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

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2010 

In a small stroke of irony, WHCS Rahm Emanuel RENEWED the lease on his Chicago home 6 days BEFORE the current mayor announced he was not running for re-election.  Emanuel has long wanted THAT job!!! The current residents of Emanuel's home on N. Hermitage rented the home a year ago from an interne...
09/27/2010
I agree - if you do not know what your STATS are telling you * you SHOULD.  When I wrote blogs in DRAFT, I put DRAFT in the title so that I find it when I want to polish and post!!!WHAT!  You are't looking at your stats???  WHY NOT!?#@??    Relax, my phony tirade is over, I wasn't looking at stat...
09/27/2010
I would suggest that any agent wishing to sell investment real estate should put a PROPERTY MANAGER on their team along with a CPA and attorney and home inspector. Property managers KNOW the rental market and can ACCURATELY quote area rental rates with KNOWLEDGE Being a landlord - buying your fi...
09/27/2010
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I HOPE that this time CNN is CORRECT and that we can CHANGE DC in November.  Obama's rallies are not attracting supporters and are attracting hecklers and questions he does NOT want to answer He is Done. According to CNN, more voters would trust the Tea Party than President Obama when it comes t...
09/27/2010
KUDOS to NJ Gov Chris Christie for partnering with Mark Zuckerberg * FACEBOOK founder * in an effort to turn around the Newark, NJ schools.  The Associated press article outlines prior efforts by private benefactors, including Bill Gates, to provide financial assistance to failing or poor perform...
09/27/2010
FORGET that he probably did not have them installed by licensed electricians, Jose Canseco is TWEETING he needs a pro bono attorney to get his FIXTURES back from the LA landlord who just evicted him. The TIME for claiming and removal of Personal Property is BEFORE the sheriff comes to the propert...
09/26/2010
I have been a member of the University of Virginia Credit Union for years when I opened a joint account with my mother and it was the credit union for the city school employees.  This latest bail out is not surprising; however, it is disturbing since credit unions are the LAST REAL local banks in...
09/26/2010
09/26/2010
  I have established TWO property management firms from SCRATCH over the last 30 years through DIRECT MAILING to investor owners in specified FARM AREAS. It is RARE that property managers farm in this manner and investment owners KEEP the information I send them and call me when they need my help...
09/25/2010
She arrived at a showing appointment with her cousin who would not be living at the property.  Her husband was working in the area and she called him to come see the house that SHE L♥VED.  After 3 phone calls with him saying he was on his way * 45 minutes later * he never arrived.  She handed ove...
09/25/2010