Janell Kittleson's Blog

Follow me
By
Real Estate Technology - Rentec Direct
RECENT BLOG POSTS
It's a hot one here in sunny Southern Oregon, home of Rentec Direct, and with the 4th of July holiday upon us, we wanted to remind everyone to be careful out there in the heat!   Last year on the 4th, my young daughter got heat stroke and was violently ill, and had we been more aware of the sign...
07/01/2014
Monday at Rentec Direct has been a pretty smooth ride and it tends to be that way this time of the month as most landlords and Property Managers are in the small lull before End-of and First-of the month activities kick in, so I had a bit of a "coffee break" today at my desk...While checking out ...
06/23/2014
Whether you manage 10 or 1,000 units, how you handle turnover costs will predict in part the financial success or pains of your property management business.   When I first started managing rental properties, our lease agreement had a generalized clause for damage liability.  It was pretty straig...
06/09/2014
Sure, we all know that having to re-hab a trashed rental home can be very expensive and hopefully you're collecting sufficient security deposits and doing what you can through tenant screening to avoid the notorious tenants who repeatedly destroy rental homes (HINT: never skip running credit, cr...
06/05/2014
As I was sitting around the outdoor farm table last night - with empty dinner plates and glasses of wine half drunk  - it occurred to me that I might have skirted my professional rule of "don't mix business with pleasure."  Well, it's someone else's rule, but one that sits in the back of my mind,...
06/03/2014
Unfortunately, I realize that there will always be people who are hateful. And I suppose the housing industry offers no exception to this reality.  However, all vile comments against the hater aside, this hate is illegal.  After almost 50 years since the Fair Housing act was written into our civi...
05/19/2014
Because Rentec Direct offers strictly web-based software, customers do not meet our support staff face-to-face, unlike many professionals in the housing business.  At Rentec Direct, we have to connect with our customer either on the phone, through email or on the web.  Most housing experts get th...
05/07/2014
For real, they made May 6th an International holiday to honor what I do daily. And now, somehow, I feel extra entitled to bake some brownies after work, eat 1/2 the tray, and have an extra glass of wine tonight to wash them down. Just 'cause it's a holiday and all... On a serious note, this holid...
05/06/2014
Boy, this weekend was a windy one here in Grants Pass, Oregon, hometown of Rentec Direct!  After reading today's headlines I started thinking about business & home owner policy coverage.  What if the same disaster described in the news article had happened right now while I was busy working or wh...
05/05/2014
(To save you painful PTSD flashbacks... click here to fast-forward to the the NOW in Tenant Screening...) Remember the good ol' days of Tenant Screening when you had to fax over a paper rental application to a screening company that was open 9am - 5pm in another time zone than you? And you had to...
04/24/2014
Rainer
94,583

Janell Kittleson

Rentec Direct
local_phone1-800-881-5139
Contact The Author