ngic: Be Prepared NOW has a DIFFERENT Meaning * Sorry Boy Scouts!
- 03/19/12 08:45 PM
Tenant prospects are viewing rental properties online and then scheduling viewings via the listing Inquiry/Contact option on my website. Once I determine 2 viewing time slots in my showing schedule, I e-mail them to they pick one. I then notify my current residents of our showing time and indicate that they do not need to be present as I will use my file key for entry and to please have their pets secured or gone from the property. This is done 3 often 5 days in advance and if the property is currently occupied, the prospects have already viewed it with … (46 comments)
ngic: NON-Payment of Rent is NOT the ONLY Reason that Residents and Homeowners are being EVICTED
- 03/17/12 03:03 AM
The HuffPO article on CRAZY EVICTION STORIES of 2011 is interesting because many of those being EVICTED are actual Homeowners and are not TENANTS. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/16/joey-dibenedetto-eviction_n_1353384.html?13 The process of REMOVING unlawful residents from real property is called EVICTION and although it generally applies to tenants, in the last few years, it has applied to homeowners whose property has been foreclosed.
According to WikipediA *Eviction is the removal of a tenant from rental property by the landlord. Depending on the laws of the jurisdiction, eviction may also be known as unlawful detainer, summary possession, summary dispossess, forcible detainer, ejectment, and repossession, among other terms. Nevertheless, the term eviction is the most commonly used in communications between … (7 comments)
ngic: Busy Property Managers Need their OWN Web Site to Showcase Their Rental Listings
- 03/08/12 07:35 PM
As more and more real estate agents get into the leasing/property management biz, I see that few are actually electing to have a DYNAMIC and useful website to showcase their rental listings and provide information to prospective rental customers. I have been fortunate to partner with HomeRentals.net * HERO * http://homerentals.net/Sites/HRN/ a NATIONAL rental housing website featuring single family home listings. With three Clicks * I can FIND a prior listing; ACTIVE that listing; EDIT the listing to change NEW rents/date available. Through my urging they also provide an html for blogging the listing and posting to Craigslist with an "export" feature. Newbie … (11 comments)
ngic: New Twist on the Consequences of Not Following Lease Terms * DENIED Security Clearance!
- 03/07/12 04:20 AM
I rent to numerous military families who are attending the University of Virginia Judge Advocate General (JAG) law school as well as who are stationed at a CIA/military facility. One of the "consequences" is that I frequently get inquires about former residents from government contractors who are doing a security background. I received such a call yesterday and I did not remember the resident's name * he has ONE last name and his wife has a DIFFERENT last name and I only dealt with the wife. So the "investigator" comes to my office this morning and I give him the information … (5 comments)
ngic: Pick A Property Manager You Trust And Then Let Them Do Their Job.
- 02/29/12 07:16 PM
I've been working with several prospective new property management clients for the last month as they get their "ducks in a row" to leave their current home and relocate for their employment. One couple I visited last weekend indicated that many of the area property managers they contacted would not come to their property UNLESS they hired them. On the flip-side, one couple that I met with a month ago and who really need to get their property on the rental market sooner rather than later have been telling me for 2 weeks that their signed management agreement is in the … (15 comments)
ngic: Time to Get a NEW Property Manager * Or how to find the RIGHT one!
- 02/25/12 07:57 PM
I LOVE the recent Time to get a new Realtor posts so I am adapting them to Property Managers! 1. Your Property Manager requires a signed property management agreement BEFORE they come view your rental property......it's time to get a NEW Property Manager. 2. Your Property Manager took photos of the property VACANT and it is not on their website......it's time to get a NEW Property Manager. 3. Your Property Manager has a DATE stamp on the photos of your property (they have done an inspection with camera previously)....... it's time to get a NEW Property Manager. 4. You have to call or … (13 comments)
ngic: Rental Prospects NEED to Consider ALL Features of a Rental Property * It's Called Cost Of Housing
- 02/23/12 07:42 PM
I showed a rental home today to a single, military officer with 2 dogs. The house is large, has a nice flat back yard where he can do a fence for his dogs and is 5 minutes from his office. While we were walking around the property, he mentioned his military housing allowance was only $1200 and my property rent was $1,395. When I asked him where the $1,200 home was, he indicated in the CITY and it was SMALLER......the City has much higher utility rates because they are having to finance improvements to their water/sewer/gas systems via consumer fees. … (13 comments)
ngic: A Landlord's Work is NEVER Done * EVEN When He Is Running For POTUS!
- 02/21/12 07:12 PM
GOP Presidential Candidate * Rick Santorum has taken the time from practically "living in Iowa" this summer and campaigning daily to replace President Obama next January * to send a rent demand letter to the SUBLETTERS of one of his five condos in State College, PA. Although his units are managed by a professional property management firm, tenants were surprised to get letters directly from Santorum when their SUBtenants' rent had not been received. Evidently it worked and the rent got paid! KUDOS RICK!
ngic: Kudos Agents! You've Sold Your Clients' Home * Do You Work With Them to Find a New Rental Home?
- 02/19/12 08:01 PM
I received a late night e-mail from a woman who was OVERjoyed to have her current home go UNDER CONTRACT in 5 days. After CONGRATULATING her and her agent on their efforts, I gave her the lowdown on what she needs to do if she wants to secure a rental home while she and her husband decide whether to buy or build their next residence.....she was VERY surprised at my suggestions. 1) Her home had sold because there are NEW-hires moving into the area who are looking for good homes in good school districts that are close to their new … (26 comments)
ngic: VIRGINIA Landlord Reported Capital Suicide Bomber Suspect to Police * One and a Half YEARS AGO!
- 02/17/12 07:29 PM
His VIRGINIA landlord says he reported that he thought the suspect suicide bomber arrested at the US Capital yesterday was a TERRORIST.....guess he was correct. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAPITOL_ARREST?SITE=CAVEN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Much like the 9/11 hijackers who rented in single family home for CASH in Florida when the were taking "flight lessons" and whose landlord LOVED that they paid on time and never complained, this is their renting MO.
In the case of Amine El Kahlafi yesterday, his gun did not work and he had been under surveillance by authorities; however, KUDOS to the VIRGINIA landlord for taking the initiative of reporting his resident - … (14 comments)
Tenant prospects are viewing rental properties online and then scheduling viewings via the listing Inquiry/Contact option on my website.
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