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9 Fairly Obvious Ways to Prevent Year-End Real Estate Chaos

December 20, 2011 Property Management
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1. Visit your properties This is usually a no-brainer, but it’s easy to get into a groove where the cheques show up and you don’t get out to check on something that appears to be working fine. If nothing else, this is a great chance to drop off a Christmas card and gift (see #5 [...]

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Finding Dead Bodies

December 26, 2009 Property Management
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While I’m taking some time off at Christmas I’m recycling some of the best old posts here. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas! The hardest part of investing in real estate is property management. Sometimes it’s more tenant management than property management, but either way…. Next to concerns over cost and market projections, dealing with tenants is [...]

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Don’t rent out a new home…or blog about it either

October 23, 2008 Property Management

I was going to write a post giving some kudos to Sara MacLennan’s great post about the hazards of renting out a new house. I went and re-read the post. But then I got distracted by the giant string of comments. Holy crap.  What is it about real estate that makes people act like fools?  [...]

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