As a small, service-based property manager serving the greater Sacramento region, we find it necessary to keep up with the latest rental trends. Each quarter, we compile a detailed housing survey where we compare the asking prices of 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom homes, duplexes and condominiums. With da
...
01/31/2009
Having been in property management since 1992, I have seen up and down markets, but never anything quite like this. Normally we see solid rental activity during a prolonged period of stagnant sales, yet inventory of vacant properties remains fairly high, while rents are flat or even sagging. I su
...
01/26/2009
I think 2009 will be a pivotal year for us in the property management business. Investors appear to be re-entering the market, vacancy inventories are up while rental prices remain somewhat flat. As we get into summer 2009, our hope is that rental inventories will shrink as the next wave of forec
...
01/03/2009
It seems like every time I turn on the news, there is a piece about the economy and how it has impacted retailers. "Many retailers slashing prices by 40-70%" was a headline I read last week. I wonder just how true that statement is? Mervyns went out of business recently, and had a major sale in t
...
01/02/2009
Investors Choice Property Management (ICPM) is a small, service-based property management company serving the greater Sacramento area, as well as Folsom, Natomas, Elk Grove, Lincoln and Rocklin. Our business is 95% referral based, we do NO Sales, and property management is our only business. With
...
01/02/2009
