|
|
|
Getting Started In Real Estate Investing
With all the stories of people making tremendous amounts of money in real estate it's no wonder why so many are looking at real estate as an investment vehicle. It offers more security than the stock market, provides great potential returns, offers...
Home Security: Exterior and Interior Lighting
It is a well-known fact, that satisfactory lighting is a very valuable deterrent to crime. Whatever lighting might help reduce your risk of becoming a victim, the right lights, utilized properly will be the effective deterrent to burglars and...
Home Security Systems Provide a Safe Environment for Family Members
There were 4 million household burglaries in the United States,
nearly 500,000 resulted in bodily injury, and 20,000 resulted in
homicides, frightening statistics. Additional statistics reveal
that a home without a security system is three times...
Sprinklers Provide Best Chance for Surviving a House Fire
(ARA) - Although it's impossible to put a dollar value on a human life -- especially the life of a loved one -- the reality is that the decision to purchase many life-saving products often comes down to cost.
For the amount of money it...
Wood Panels and Humidity
Coping with wood movement
All wood workers need to be aware of wood movement when building furniture projects. Failure to consider this important factor can cause wood panels to crack or split.
My high school biology teacher compared the...
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real Estate Management Firms: Make Your Investment Easier
For those who want to invest in real estate, the biggest factor working against it is the substantial investment in time. Running a property can run you ragged - you have to fix it up, manage the tenants, look for new tenants, and generally do all the things you would have to do as a homeowner. Getting a management firm to run the property for you can save your time and enable you to make more investments in real estate.
Property management firms are businesses that will operate your property for you for a percentage of the rent. The standard is around ten percent, which can be a very good deal if you want to invest in a lot of properties. The firms will do all the essentials of property management - you won’t ever even have to talk to the tenants, they will find them for you. If you’re not a home repair expert, it’s often cheaper for them to be in charge anyway - they will manage enough properties to have a full time staff to handle repairs. For you, it’s a good deal because it lets you own many more properties than you could otherwise
manage, and in many cases, the rent payments will cover both the mortgage and the property management fee.
So how do you find a property management company? Many realtors do it on the side, for one, and if they’re affiliated with a larger company it can give you more security and safety. Often you can just check the yellow pages, or call a realtor and ask them to hook you up with one.
About the Author: Teve Torbes is an expert on all kinds of things he claims to be an expert on. He has web sites, including http://www.fleascontrol.com, and its cooler cousins, http://www.fleascontrol.com/natural-flea-control.htm and http://www.fleascontrol.com/flea-bites.htm.
Source: www.isnare.com
|
|
|
|
|
|