PropertyManagementMaven * LandlordWhisperer

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Property Manager - Gibson Management Group, Ltd.
A maven (also mavin) is a trusted expert in a particular field, who seeks to pass knowledge on to others. The word maven comes from the Hebrew, via Yiddish, and means one who understands, based on an accumulation of knowledge. Wikipedia

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2010 

Bonnie Vaughan's blog http://activerain.com/blogsview/1556073/realtor-blogger-sued-for-25-million about a Florida real estate blogger being sued for $25m makes me think that real estate bloggers should have real estate licenses. In the "olden" days, no one could give listing information out to ca...
03/20/2010
New twist on the old game of TELEPHONE only this time with E-MAIL.  With his/her's and ours' e-mail accounts, playing "telephone" electronically is becoming humorous.  SHE writes an e-mail rental inquiry about one rental property ; then, HE writes another e-mail inquiry about another property * e...
03/17/2010
When his rides in the Nationwide and Camping World Truck series lost sponsors, NASCAR driver Boston Reid went to his second "love" and started purchasing and re-habbing homes in the Charlotte, NC area.  In an interview with NASCAR.com, Reid says that 80% of his clients are in the racing industry...
03/17/2010
http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=5864   While Obama is bringing out the story of Natoma Canfield and her not paying for health care and fear of loosing her home, he is also threatening to withhold his "fund raising" aura from Dems who do not vote for the undisclosed plan in their bid for re-electio...
03/16/2010
JUST LOOKING IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER CLASSIFIED ADS or ONLINE RENTAL LISTINGS for COMPARABLE RENTAL RATES.... Prospective tenants have many ways to check comparable rental rates besides the newspaper and Craigslist.  Local property managers, Realtors, the internet listings.  Property owners renti...
03/16/2010
This weekend NASCAR returns to THUNDER VALLEY * Bristol, VA......AND JR Motorsports will run the Nationwide #7 * Danica's car * with Scott Wimmer.  Because the team is SO GOOD, JRM co-owner Tony Eury, Jr says the team will at the track every weekend. The team also runs the #88 with Kelly Bires an...
03/15/2010
  I LOVE this stuff and never have the time to find it myself so when someone finds it FOR ME, I like to share...thanks John!   Checking search results or researching keywords can be repetitive and time consuming, especially if you're looking at both Google and Yahoo! Here's a solution from Twing...
03/15/2010
Every year, about this time, I update my letter in the "review section" of my Google, Yahoo, Yelp, etc listings....I received a call yesterday from a lady from Google Maps wanting to make sure my office location "balloon" was placed properly because my office and mailing addresses are in differen...
03/15/2010
Several moderate US Congress Democrats were recently interviewed about their need to have Obama appear and campaign on their behalf * their message to Barry "Don't call us; we'll call you". This lack of enthusiasm for the President to appear and campaign in heavily contested re-election bids is ...
03/15/2010
Although it is common in real estate sales, following up on rental prospects is a good idea if only to learn what can be done better in your process. All it takes is a telephone and a few minutes to call your prospects. Doing a bang-up job of it takes more preparation, though. Here’s a good syste...
03/15/2010