Property Management

Tips & Tricks for Renting Your Personal Home

October 26, 2011

I often get owners that decide to rent their personal home either through job change or kids are gone and they can downsize.  The following tips are important to consider: 1.  This is the only time I recommend that you hire a professional property manager for at least one year to manage the property.  The [...]

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Class is over – What did we learn?

October 19, 2011

I teach classes at Cabrillo College in Aptos, CA a couple times per year.  It is always great to touch base with consumers to see what is really on their minds.   The take away from the class is that as an Owner you need to know the laws and fair housing.  Take a great [...]

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9/11 how does it relate to managing rentals?

September 21, 2011

We just observed the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. The take away for me was the reminder of how precious life is and the fact that our lives as we know it can be turned upside down in an instant.  So how does that impact owning rentals? We need to be prepared.  Once you own real [...]

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What to do when things go wrong?

September 15, 2011

Every landlord has had something go wrong with their tenant, the rental, a vendor the list goes on.  How you handle the issue will reveal what kind of landlord you are or the type of business you operate.  I will share with you a recent experience and how I handled it. I offer placement services [...]

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Know Your FICO Score

July 29, 2011

This month a new law was passed that stipulates if you apply for rental housing and you are denied because of your credit the property mgmt firm must give you your FICO score.  The State of California requires that if an applicant asks for their credit report you must provide it to them. If you [...]

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Landlording Made Easy – Come Learn How

June 22, 2011

Hi all, Some of you may know that I teach property management classes at Cabrillo College each semester.  The last class was a huge success.  I revamped the class from a 1 day class down to a 4 hour class.  We had 25 people and a waiting list! Well, another class is coming.  The current [...]

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Efficiency Tip Of The Week : Providing Information

August 30, 2010

Answering the same old questions again and again can be a huge drain on time, and frustrating too.  We aren’t parrots! Besides your employees can be better used doing other tasks than answering standard questions all day long.  Here is how we have solved this in our office. 1. Have template emails that you can [...]

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Efficiency Tip Of The Week : Client Contact

August 23, 2010

Client Contact – all business coaches or marketing guru’s have tons of ideas for connecting with clients – Owners, Vendors, Tenants, anyone you consider your client.  What I have learned over the years is to pick one or two things and do them consistently.  I don’t do birthday cards – wouldn’t remember them all.  I [...]

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