PropertyManagementMaven * LandlordWhisperer

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Property Manager - Gibson Management Group, Ltd.
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ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2010 

  Excellent and TIMELY information.  Many homeowners buy dual alarms and place them in the WRONG place for the operation of one and they think they are covered.  Replacing batteries should not be left to residents and property managers and landlords should have procedures in place to have then ch...
11/15/2010
I had lunch on Friday with a GREAT client who left his large, newer area home to take a higher-paying job elsewhere 3 years ago.  His family bought another home on his and his wife's very high income and now he has gotten another great job opportunity.  He will commute back to his family while ta...
11/14/2010
The Philadelphia Housing Authority * the nation's 4th largest * has MORE problems after it's $300,000 per year executive director had his $500,000 condo foreclosed and quietly settled 4 sexual harassment cases over 5 years.  Fortunately, he is GONE!!! NOW, landlords who were required to pay $200 ...
11/13/2010
HOA owners should pay attention to the rules and regulations that their BOARD and other homeowners are enacting and attempting to enforce. This is so silly as well as COSTLY * $4,800 per HOA unit owner * because the HOA board of a 24 unit building tried to enforce a VAGUE rule that pets (a Yorkie...
11/13/2010
Rental Home - Charlottesville, VA Townhouse rental, > Click here for full details, additional photos, and an inquiry form < Townhouse733 Rainier Road Charlottesville VA 22903  4 beds/3.5 baths$1445 / month    Gibson Management Group, Ltd.Wallace S. Gibson CPM PO Box 106Keswick, VA 22947-0106   Ph...
11/12/2010
Rental Home - Charlottesville, VA Single family rental, > Click here for full details, additional photos, and an inquiry form < Single family1591 Broad Crossing Road Charlottesville VA 22911  3 beds/2 baths$1545 / month    Gibson Management Group, Ltd.Wallace S. Gibson CPM PO Box 106Keswick, VA 2...
11/12/2010
  I suspect the use of BATTERY OPERATED smoke detectors with the batteries changed 2X annually will save EVEN MORE lives.  When a fire does break out, the fire department CUTS the power to the building which will STOP the operation of a hard-wired smoke alarm.   A new law would require all new ho...
11/12/2010
  This is a SCARY and OLD canard that has been around for decades and that this committee probably wrote down at the TOP of the FIRST PAGE of their list.  I think it is even being reported to stir up the "class warfare" just like the TOP WAGE EARNERS paying HIGHER TAXES when Bush tax cuts expire....
11/11/2010
  Al * I suspect much of the early racing  "history" is now at the NASCAR HoF in Charlotte as there is a lot of Daytona memorabilia there on beach racing and early stock car racing history.  I can see weddings and receptions being held at this HISTORIC racetrack!!!   Museum Closes at Daytona Inte...
11/11/2010
  Many tenant screening services will also run criminal checks at the same time; however, few states allow an increase in the application/credit check fee for this service.  If you run "criminal searches" on ALL of your applicants, you are OK; however, you can't be selective on who you run them o...
11/11/2010