Andrew's Blog
My blog will primarily focus on real estate, personal finance, and occasionally a recipe or two from my kitchen!
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Fannie Mae, the large mortgage backing entity recently bailed out by the government, has made a smart financial move. They announced that they will be allowing the tenants living in foreclosed properties owned by fiscally irresponsible landlords to remain in place, as long as their rent remains ...
12/16/2008
I’m deviating from my normal posts about real estate and technology to bring you a recipe that was shared with me by another agent in my office. Ashley, our office manager (and newest agent - congrats!) was raving about these truffles that she made this past weekend, and I finally broke down and...
12/12/2008
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When I entered the real estate arena, I decided I needed to address my phone plans. My cell phone plan with 1,000 minutes per month was just not going to cut all the additional phone calls I was making – some calls just can’t wait until after 7PM! Please note that any rates that I provide in th...
12/10/2008
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(This post is part of our “Landlord Basics” series, which seeks to help the new landlord / investor understand some of the basics of tenant relations and property management. Click here to view the entire Landlord Basics archive.) In a perfect world, every tenant pays their rent on time every mo...
12/08/2008
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Part Three of the marketing an apartment series focuses on using marketing key terms to help bring in leads for showings. Part 1 covered how to list an apartment for rent on Craig’s List and is available here. Part two was a video tutorial showing how to list the apartment on Craig’s List and i...
12/05/2008
As promised, I have produced a video on marketing apartments using Craig’s List. I can’t embed the video into this page becaue of its dimensions, but you can view the video at http://andrew-schultz.com/video/marketing_apartments_using_craigslist.html. Please feel free to take a look at the origin...
12/03/2008
Marketing your properties can be one of the bigger challenges you face as a landlord / investor. There are a lot of sites on the internet that offer the ability to post your apartment, either free or for a fee. However, the one site that I see continued success in using is Craig’s List. Their web...
12/01/2008
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This blog post is a little different than the my other posts. When I got in to real estate, I started in property management. Initially, I worked in the office, learning the ropes and getting my feet wet. When my employer offered to pay for my real estate license, I jumped at the opportunity. ...
11/24/2008
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In today’s day and age, the chances of reaching the person you want to speak to the first time you call are very slim. It seems that everyone has a receptionist, a secretary, or voicemail that you will have to talk to before you ever get to speak to the person you really want! Being able to leave...
11/21/2008
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As an investor’s real estate holdings grow, more and more tenants will call with maintenance requests. These requests can range from emergencies to frivolous, but will require attention at some point. How should maintenance calls be processed? What about taking calls in so they can be logged and ...
11/20/2008
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