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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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Annual Preventative Maintenance

October 14, 2011
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So Where Have I Been? Time to Reflect – Thanksgiving

November 24, 2010

Today is the day before Thanksgiving.  It is my favorite holiday and it is the time of year I always stop and reflect on how Thankful I am in my personal life and business.  It has been a couple months since I have written any new material for the blog.  So, what have I been [...]

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Surviving Property Management

July 24, 2010

Whether you are a full time professional property manager or an individual who manages personal rentals everyone reaches a point where you just want to pack it all in. I love property management but in order for me to be fresh, creative and have a long career in the field I love I need to take [...]

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Santa Cruz County Housing Expo 2010

June 2, 2010

I was invited to speak at the Santa Cruz Housing Expo on May 8th, which was sponsored by the Santa Cruz Association of Realtors.  My topic was Investment Properties.  Here is a brief outline of workshop. Investment Opportunities:  What is your goal – rental income, appreciation and sell, pass on to heirs? Location – this [...]

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Property Management from a Newbie Perspective

May 21, 2010

I have a part-time admin who is a property owner herself and has had a property management company (me) handling her properties for her.  We were lucky enough to have her help us out in the office and  after 6 months on the job I asked her to write about property management behind the scenes, [...]

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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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Property Management from A-Z: Y

April 14, 2010

Yearly Planning, Year-End Planning Yearly Planning – this should be done before the new year begins.  It should also be reviewed quarterly.  Again, this is your business, your investment.  What should be part of your yearly-planning?  Any turnovers coming up, what maintenance needs to be done this year?  Have a budget?  Taxes, Insurance, Mortgage, Utilities [...]

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