Seasonal Tips

Every season brings it’s own joys and challenges for property managers, homeowners, and tenants alike. In this category I write about different tips for turning those seasonal challenges into joys! I look forward to your comments on how you handle the changing seasons in your rental situation.

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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Fowl Play in the Backyard – Chickens Make a Come Back

July 14, 2010

I recently rented a cottage in Santa Cruz and was surprised to see the tenants had a chicken coop with 2 hens and they collected the eggs daily.  When I would show the cottage the hens would scurry around the yard – no bugs at this property was my first thought. As a property manager [...]

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Party Homes – What To Do?

June 23, 2010

In the June 9, 2010 Santa Cruz Sentinel Newspaper, www.santacruzsentinel.com page B3, there is an article by Shanna McCord about the crack down on party homes in Santa Cruz.  The City Council passed an emergency ordinance not allowing repeat offending property owners from making renovations to their properties that would increase the number of bedrooms [...]

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Don’t Be Scammed This Summer

June 16, 2010

It is summer time and that means scams.  In the June 4th, issue of the Santa Cruz Sentinel Newspaper, www.santacruzsentinel.com there was a short article about Vacation Homes Should Be Watched and the article referenced a couple homes where people were squatting in them.  I don’t do vacation rentals as part of my business but [...]

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Santa Cruz Rental Market

June 9, 2010

As we enter the summer months I thought I would give a quick assessment of the local rental market as of end of May 2010.  Well, things have really picked up. In the last week we rented everything but 2 properties and as of today we only have 4 properties available to rent.  There are [...]

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The Pain of Stains

May 26, 2010

I keep things that are of interest to my business and this posting is from the Santa Cruz Sentinel July 17, 2008.  I thought I would share with you some of the tips and tricks for stain removal. Grease – use cornstarch, cornmeal and talcum powder to soak up Dried blood, juice, felt-tip pen or [...]

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Santa Cruz is on the Map – Cycling

May 21, 2010

The Amgen Tour of California came to Santa Cruz this past week and it was exciting.  My husband is a part time cyclist (along with lots of part time sports – our home looks like I live in Outdoor World) I digress….to see the race on TV nightly, and on the local news, along with [...]

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Be My Valentine

February 14, 2010

On this day of romance I thought I would share from a woman’s perspective who has been in a 24 year relationship what I see as being romantic.  For those of you newly in love…just wait 10 years. My heart is warmed and I love my man when: He cooks for me (he is a retired [...]

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