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2010 

  This may well be correct for multi-unit properties; however, many areas report a lack of supply for rental homes as the unsold home rental market has disappeared.   Real estate research firm Reis, Inc. reports that apartment vacancies rose to 8-percent in the last quarter of 2009. As a result m...
01/11/2010
  These BASICS are a GREAT Reminder coming into the 2010 rental season     The Malibu Real Estate Resource Guide Malibu California Real Estate ׀ Malibu Homes ׀ Malibu Homes for Sale Becoming a landlord is not as simple as 1-2-3, but learning the basics and your state's landlord-tenant laws is a g...
01/11/2010
Last elections #2 on the Republican ticket just signed a multi-year deal with FoxNews to offer her political commentary and analysis across all of the Fox News shows including Fox Business Channel (IMUS will have a cow!!) Palin will participate in special event political programs and Palin wrote...
01/11/2010
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  I could NOT resist * my dogs are Republicans * They work me to DEATH!!   My dog sleeps about 20 hours a day. She has her food prepared for her. She can eat whenever she wants, 24/7/365.  Her meals are provided at no cost to her.    She visits the Dr. once a year for her checkup, and again durin...
01/11/2010
Just as soon as the Germans may soon have HOPE - The Obama Musical Story, Rush Limbaugh! The Musical will debut in Chicago at the end of the month. The musical will be produced by the Windy City's comedy troupe Second City.  The show's website boasts that it is being brought to the stage by the ...
01/11/2010
  For those of us who FLY * this is good information...thank you BRAD!!!   Google Gives Great GoGo Juice as a gift, and they're doing it on Virgin American Airlines This will be my first post ever from a plane flying at an altitude of over 37,225 feet.  I just couldn't resist.  My options were to...
01/11/2010
  I do goals by way of $$$ for the next year AND # of new properties.      Why do you need to set goals? Because if you don't have a destination, you can count on never getting there. Start with today.  Look at where you are, physically, financially, in your job, your marriage, your family, whate...
01/11/2010
  Property Managers are SMART to find these types of articles JUST in case our clients or would-be clients HAVE read them   Analyst: Housing a Good Investment in 2010  Forbes housing reporter and analyst Francesca Levy makes some thought-provoking predictions in the latest issue of the magazine. ...
01/11/2010
For those of us who LOVE NASCAR, we all know a Kenny Schrader story, race or remember a FUNNY Mikey put-down on the SpeedTV Monday night NASCAR show. This year because of a change in the method of allowing entry into the Budweiser Shootout in Daytona in February 6th, Kenney will be able to run t...
01/11/2010
One of my New Year's resolutions is to lessen my doing OTHER PEOPLE'S jobs...after over 10 years of using a licensed contractor for my repair work and not being able to get bills on time to PAY HIM, I've spent the last 6 months refining my vendor list to those service firms with whom I can commun...
01/10/2010