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 just posted that the LANDLORD/INVESTMENT market will be the FIRST to come back totally BECAUSE of the lack of good rental housing and the VERY HIGH demand in areas of the country where there is employment!!!   Have you noticed that there aren't as many "For Rent" signs in your Edmond neighbor...
10/20/2010
  Great information and few know the basis for the process or the intended effect.  Thank you for posting this and giving us the history of this important element of real estate lending.   FICO the Fair Isaac Corporation! Why the FICO Scores was created? The Fair Isaac Corporation, known as FICO,...
10/19/2010
  I am getting into this stuff and hope to learn more at Charlotte RainCamp next week.  Thank you for helping with the learning curve on this!  It is awesome   Every website that wants to better understand its visitors and how to convert them uses some sort of analytics program. In our case its G...
10/19/2010
This NYT article got my attention and Ester Tuttle is an inspiration and MY hero.  She has wisdom and has shared it her memoir * No Rocking Chair for me. She is going to be 100 next July and she has the RECIPE for a LONG LIFE * Resolution ♥ Resourcefulness ♥ Resilience * these work in our daily p...
10/19/2010
I can tell I have been doing this for a LONG TIME.....I am seeing some of the old "norms" which were NOT a good idea THEN and are certainly not a good idea NOW. 1)  Aluminum foil wrapping stove drip pans.  This is VERY DANGEROUS.  I actually had a kitchen fire in a property in Napa, CA from stove...
10/19/2010
The TRUTH is STRANGER than FICTION. Actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, have a TRO * temporary restraining order * against them for continuing to occupy and break into the guest house at a Santa Barbara, CA property they USED to own and which they continue to insist they still own....although ti...
10/19/2010
  Rich, your analogy is PERFECT....EVERYONE can WORK, get EDUCATED, learn to FISH for themselves and GET WHAT THEY WANT for their LIVES!!!  I've got an EXCELLENT education, worked since I was 16 and have a comfortable life....and I'm paying TWO mortgages with the help of my rental home tenant!   ...
10/18/2010
      Great and TIMELY post!  I'll do HVAC fall service in early Nov and gutters in Dec when leaves are off the trees and I'll have roof plumbing vents checked at that time. As the rainy season comes it is important to protect your property.  Pick a dry day to finish caulking windows and doors--...
10/18/2010
LONG TIME (4X)#1 seat Virginia gets bumped in 2010 as the Forbes magazine BEST state for business and career and has to take second place to uber-conservative Utah. North Carolina, Colorado and Washington round out the top FIVE in the list. Over 50% of American adults are reported as saying that ...
10/17/2010
I was inspired when I logged onto NASCAR.com this AM and found that Jamie McMurray WON the BoA 500 from Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC.  Jamie should be an inspiration to us all!!!! Last year at this time, he had lost his Roush Racing ride because NASCAR mandated that teams could only hav...
10/17/2010