Research indicates 50-75% of shopping tenants are searching for rentals that are pet-friendly. This means homes listed as “no pet” rentals have a much smaller pool of prospective tenants to choose from. A good portion of those 50%-75% that you are excluding are well-qualified prospects too. So excluding pet owners completely, could be a HUGE…
Finding YOUR Dream Home
What is a home? The meaning of “home” is not the same for all of us, but for most, it’s not just where you shelter from storms and sleep, it’s also where you retreat, feel safe, gain strength, care for family and friends and hopefully find happiness and peace. One person’s shack is another’s palace I’m…
Virginia Beach Property Manager, Military Spouse or Real Estate Mogul?
Okay, so I am not technically a mogul… yet! But I’m working on amassing a steady stream of monthly retirement income and personal wealth through real estate. I do it one home at a time and I feel VERY confident doing it in the unique, tenant-rich, prime real estate market of Hampton Roads Virginia. I’ll…
Garden for Happiness During Coronavirus
As the Coronavirus bears down on America, we’ve hunkered down at home and tried to find new ways to fill the hours. For some, it’s been a hardship in many ways. Fortunately with an “essential” job in property management and my husband in the Navy, we’ve been secure so far. There are challenges working from…
10 Things to Inspect at Tenant-Occupied Homes
Occupied inspections with photographs are a must if you plan to be a successful landlord. Information gleaned from occupied inspections help owners plan for future expenses and catch small concerns before they become big. The documentation from inspections can save your tush in court. Judges tend to favor tenants over landlords in every state, especially…
How to Retain Tenants & Employees Like Stephanie Clark!
What we do as property managers at Stephanie Clark Property Management has a personal impact on the lives of actual people in our own community. If you think about it, a home is very a personal thing and where people live should bring them absolute comfort. Deciding to provide housing to others should never be…
What “Type” of Landlord Are You?
Ever wonder what your property manager thinks of you? Your decisions and coping skills and the other interactions they have with you as they help you muddle through each unique tenancy? Well wait no longer. I’ve come up with a list of landlord “types” that we see each day. Take a guess at yours! The…