PropertyManagementMaven * LandlordWhisperer

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Property Manager - Gibson Management Group, Ltd.
A maven (also mavin) is a trusted expert in a particular field, who seeks to pass knowledge on to others. The word maven comes from the Hebrew, via Yiddish, and means one who understands, based on an accumulation of knowledge. Wikipedia

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2010 

I have a VERY automated leasing and move-out procedure so that items don't drop through the cracks that may not benefit my clients OR residents....when residents DO not follow them, I get a 20% service charge from departing residents' deposits to handle cleaning, repairs or yard maintenance. I pr...
06/08/2010
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  Kevin's BACK!!!!...and he is FULLY LOADED!   We just moved farther down the social ladder. Yeah, that's right. One more notch down the old civil scale. Just like that. One little phrase that quite a few Americans use on a daily basis. I will admit to using it myself. I doubt that my mom has eve...
06/08/2010
  This is GREAT information if you don't want to subscribe to a service like iClipart....   PicApp.com is a site that offers FREE photos,images, graphics.  DON'T WORRY ABOUT USING COPYRIGHT IMAGES ANY LONGER! "All PicApp images include the right meta-data to assist search engines index the images...
06/08/2010
Just like when Rush Limbaugh turned Harry Reid's letter to Clear Channel's Mike Mays into an AUCTION benefit for the Marine Corp-Law Enforcement foundation, DeLana and Kevin Harvick have turned Joey Logano's comment about DeLana wearing the firesuit in their family into a merchandising opportunit...
06/08/2010
If you read all the way down this article by the two academic researchers, you will find that they used THREE different e-mail response names  * White, African American, Hispanic * and they blame the LOW disparity between the "invites" to view the rental property with early automated responses fr...
06/08/2010
Joe Thomas * WCHV AM/FM * Morning AM Radio Host  put together Fifth District Fridays where he had the original 8 and now 7 GOP candidates for the challenger seat against Tom Perriello (D) give listeners their ideas, positions and respond to questions for 22 Fridays at 6 and 8A.  He had those dis...
06/07/2010
  I save my graphics/photos in a "special folder" called AR blog photos AFTER I re-size them.  Thank you Bill!!!   HOW TO PLACE AN IMAGE ON YOUR BLOG Recently someone was having a difficult time working with the image insert forms to properly place images on the page. There are people on the foru...
06/07/2010
  What a GREAT IDEA for real estate clients!  Even rental property owners.  Now if Jimmie Johnson (Driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet) would just come change my exterior light bulbs like he does in his ADS!   Is anyone actively using the FREE Lowe's Realtor Benefits program that they offer us? Ab...
06/07/2010
Marvin Isley died today in Chicago.  No cause of death is known; however, he suffered from diabetes and had had both of his legs amputated.   http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2010/06/07/2010-06-07_marvin_isley_of_the_isley_brothers_dies_at_age_56_in_chicago.html
06/07/2010
  This is WAY COOL * Thank you   It makes sense that everyone on AR should have this...           http://www.twellow.com/      
06/07/2010