Landlord Rescue

From Rachelle's Desk Here's what just happened, and I learned something new. A house I manage flooded and neither me or the owner was thinking to call the insurance because we both thought that it wouldn't cost more than the deductible to fix. Every policy requires you to report promptly. Now the insurer is saying that they might not cover fully because mould may have grown befo...

What I learned helping senior owners who trusted the wrong person — and why patience, not pressure, is what finally helped.

Rents Go Down There's no doubt rents are going down, and while this time of year is always grim and hard to find good tenants in, we are seeing rent prices from 2-3 years ago. In this market it is inevitable that tenants will also notice, given that there are articles in every newspaper about the softness in the rental market, and our tenants will either leave or ask us for a re...