Professional Associations

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: Z

April 16, 2010

Well I am on Z and covered all topics related to Property Management through the alphabet and then some.  Hope you have found the topics timely and of interest.  Zero Sum Gain (break even), Zap Your Energy, Zombie, Zen, Zest for Life Zero-Sum-Gain – break even is at least where you want to be with [...]

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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: L

February 26, 2010

Law, Lease & Listen Law – bottomline follow it.  There are lots of books out there and professional associations here are some links: California Apt Assoc. Become a member.  This is a great organization.  They regularly have classes on legal matters, Fair Housing Law, Leases and Addendums to download etc. www.caanet.org Institute for Real Estate [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: F

February 3, 2010

The two topics today are Filing System & Fair Housing. To be organized and to be able to document everything associated with managing a rental you need a filing system and it doesn’t really matter what system you use – just have one.  I will tell you what I have both personally and in my business. Filing [...]

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