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San Jose Property Management Advice: You Get What You Inspect
When I was a young Century 21 broker back in the 1970s, we had a group that came out to Century 21 to talk to young brokers. One of the speakers was a psychologist and one was a retired marine office. The psychologist would tell us that we get what we expect. We were...
San Jose Property Management How-To: Roommates Rent vs. Liability
In San Jose, there are two large universities in the area; San Jose State and Santa Clara University. Because of those schools, the need and desire for housing that will accommodate roommates comes up a lot. Renting out to roommates has a huge upside. You can often...
How to Be a Good San Jose Landlord
There are some very good reasons why you should strive to be a good landlord. For starters, it’s just nice to have a good business relationship with your tenants. There’s also a huge economic reason to be a good landlord. When you follow the rules and make an effort...
How to be a landlord in San Jose – Kids – Seniors – Handicapped – Fair Housing Advice
As a landlord, you have to understand fair housing. This is an area that gets a lot of people who are not professional property managers in trouble. It even trips up some professionals. You do not want the feds at HUD (Housing and Urban Development) on the other side...
How a San Jose Property Management Company Handles your Finances
Today we are talking about how a property manager should be handling your finances for your rental property. The law and proper procedure say that every property manager should keep a brokerage trust account. This will keep the money separate; your money will not...
How to Increase the Value of Your San Jose Rental Property
Increasing the value of your rental property means getting the most rent out of your property that you can. Not unlike buyers, renters select where they live based on emotion. They make decisions based on how they feel when they are in a property. At Aborn Properties,...
How to Be a Landlord in San Jose Maintenance Costs and Longevity
One thing you need to plan for as a landlord is how to handle the maintenance costs in your rental home, and what kind of longevity to expect from your appliances. We were recently talking about maintenance to one of our new property owners and he said his house is...
How to Be a Landlord in San Jose Pet Policy Part 2 – Companion and Service Animals
There has been some confusion about what t is a pet and what is really a service animal, or a companion animal. Since the passage of the American with Disabilities Act, which is several years old, the idea of refusing anyone the ability to rent your property because...
How to Be a Landlord in San Jose Pet Policy Part 1 – Liability
There are a lot of people who have pets, and they want to keep the pets, even when they move into your rental home. The question of whether to allow pets comes up for landlords all the time. Some houses are laid out perfectly for pets, but most are not. I think there...
Why Should I Hire a Property Management Company in San Jose? Tenant Screening
Today, we’re talking about an issue that gets lots of owners in trouble, and that’s the tenant screening process. It’s an area that requires you to be assertive and aggressive in some things, but also prohibits you from asking any questions that could be...
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Sandy F.
Teri S.
Andrea Caldwell
Roy Kellett
Joi Walker, MPM®, RPM®, MBA
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