A Tough Economy & the “Hard-To-Rent” Property
You would have to be a hermit holed up in the back-of-beyond not to have been impacted by the challenging national economy this past year. Many areas have seen mammoth numbers of foreclosures. My area (Denver, Colorado) has been one of the cities that has fared the best. Still [...]
Update on Carbon Monoxide & Smoke Detectors
Since Colorado made carbon monoxide detectors a law for rental properties July 1, 2009, it appears that more equipment options have hit the market. It is likely that more states will follow suit. Frankly, even if it isn’t law in your state, installing carbon monoxide detectors and smoke detectors [...]
Eliminating Pet Odors in Carpet & Various Other Surfaces
When the tenant, who hadn’t asked permission to have a cat, moved recently the cat urine odor in the one-year-old carpet was overwhelming. After getting over being totally ticked, the “how-to-proceed mode” kicked into gear.
After shampooing the carpet twice with a product from my favorite big box [...]
Investments in Rental Property Neighborhoods Pay Off
If you watch wealthy people, the most successful one have a definite pattern of giving… giving of their time and their resources. The ones I have had the privilege to know, who are the happiest, give from the heart and do for others just because they want to and [...]
Do You Do a Final Walk-Through With Tenants
This topic has been a thorn in my side for many years, but I suppose there are two sides to this coin. If you walk through the unit with tenants before they move in and as they are moving out, a written record of each walk-through could be [...]
Techniques For Picture Hanging Without Destroying Walls
My very first tenant, in my very first rental property, taught me valuable lessons about not being nice when it comes to hanging things on the walls. She had this really ugly woven wall hanging that weighed a ton. My husband finally helped her hang it, but we had [...]