Okay, so I am not technically a mogul… just yet! But I’m working on amassing a steady stream of monthly retirement income and personal wealth through real estate holdings. I do it one home at a time and I feel VERY confident doing it in the unique, tenant-rich and prime real estate market of Hampton…
Why You Should Be A Pet-Friendly Landlord
Research indicates 50-75% of tenants desire pet-friendly rentals. This means homes marketed as “no Pets” have a much smaller pool of prospective renters. Excluding pet owners, may be a HUGE mistake. Tenants shopping for rental homes these days rely on search engines to find the perfect home that meets all their carefully chosen list of…
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 to feel safe, gain strength, care for family and friends and hopefully find happiness too. One person’s shack is another’s palace…
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…