Now that the economy has dictated that staying in the USA for a vacation makes economic sense, it may be worth checking out NYC for your next getaway. I am lucky, my daughter is currently living there on Wall Street. So my wife and two sons, that live in Sacramento, went to visit her this past w
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07/22/2008
This week we had one of our property management clients ask us to start advertising a property for rent. The property is an REO property they were purchasing and escrow had not closed. I can think of the following reasons not to do it: 1. The bank would need to give approval, good luck with t
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07/16/2008
I had an accepted all cash deal going the past 90 days that was supposed to close a month ago. All the money has been in escrow for over 30 days waiting for the bank to sign off the title company to record the deed. Yesterday I called the title company and they said the bank, which had bought o
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07/16/2008
We signed a contract recently to rent out a home for a new client. Things were going well until the owner stopped over on a Sunday afternoon to see their house while it was still be marketed. The problem is they ran into a potential tenant and showed them the house. The owner then proceeded
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07/15/2008
Over the past 7 days I have traveled from Los Angeles to Mount Shasta and personally witnessed the smokey skies of California. This is a spread of over 600 miles and it is smokey all the way! During most of my driving there was a haze on the horizon, but in Redding we saw the fires burning. One
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07/13/2008
What is Alta California Regional Center? Alta California Regional Center creates and maintains partnerships to support all persons with developmental disabilities, children at risk, and their families in choosing services and supports through individual lifelong planning to achieve satisfying li
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07/13/2008
This is a new one-day event exclusively for rental owners and investors in single-family homes, duplexes and similar rental properties. The program includes 12 educational seminars on property management and investment topics, a "Vendor Showcase" featuring over 25 exhibitors of products and serv
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07/12/2008
During the course of summer many people go into vacation mode. Of course they take vacations, but they also take extra days off so they can be with their family during the fun times of no school for the kids. But, it can be tough because a lot of other people are trying to locate a suitable ren
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07/10/2008
If you had an applicant for your upstairs rental and a family with a small child wanted to rent it would that be a problem for you? Say the resident let the child walk out their front door and the kid fell down the cement stairwell? What if a blind person wanted to rent the upstairs apartment?
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07/10/2008
My HVAC (Heating, Ventalating, Air Conditioning) technician tells me that it is best to change the filter in the heating and air conditioning system on a monthly basis. The problem with rental units is that it is hard to get it done by the tenants, especially when renting out single family
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07/07/2008
