Inspections

Santa Cruz City Has Had It!

June 30, 2010

Last weeks post was about Party Houses well since then I attended a community meeting with the Mayor of Santa Cruz, Planning Dept heads at the Santa Cruz Association of Realtors office to discuss a new ordinance. To back up a bit an emergency ordinance was passed by the City stating that if property owners [...]

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Georgiana Bruce Kirby – Senior Seminar – How to be a good tenant

April 30, 2010

 As part of the senior seminar series I was asked to speak to the students about how to get their first apartment, what owners and property managers look for in a tenant. The class was on April 22nd, from 1-2:15 at the school.  About 40-50 students were in the class and all were attentive except [...]

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CALNARPM – Property Management Conference Summary

April 26, 2010

As many of you know I have been very involved in professional organizations for Property Management.  By participating and being involved I learn more and grow not only professionally but personally. April 12-15 in Concord at the Hilton, the California Chapter of NARPM (National Association of Residential Property Managers) had their annual state conference.  There [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: W

April 7, 2010

Wealth, Waste (time & money), Wear & Tear, Web Wealth – Owning investment property is an excellent way to build long term wealth.  As long as you manage your property as an investment and business your chances of building wealth will be good.  Many people don’t treat their rentals as an investment and therefore actually [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: V

April 5, 2010

Vendors & Vacancies Vendors – Build strong relationships with vendors and have them on your phone list long before you need them.  Always use the same vendor so you can not only build a relationship with them they will come to your aid when you need them most.  I am very good to  my vendors.  I [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: T

March 29, 2010

Taxes, Turnovers, Time Management Taxes -  due Nov 10th and Feb 10th but most pay in Dec and April before the deadline.  April taxes are tough because personal taxes are due as well.  The most important thing to remember with taxes is to make sure to build up the reserve monthly.  When property values drop [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: P

March 15, 2010

Patience, Preventative Maintenance, Pets, Policies & Procedures, Photos, Profit Patience – Always outline in detail what you want done with the property and in the lease.  When tenants ask what seems to be stupid questions be patient and happy that they are asking you first..educate your tenant. Preventative Maintenance – Do annual checks for batteries [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: N

March 10, 2010

Notices:  3 day, 30 day, 60 day, 90 day, 24 hour People often get confused over a variety of notices and when to use.  I will outline the ones mentioned above. 3-Day to Pay Rent or Quit This notice is used if you haven’t received the rent by the due date.  You post a 3 [...]

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