real estate crisis: TENANTS are NOT Second Class Citizens!! They may save your financial derriere!! - 07/16/09 10:55 AM
I've had occasion twice in the last two weeks to turn away property owners/property accounts because the property owners wanted me to treat tenants as SECOND CLASS CITIZENS.
The first property owner, after being rude and having discussions with her husband on her cel phone rather than having a 3-way discussion so we ALL could be on the same page, left me a voicemail that after packing her furniture she could not remove the sofa and if the new tenants did not want it, they could hack it up and remove it.  They had built a master suite in the above-level … (5 comments)

real estate crisis: Property Management Profession is practically RECESSION PROOF - 01/09/09 10:34 AM
Having been an "evil fricking property manager for over forty fricking years" to paraphrase CHER.....I've been through several recessions, the tax reform act of 1986, the RTC and now this housing /foreclosure/lender crisis.....one thing I have learned - property managers can THRIVE in ALL forms of housing situations.
In the "good times" * investors buy for tax benefits and appreciation potential and need good property management services to insure their investment performs as expected.
In the "bad times" * reluctant homeowners needing to relocate seek a good property manager to lease and manage their unsold homes AND investors buy good rental … (12 comments)

 
Wallace S. Gibson, CPM, LandlordWhisperer  (Gibson Management Group, Ltd.)

Wallace S. Gibson, CPM

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Charlottesville, VA

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