Red Roof Rentals Property Management Blog

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, June 26, 2015

RENTING vs BUYING

Can there be anything good about RENTING instead of BUYING?Consider a 3 bedroom / 2 bath 1,100 sq. ft. home. The owner will sell it to you for $149,000 or rent it for $1,100 … your choice.Let’s say you are going to be living in the area for 3-4 years before you get t...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, June 5, 2015

AN OWNER’S QUANDARY – TO RENT IT OR TO SELL IT

“I’ve got to move but I don’t know whether to SELL my home or try to RENT it out. What should I do?”You might be an owner who asks this question and struggles to find answers that make sense. The market prices just aren’t what they used to be so it d...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, May 15, 2015

HOW TO LIVE WELL

Ah … the good life! We all seek it and advertising tells us we deserve it … but WHAT is it and HOW can you get it? … and once you have “the good life”, what should you do with it? Let me share some answers from my own personal experience for you t...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, April 24, 2015

WE SAVE YOU MONEY!

Hi, my name is Jeff Christensen and I am the founder of Red Roof Rentals, LLC, Pierce County’s original FLAT RATE property management company. Not to brag, but I have owned a few rentals during my 40 years in the real estate business, and as a result I have had a lot of fir...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, April 3, 2015

THE VALUE OF FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE

Should you let someone who doesn’t own a rental property manage for you?It’s unfortunate but it happens all the time … rental property owners suffer at the hands of inexperienced property managers. It can be COSTLY and totally FRUSTRATING when you have trusted ...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, March 13, 2015

PREPPING YOUR HOME FOR RENT – WHAT DO RENTERS EXPECT?

Renters are a lower class of people that don’t care much about their homes, right?WRONG!Renters are like owners … just like you and me. In fact, many renters used to be owners who lost their homes in “The Great Recession of 2008” that we just went through...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, October 17, 2014

CORRECTION with CARE (aka confrontation with consideration)

Occasionally someone we deal with in the property management business needs correction. Whether it be a renter, owner or service provider, I always try to be mindful to be “careful” in my correction of others. Unfortunately, though, the ability to do this doesn’...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, September 26, 2014

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EVICTION

“OK… for whatever reason, I have not paid my rent as agreed. So now what?”The first thing that happens when you have continued to live in your home without paying your full rent is that a 3 DAY PAY OR VACATE notice is posted on your door (or handed to you in pe...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, September 5, 2014

WHAT ABOUT BAD RENT CHECKS?

ATTENTION PROPERTY OWNERS!Did you know that we don’t wait for the renters’ checks to clear the bank before sending you your net proceeds? Most of you owners have a mortgage payment to make on your rental property and we want to get your net proceeds out to you ASAP so...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, August 15, 2014

WHY GOOD RENTERS GO BAD

Whenever we have a non-paying renter that we may have to evict, unhappy owners always have questions:“Why won’t they pay?” “Have you tried getting tough with them?” “Why did you approve these people in the first place?” “You didn&rs...

Red Roof Rentals Blog

RENTING vs BUYING

AN OWNER’S QUANDARY – TO RENT IT OR TO SELL IT

HOW TO LIVE WELL

WE SAVE YOU MONEY!

THE VALUE OF FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE

PREPPING YOUR HOME FOR RENT – WHAT DO RENTERS EXPECT?

CORRECTION with CARE (aka confrontation with consideration)

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EVICTION

WHAT ABOUT BAD RENT CHECKS?

WHY GOOD RENTERS GO BAD

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