As a seasoned Vegas Property Chief, I believed I had seen it all, till this past week. It was one of thoseweeks where, if something can go bad, peculiar or wild, it will. I thought it might be fun and educational to share it with you.
The week started off fairly quiet : new owners signing property management agreements, leases being signed,appliances being delivered, landscaping being sharpened up, and renters moving into their new houses. Everyone was cheerful. Until Tuesday.
Tues. two of my rental agents both had appointments to show the same amazing, well furnished, model home : 3000 sq. feet, four bedrooms, four baths and a media room. Real-estate Agent “Mike” got to the house at a hundred pm, expecting his client to arrive any minute. Real-estate Agent “Kathy’s” client was supposed to meet her there at 2 hundred pm. ( The names have been changed to protect just about everyone. ) But on this day, Kathy’s clients arrived early to drive the neighborhood and familiarize themselves with shopping, services and parks in the area. Don’t you wish all prospective renters did the same?
Hence up to the house pull Agent Mike’s clients in their late-model Porsche. As they get out of their car, Kathy’s client drives by ( remember, an hour early ). Kathy’s client works for an automobile leasing company that handles top-end, costly cars like Jaguars. ( I am not sure if you see where this is going. )
Kathy’s client examines Mike’s client and the client’s Porsche and announces to himself : “Self, that client is leasing a car from my company and they’re not paying their lease ; I just wrote an order to repo that car last week, and the client is not returning my phone calls.” ( Wonderful. ) So what did Kathy’s quick-thinking client do? He called the repo tow truck, of course!
Let’s get this total picture in our minds. Mike and his client are inside the beautiful house filling out a rental application. Mike’s client announces “I’ll just go out to the automobile to get the application charge so that you can run my credit.” But when she arrives at the curb, the Porsche is gone. Naturally, as Mike joins her at the curb, the client says “Oh my goodness, my Porsche is gone, where is my Porsche, someone robbed my Porsche?” ( Thinking all of the while to herself, that XXXXXXXX car leasing company exploited the GPS to find my vehicle and they have repo’d it!” ) While real-estate agent Mike is, saying, where is my client Porsche and how am I going to put in this rental application now? In the meantime, Mike’s client walks off down the street and is never seen or heard from again.
In the meantime, Kathy’s client is still driving round the neighborhood waiting for Mike and his client to leave, so Kathy can show him the beautiful house. Naturally, he has called Kathy to tell her what happened, so she is racing up the 1-15 thinking, “Mike is going to kill me, how can I keep Mike from killing me?” Kathy arrives at the house and explains what’s happened to Mike’s client’s vehicle. Mike does, indeed threaten Kathy, but Kathy is reasonably confident he is just teasing.
Kathy shows the beautiful house to her client, who adores it and puts in a rental application and gives her the money to have his credit suitability check done. The owner of the beautiful rental home is less than interested about Kathy’s client’s credit, so he says to me, the experienced Property Chief, “I approve Kathy’s client to lease my beautiful rental house, but I am less than enthusiastic about his credit report ; so I want you to require two months security depOSit, with first and last months ‘ hire on lease signing.”
I, the experienced Property Manager, told Kathy, the experienced rental agent, that the owner of the gorgeous house was approving the possible renter and requiring additional security deposits on lease signing. Kathy told her client and the client said : “No I don’t choose to pay extra security deposits ; I’m going to find another rental home elsewhere.”
So what is the owner of the beautiful home announcing to himself now? “I sure am cheerful I have a professional Las Vegas property manager managing my Vegas Houses for Rent, showing my rental homes homes, handling the possible renters, running their credit reports and signing the leases. I actually never would like to go through all this myself!”
And THAT, is Reason Number 147 not to control your own rental houses and why you should generally use a Las Vegas property management company.
The week started off fairly quiet : new owners signing property management agreements, leases being signed,appliances being delivered, landscaping being sharpened up, and renters moving into their new houses. Everyone was cheerful. Until Tuesday.
Tues. two of my rental agents both had appointments to show the same amazing, well furnished, model home : 3000 sq. feet, four bedrooms, four baths and a media room. Real-estate Agent “Mike” got to the house at a hundred pm, expecting his client to arrive any minute. Real-estate Agent “Kathy’s” client was supposed to meet her there at 2 hundred pm. ( The names have been changed to protect just about everyone. ) But on this day, Kathy’s clients arrived early to drive the neighborhood and familiarize themselves with shopping, services and parks in the area. Don’t you wish all prospective renters did the same?
Hence up to the house pull Agent Mike’s clients in their late-model Porsche. As they get out of their car, Kathy’s client drives by ( remember, an hour early ). Kathy’s client works for an automobile leasing company that handles top-end, costly cars like Jaguars. ( I am not sure if you see where this is going. )
Kathy’s client examines Mike’s client and the client’s Porsche and announces to himself : “Self, that client is leasing a car from my company and they’re not paying their lease ; I just wrote an order to repo that car last week, and the client is not returning my phone calls.” ( Wonderful. ) So what did Kathy’s quick-thinking client do? He called the repo tow truck, of course!
Let’s get this total picture in our minds. Mike and his client are inside the beautiful house filling out a rental application. Mike’s client announces “I’ll just go out to the automobile to get the application charge so that you can run my credit.” But when she arrives at the curb, the Porsche is gone. Naturally, as Mike joins her at the curb, the client says “Oh my goodness, my Porsche is gone, where is my Porsche, someone robbed my Porsche?” ( Thinking all of the while to herself, that XXXXXXXX car leasing company exploited the GPS to find my vehicle and they have repo’d it!” ) While real-estate agent Mike is, saying, where is my client Porsche and how am I going to put in this rental application now? In the meantime, Mike’s client walks off down the street and is never seen or heard from again.
In the meantime, Kathy’s client is still driving round the neighborhood waiting for Mike and his client to leave, so Kathy can show him the beautiful house. Naturally, he has called Kathy to tell her what happened, so she is racing up the 1-15 thinking, “Mike is going to kill me, how can I keep Mike from killing me?” Kathy arrives at the house and explains what’s happened to Mike’s client’s vehicle. Mike does, indeed threaten Kathy, but Kathy is reasonably confident he is just teasing.
Kathy shows the beautiful house to her client, who adores it and puts in a rental application and gives her the money to have his credit suitability check done. The owner of the beautiful rental home is less than interested about Kathy’s client’s credit, so he says to me, the experienced Property Chief, “I approve Kathy’s client to lease my beautiful rental house, but I am less than enthusiastic about his credit report ; so I want you to require two months security depOSit, with first and last months ‘ hire on lease signing.”
I, the experienced Property Manager, told Kathy, the experienced rental agent, that the owner of the gorgeous house was approving the possible renter and requiring additional security deposits on lease signing. Kathy told her client and the client said : “No I don’t choose to pay extra security deposits ; I’m going to find another rental home elsewhere.”
So what is the owner of the beautiful home announcing to himself now? “I sure am cheerful I have a professional Las Vegas property manager managing my Vegas Houses for Rent, showing my rental homes homes, handling the possible renters, running their credit reports and signing the leases. I actually never would like to go through all this myself!”
And THAT, is Reason Number 147 not to control your own rental houses and why you should generally use a Las Vegas property management company.
Filed under News by on Nov 29th, 2011. 
Residential log cabins are becoming more well-known in the Web. There are lost of styles and features that acquiring a cabin that matches one’s requirements and desires is easy and almost straightforward. Just fill the fields with your requirements and viola!
But not many people realize that owning a log cabin requires a certain level of maintenance. One of the things that homeowners need to do is to properly insulate the cabin. The tiny gaps and openings between the stacked logs, if left unfixed, can let frigid air seep in, making the interior quite cold. Worse, poor insulation can boost up your energy bills.
Needless to say, the solution is to seal and caulk the cracks so that cold air is unable to seep in. You can make the insulation even better by doing something that is simple and natural, that is, to plant some large trees around your cabin. Two or three trees with large canopies will do fine.
How do trees assist in insulating your cabin? Well, during the cold season or winter months, the thick leaves and branches shields away the wind chills that are prevalent during that period. By blocking out strong, cold winds, those trees have done 50 to 60 percent of the job of insulation. Your furnace, heater, or radiator won’t have to work overtime to provide the needed heat for the interior to become comfortable.
But the advantage of planting trees near your log home does not stop there. These trees also help cool down your log cabin during summer months. The leafy canopies act as umbrellas that provide shade from the harsh, hot glare of the sun. Furthermore, air at the base of trees is cooler. These factors significantly decrease the temperature in your home, making it cooler and more comfortable during summer months. Best of all, your air conditioner don’t have to work overtime to pump all that cool air inside.
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But not many people realize that owning a log cabin requires a certain level of maintenance. One of the things that homeowners need to do is to properly insulate the cabin. The tiny gaps and openings between the stacked logs, if left unfixed, can let frigid air seep in, making the interior quite cold. Worse, poor insulation can boost up your energy bills.
Needless to say, the solution is to seal and caulk the cracks so that cold air is unable to seep in. You can make the insulation even better by doing something that is simple and natural, that is, to plant some large trees around your cabin. Two or three trees with large canopies will do fine.
How do trees assist in insulating your cabin? Well, during the cold season or winter months, the thick leaves and branches shields away the wind chills that are prevalent during that period. By blocking out strong, cold winds, those trees have done 50 to 60 percent of the job of insulation. Your furnace, heater, or radiator won’t have to work overtime to provide the needed heat for the interior to become comfortable.
But the advantage of planting trees near your log home does not stop there. These trees also help cool down your log cabin during summer months. The leafy canopies act as umbrellas that provide shade from the harsh, hot glare of the sun. Furthermore, air at the base of trees is cooler. These factors significantly decrease the temperature in your home, making it cooler and more comfortable during summer months. Best of all, your air conditioner don’t have to work overtime to pump all that cool air inside.
View a large variety of residential log cabins for sale at UK Log Cabins right now.
Filed under News by on Nov 30th, 2011.