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

2011 

  I did not know that land lines could be Bluetooth.  I need to check this out as I too could use the easier access to my cel phone through the 3 levels of my home.  Thank you Cheryl!   The Reasons I like my NEW AT&T Bluetooth Cordless Phone System are growing! The main reason I got it was becaus...
01/28/2011
  ....AND the deliquent accounts get SOLD and REsold and continue to appear and DING the consumer's credit file EACH time they are REentered by a new debt collection company.   That's right!  It's happened to wanna be home buyers and refinancers in Montana.  The now bankrupt Hollywood Video (aka ...
01/28/2011
I'm so pleased * so far my New Year's resolutions are working. 1) I am encouraging rental prospect callers to view my website and use the online listing inquiry form.  This puts them, their contact e-mail and cel phone AND the property they are interested in ALL in ONE PLACE * in my e-mail AND on...
01/28/2011
I'm celebrating AGAIN..... In the mid-80s, I obtained my CPM * Certified Property Manager * designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management which is an affiliate of NAR.  IREM is the OLDEST professional property management organization having just celebrated it's 75th Anniversary and I r...
01/28/2011
  I'm not sure how this would transpost to a listing situation however I have adopted the I'll take an over-priced property for management PROVIDED I can drop the rental rate $50 every 2 weeks - so far, it has worked AND my new clients have learned to LISTEN to my advice.   I've been losing some ...
01/27/2011
  I agree going paperless is good and the sooner the better; however, until we have VIRTUAL PROPERTY KEYS, I'll still need a bricks/mortar office with storage area.....I am culling old files at the end of the year for storage!!!   No one can argue that, over the last decade, technology has made l...
01/27/2011
  I was born on a Sunday night in the Greenville General Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina.  My mother used to tell the story that my father was listening to Jack Benny on the radio when I was born. After my birth, my father returned to a job in Florida and sent my mother a telegram that he...
01/26/2011
  I L♥VE Google and am sad to see this happen as I used the Google Maps * Real Estate * For Rent function to show adjacent properties for rent to prospective clients when making a property presentation * I'm SAD!   What is up the sleeve of Google? Inman News posted some BIG NEWS this morning, tha...
01/26/2011
I was born in Greenville, South Carolina which is where I must have found my L♥VE of NASCAR having grown up in the shadow of the early NASCAR legend * Fireball Roberts.  He got his name NOT from his driving style, but from his baseball prowness! I actually still have this dress....it was hand ma...
01/26/2011
  I personally think that the VA legislature should require HOAs of 100 or more units post budget information online for new buyers, etc. to review without it costing the monies to purchase a disclosure packet which seems to have become a PROFIT CENTER just like requiring landlords to pay a fee t...
01/26/2011