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 

Living in the country has its challenges.  We are on a well and septic system. Our electricity is through a coop which is usually very responsive and when our whole house propane generator came on this morning around 10A I was not worried.  At noon, I called the electric coop and found that a tra...
01/31/2010
I had not run into this until recently * family/comingled e-mail addresses.  I was having e-mail communication from my website with the "man of the house" regarding one of my rental properties and I was asking questions and receiving responses....then I started getting the same questions again an...
01/31/2010
While waiting for the Miss America Pageant on TLC last night, I was posting my rental properties on our local Craigslist.  I usually do this process early in the AM; however, I had failed to do it and wanted to get them up for Saturday. To quote Emeril....BAM!!! I started getting e-mails from re...
01/31/2010
  Brad's gems are worth re-blogging!!! Newbies and old hands often need to be reminded!!   ActiveRain Statistics - Comments, Views, and Clicks:Your ActiveRain Statistics page shows an overview of ALL your Blog posts and the activity they are getting.  This is a great tool to gage what is happenin...
01/30/2010
  Thank you Gita!!! This is GREAT information on getting rental units READY before showing.......It reminds me to order my case of Carpet Fresh to keep in my car!!    I receive calls for rentals from time to time. I find that some properties rent quickly and some are on the market for long. Here ...
01/30/2010
  How great is this?  It makes perfect sense * as in NASCAR, trying to explain slowing down to go FASTER!!!   Why stop blogging when you're busy?  This morning, I read a post by Amy Hahn that was featured and discussed how she has to stop blogging because the blogging worked to grow her business....
01/30/2010
Our Miss Americas   YEAR        NAME   CITY/STATE   1921   Margaret Gorman   Washington, DC   1922   Mary Katherine Campbell   Columbus, OH   1923   Mary Katherine Campbell   Columbus, OH   1924   Ruth Malcomson   Philadelphia, PA   1925   Fay Lanphier   Oakland, CA   1926   Norma Smallwood   Tu...
01/30/2010
I suspected it with her talent * she is AWESOME!!!  The yellow dress was BEAUTIFUL!!! Caressa Cameron * Age 22 * From Fredricksburg, Virginia * her platform is Real Talk:  AIDS in America and she intends to obtain a Master's degree in Mass Communications and work as an anchor for a television new...
01/30/2010
Rielle Hunter requested a North Carolina count to suppress a supposed sex-tape of her and John Edwards while she was pregnant with Edwards’ child. Edwards’ ex-mistress was granted a restraining order against former Edwards’ aide and confidant, Andrew Young whose tell-all book The Politician has ...
01/30/2010
  Great information for property managers and Realtors to have...   Under the Fair Housing Act, a resident or an applicant for housing makes a reasonable accommodation request whenever she makes clear to the housing provider that she is requesting an exception, change, or adjustment to a rule, po...
01/30/2010