August 14, 2009
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 [...]
July 28, 2009
Marketing is “Brown vs. Cinnamon”
I woke up this morning from a dream about a color swatch of Cinnamon. Yes, I dream about work in full techno-color as only a true workaholic could do. So, why Cinnamon?
The difference between Brown and Cinnamon is a drop of red to heat up the hue. That is exactly what [...]
July 16, 2009
Tips That Work to Fill a Rental Vacancy
Or “Cheap Marketing Techniques You May Not Have Thought Of Yet”. One of my major roles in life has always been dreaming up ideas… I am a big picture person. Someone else usually needs to fine tune the details. Don is going “Amen” to that as he proof [...]
July 8, 2009
Why Not Home Warranties for Your Rentals?
So you don’t own a tool box… don’t want to tote around a repair manual on how to fix the clogged p-trap under the sink …or for that matter don’t really have the time to learn what the heck a p-trap is… how about home warranties for your rental [...]
June 22, 2009
“I swear that paint chip looked like a light gray in the store…” my cool bachelor tenant is explaining to me as I stare in disbelief at the bedroom I agreed he could paint in his apartment….it is mauve!
Once again, dear blog friends, I am sharing with you my years of landlord experience, so that [...]