Looking forward to the BIG day: My youngest son Brian and his wife Stacy were married April 27th, 2019 nestled in the beautiful, rolling, romantic, panoramic hills deep in the heart of wine country, Southern California. It was a day we had anticipated since he was a small boy and it was finally here. Preparations had been made for family to arrive in California to attend the wedding from different parts of the country converging in sunny California to celebrate […]
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YOUR ELEVATOR PITCH: This is the start of the relationship and the first impression. A good elevator pitch will be short, sweet, and to the point. They call it an elevator pitch because it shouldn’t take that long to explain what you do. It should be simple enough that a child can understand it, and short enough to finish before you reach your floor destination in the elevator. They keys basic to the pitch are WHO you are, WHY you […]
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Whether you find yourself looking for an apartment to call your home, or looking for a property management company to take over the management of your assets; there are key features you should be looking for from both sides of the aisle. You want to make sure they have the processes and procedures in place to upkeep the property for your family while you live there as well as the same processes and procedures to keep your property running at […]
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You may probably think that from the blog title that we mean when the resident moves out of your apartment to live in another domain. Well, actually, in this case, we mean it quite literally. What we are writing about are some of the steps, concerns, and dilemmas you may run into when your resident passes away in the premises they rent from you. “To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what […]
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Steps to Follow When Taking a Security Deposit When handling Security Deposits there are a few steps that need to occur to avoid getting into trouble and if you miss a step the penalties can be steep. If you miss one of the criteria for your Security Deposits the damages amount to the landlord may be three-fold. Security Deposits are always a concern for landlords. Some landlords are comfortable taking the deposit while other avoid them like the plague. The Security […]
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Do Mom & Pop Landlords Differ From Professional Managers in Conflict Resolution & Tenant Retention? Snidely Whiplash tying Nell Fenwick to the train tracks because she can’t pay the rent, is not quite what we have in mind here. In fact, some practices still in action today by both Mom & Pop shops and some Professional Property Managers can both borderline on some pretty unethical and unlawful resolutions. There are laws to protect tenants from unscrupulous landlords on both sides […]
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In Volume 1 of our blog series we talked about the Types of Landlords and the impact this can have on Tenant Screening. Here in Volume 2 we will dig deeper in the different options and features that you will find in the smaller Mom & Pop Landlord Shops vs. a Professional Property Management company. Again, it is not our goal to sway you towards one or the other. Your specific needs as a resident may vary as widely as […]
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