Wade Mattingly's (wademattingly) Blog

  1. Screen potential tenants.  Your Property Management Company has to have some sort of system in place to effectively determine what sort of tenant you will have in your property.  This is usually done by pulling a credit report to see if there have been past evictions, history of late payment...

I was reading an article in today's Lexington Herald Leader.  It was discussing bicycling in Lexington, KY and how there is so much going on for biking in the area.  It served to remind me about how much fun the Legacy Trail has been for visitors in the last several months.  The Trail opened in S...

  Clemens Heights/Clemens Grove Subdivision in Lexington, KY is a small community on the south end of Fayette County Kentucky.  The neighborhood has a surprisingly high variety of homes styles throughout the neighborhood.  Homes here were first built in the mid to late 1970’s and the subdivision ...

  Plantation Subdivision in Lexington, KY is a small community on the south end of Fayette County Kentucky.  The neighborhood has a surprisingly high variety of homes styles throughout the neighborhood.  Homes here were first built in the mid to late 1970’s and the subdivision was finished out in...

I'm joining a new brokerage and taking on being a full time Realtor.  I've been a Realtor for 5 years.  But I have never taken on the task of doing it full time.  Today I found myself talking to the owner and asking him about an upcoming listing appointment.  I asked him how he got it, what lead,...