Do-It-Yourself

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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Property Management from A-Z: B

January 20, 2010

B = It’s a Business Property Owners, landlords, whatever you call yourself most people forget this very important aspect of property management.  When I teach classes on property management most of the problems Landlords get themselves into is because they don’t treat their rental as a BUSINESS.  They treat it as the home their raised [...]

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Tips To Successful Landlording – Cabrillo Class March 6th

January 16, 2010

I am one of three instructors for this class.  It is a wonderful class that I wish I had the chance to take when I first started doing property management for myself 20 years ago.  Karen speaks to the importance of communication in having a good experience as a landlord, I address the nuts and [...]

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Know The Law

April 1, 2009

I recently co-taught a class at Cabrillo College on March 16th.  It was a day long class.  How to be a good Landlord. For those people who like to manage their own properties, or those who have inherited properties and are informing themselves as to if they want to be a Property Manager or have [...]

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