The BEST recommendation is to hire a professional property manager to handle the leasing and management of the property.... Becoming a landlord can be very profitable, so if you're clients are looking to buy a second home here are some great tips you can share with your them: YOU'LL HAVE TO P
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05/05/2010
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/1A45966433D5A0088625771A00131868?OpenDocument What's a landlord to do? While the police, feds and bomb squad were surrounding the SUV he purchased on Craigslist, the Times Square Bomber, Faisal Shahzad, realized he had LOCKED HIS APA
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05/05/2010
One of the "joys" of Spring is the CONDO and PUD Annual Homeowners' Meeting and annual budget ratification. Most unit owners never review the proposed budget and few are detailed enough to actually show the REASON for any fee increase. I own a rental home in a LARGE gated community * almost 5,00
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05/04/2010
One of the services I provide to out of state property owners is to shoot a video of the exterior and interior of their property and email it to them. This gives them valuable information on the condition of their property. I also like to shoot repair items, such as damage to the exterior, so t
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05/04/2010
I'm going to hear GOP speaker at our monthly b'fast on Sat.... With the new month of May, we have now reached the 6-month point until the November 2nd elections. That's right, 26 weeks from today. Circle it on your calendar. Unless you live in a few districts where the Representatives have be
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05/04/2010
I received a phone call from a woman who was inquiring if I would lease and manage her home in Covesville * the southern part of the county. Just from the way she said it, I suspected she had been turned down in prior calls to property managers and when I said the property was out of cel phone r
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05/03/2010
Over the last 1.5+ years, I’ve lost weight. No, I am not on the REALTOR * No Commissions = No Food Diet * I started with Nutrisystems food in July, 2008 because I have type II diabetes, then after loosing 15 lbs, I joined a 24/7 gym * Snap Fitness is AWESOME....and FINALLY, I was adopted by TWO
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05/03/2010
What a great tool for keeping our blog content ours!!! Thank you! Upset about people copying content off your Websites and blogs. Now there is a service that will have you hoping they will! Copy Me -Please! Tynt is a new free service that will track what is being copied off your Web and blo
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05/03/2010
I have google alerts for my name and my business name * early blogs from last week are showing up in my daily alerts!!!!Recently I signed up an agent with Active rain and while its been difficult for him to post...it seems even with proxy errors and the system being down, Google still loves Activ
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05/02/2010
We have more military families moving into our area because of government agencies in the area. Fly your flags! Send a card to someone in the military. Write a "letter to the editor" thanking our military. Visit a military installation and tell them thanks. You probably won't be able to get in, s
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05/02/2010
