-law why he never invested in real estate and instead kept his money in the bank. His answer? "My money doesn't call me at 3 AM". Got to admit that's a strong argument.
So who do your tenants call at 3 AM? The answer to that question many times takes real estate investing to a business from a hobby. Our tenants have a 24 hour answering … (45 comments)

real estate management: Is Your Property Manager Legal? - 04/19/11 06:18 AM
Bet that's a question you've never thought of, is it? You simply found a manager, through the paper or in an ad, and they called themselves property managers, they looked like property managers, and they had clients that used them. So what's wrong with that?
Actually, nothing is wrong with that, until you get caught! There are ton's of people practicing as illegal property managers. The State of Ohio requires that anyone that does property management, for a fee, has to do it in the name of a licensed real estate broker. Can an agent do it as a side business? … (5 comments)

 
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Dennis Swartz

Reynoldsburg, OH

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