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How is YOUR Referral Network? Who do you REFER to?

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Property Manager with Gibson Management Group, Ltd.

I am very fortunate to have GREAT owners and residents who refer owner and tenant prospects to me....I HEART referrals!

UNFORTUNATELY, I rarely take the properties that are referred to me and I ALWAYS thank those who give me these referrals.....

I received an e-mail this morning from a new investment owner of a short sale that he and his wife will be repainting over the next few months.  A current OWNER and a current TENANT both mentioned my name to him and he acknowledged in his e-mail that he may well be over his head in his purchase and remodeling efforts.

They bought a split-level, short sale, built in 1960 and when I viewed it on Zillow....it needs A LOT OF WORK.....and it needs a property manager who has access to a EPA lead certified repair team.  

My benefit to these "flippers" may well be in the 2 property management firm names that I gave him in my return e-mail....both have in-house maintenance with EPA certification and they both have properties in the area that they manage.  

.....My REFERRAL may be their best step so far!

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Wallace S. Gibson is a Certified Property Manager with over 50 years of property management experience and expertise.  She maintains a specialized property management business in Central Virginia serving Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna and Louisa counties  

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Comments(3)

Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

My goodness.  "Over his head" barely describes his predicament.  Wonder what type of professional advice he got, if any, when he purchased.  

Feb 24, 2013 07:34 PM
Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
Gibson Management Group, Ltd. - Charlottesville, VA
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Lenn - I suspect NONE....it took 2 referrals to get him to contact me via e-mail.....He may get some education and help with the referrals I provided. 

Feb 24, 2013 07:40 PM
Frank Laisch
Orlando, FL
"The Insurance Guy"

Wallace, that sounds like a lot of work to take on. its probably better that you referred them out

Feb 24, 2013 08:00 PM