PropertyManagementMaven * LandlordWhisperer

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Property Manager - Gibson Management Group, Ltd.
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2010 

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Richard Childress Racing are expected to announce next week that Dale Earnhardt, Jr will drive the HISTORIC #3 in the Daytona Nationwide race July 2.  RCR has the right to the #3 and in conjunction with JR Motorsports, they will allow the car # to be used on the Chevrolet e...
04/23/2010
Increasing rents can often be the most unpleasant part of managing rental property - especially if you have become friendly with your residents.  However,  it is imperative that you raise the rent on your rental property each year.....here’s why Your costs go up each year but if you are scared to...
04/22/2010
The subject for this blog post came after the second e-mail from property owner clients who want to "come see their property".  I've had two come so far this Spring and expect 2 more before the end of May.  One owner who lives in India tried for three flights from TX to VA during the February wee...
04/21/2010
  I guesss I had seen this before; however, it is worth another look and read   Weltanschauung:  The guiding principles and philosophy of an organization. A world view.1.    We understand that the value of the ActiveRain community rests entirely with its members. We admire the spirit of real esta...
04/21/2010
One of the BIGGEST and most COSTLY mistakes that landlords make is to DELIVER notices and communications with residents inappropriately.  Few state landlord-tenant statutes actually REQUIRE that notices be served by Certified (Registered mail is for items of VALUE) mail with a signed return recei...
04/21/2010
  If you don't already subscribe, you should subscribe to the TOMATO blog * GREAT information here   It is finally here!  We are so excited. We’ve launched Tomato University (beta): “Technology Education For The Real Estate Industry” The success of our first three Virtual BarCamp events made two ...
04/20/2010
I'm getting "second" and "third" contacts from prospects from my website who have been lurking for several months and have seen several of the homes they were interested in VANISH!  They are concerned because they NOW know that there are prospects out there who are renting my properties from my w...
04/20/2010
  I like Reblog * Repeat * Relive * Revive * Revisit * Recoupe * Reproduce!!!   Oh, the topic of reblog always surfaces for various reasons.  I find that many of the articles I write are reblogged and sometimes very often.  I love it and appreciate it but sometimes the reblogger is short changing...
04/20/2010
Why won't they give me the KEYS!?!A new property client returned his signed management agreement and check for his owner "start-up funds" but no house key.  I e-mailed that I needed the key so I could show it as they were already in the process of moving and no one was home during the day.  He wa...
04/19/2010
Kudos to Denny Hamlin who brought his FedEx #11 Toyota to the winner's circle in the Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway and THEN Kyle Busch brought the Joe Gibbs' Racing #18 Z-Line Toyota to Victory Lane for the 5th straight time in the Nationwide race held after the Cup race. Denny Hamlin is less ...
04/19/2010