Over my many years in property management, I have diverged from the management philosophy of other property managers on many issues * INCLUDING * tenant generated income. Many property managers see "tenant lock-out" as a proffit center for their business. I know other property managers who ONLY p
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05/22/2012
DIY landlords in our area have realized they can do a postlets html to put their rental listing on Craigslist and they are getting their posts scammed.....I have had several inquire about my CL ads - the html is from my company's website and the photos are WATERMARKED! A guest post by Gabriel Kni
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05/22/2012
...and most small investors are doing it on their own and not with the help of real estate agents. This is a VERY REAL niche that many agents are overlooking... Did you know that real estate investors bought 1 out of every 4 homes last year? Real estate investing has transformed the real estate
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05/20/2012
The SAME thing happens with rental listings. I have had to allow EXTRA time when photographing rental properties still owner-occupied so that I can "straighten" it up! When real estate markets cool down, typically inventory increases and the number of buyers decrease. Slowing market conditions m
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05/19/2012
Rental Home - Charlottesville, VA Single family rental, > Click here for full details, additional photos, and an inquiry form < Single family1225 Hatcher Court Charlottesville VA 22903 5 beds/5.5 baths$3295 / month Gibson Management Group, Ltd.Wallace S. Gibson CPM PO Box 106Keswick, VA 22947-0
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05/19/2012
I've been working with a local townhouse owner for several months on changing his HOA's by-laws which prohibit the 40 unit owners from renting their townhouses. The project is adjacent to 2 similar townhouse units by the same builder with no such restrictions and several owners have rented their
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05/19/2012
This article from the news of Hesperia, CA is encouraging on several levels. Property inspections for rental properties ALWAYS increases the landlord/property owner costs and are passed on to the residents. While the original intent of these ordinances was to make sure that rental areas were kept
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05/18/2012
There has been a year long battle to DEfund military sponsorship of NASCAR race teams to the tune of $80m. The Army sponsors the Stewart Hass #39 Chevrolet (Government Motors) of Ryan Newman and the National Guard sponsors the #88 Chevrolet of UBER NASCAR owner Rick Hendrick and driven by the mos
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05/18/2012
I L♥VE California....so much so that I did not turn the lights off when I left in 1993; however, somebody has turned the "moon beams" off for Gov Brown. In an appearance on CBS this morning, he indicated that FACEBOOK was INVENTED in California - Not TEXAS and Not ARIZONA and Not NYC. When it wa
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05/18/2012
Real estate scams have been around for decades. I bought a property management firm because a would-be tenant re-keyed the property and attempted to rent the home on their own. I've known DIY landlords whose rental prospects want THEIR social security # to run THEIR credit. Let's remember, the L
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05/16/2012
