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Linda Day Harrison
| 4 min. read
We are not a cookie-cutter industry: Don’t quote your services that way! Part II
I came to the conclusion very early in discussions with potential new property management clients that an initial drive-by, preliminary meeting with the owner, if possible, and compiling facts about the property on my own internal “Real Property Inventory Profile” was...
Linda Day Harrison
| 3 min. read
We are not a cookie-cutter industry—don’t quote your services that way! Part I
When I was on the front line, running a full-service real estate firm, I would be the point person on all new business calls. The first question from a potential client would almost always be, “How much will...
Danger in the basement? Rent it out
So in American Horror Story, after some certain traumatic events occur and the building’s history is uncovered, the protagonists STILL don’t move out of the house. The writers are nuanced enough to know that the audience will ask...
Sara Thompson
| 3 min. read
How to select the best tenant for your rental property
You bought your investment property to make money over time, and with the right tenant, it can. Selecting a tenant is the most important aspect of managing your investment property. An undesirable tenant can turn your owner experience into...
Colin McCarthy
| 3 min. read
Don’t look under the gazebo!
So let’s talk American Horror Story and the liability of prior owners for dangerous conditions. Our favorite fun subjects, right? Before things got too silly, there’s an episode where [spoiler alert] somebody dies and gets buried under the...
Steve Boudreault
| 3 min. read
Do you have a Super Bowl-caliber property management team?
It all comes down to Sunday. The journey that started back in September for the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers ends at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in Nawlins, with one team going home with the championship and...
Colin McCarthy
| 3 min. read
I’m glad I sold that money pit
So my wife and I recently started binge watching American Horror Story on Netflix. It stars that Dylan McDreamy from those ’90s WB teen dramas, and the wife of the coach on Friday Night Lights, Connie Britton. She is great,...
Steve Boudreault
| 3 min. read
Becoming a pet-friendly community: Good idea, or asking for trouble?
Ah, pets. What to do about pets? There are all sorts of policies out there when it comes to renting to people with pets. Some properties adopt a hardline stance: no pets of any kind. Some properties only...

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