Insurance

Homeowners aren’t the only ones that should have insurance on a rental property. In order to protect yourself and your belongings, renters should speak to their insurance company about renter’s insurance. I’d love to hear your questions or about your experience with renter’s insurance.

Property Management from A-Z: Q

March 17, 2010

Question & Qualifying Applicant Question – You as Owner always want to question and get more info not just from tenant when they call with maintenance emergency – ask lots of questions to understand situation but question your insurance agent annually to make sure your investment is property insured.  Be pro-active in staying on top [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: O

March 12, 2010

Organization Even if you have only 1 rental you need to be organized and have a system that keeps all your records in order.  I have a binder and it has the following tabs: Summary – 1sheet with tenant contact info, rental amount, security deposit amount, recent maintenance done Lease – lease and application, credit [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: M

March 8, 2010

Management – Time, Money, Maintenance, Relationships Management – Time This is extremely important if you are going to manage your properties yourself.  Prospects can gobble up and waste your time.  The biggest tip I can give all of you is to make applicants, tenants fit your schedule.  I don’t do open houses for showings – [...]

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Successful Landlording Cabrillo College Class

March 7, 2010

Successful Landlording Twice a year I co-teach this class with Karen Calcagno, Linda Murphy and this year with Paige White through the Cabrillo College Community Extension program. Yesterday, March 6th, was a full day with 15 attendees.  I am so pleased to find investment property owners willing to educate themselves about the process, and their [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: K

February 24, 2010

Keys – I am often amazed at how many property owners don’t want to rekey between tenants.  Here is my argument for doing so. You have no idea how many keys are floating around or who has them You are assuming a huge liability if anything were to happen to new tenant Tenant can’t get [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: I

February 21, 2010

Inspections & Insurance Inspections – How often and how detailed.  You should always do a detailed inspection with photos prior to tenant move in. Drive-by’s through out the year are fine.  If the yard is looking shabby you might want to schedule an inside inspection or send the tenant a quick note that the yard [...]

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