Reaching Property Service Provider's Higher Level Customer Service

Is your Solano real estate service provider not doing the proper work?  Can't reach a qualified custoemr service provider?  Tips for getting into larger property management service provider companies.

1. Enter the Solano real estate service provider's business name at http://consumerist.com/2009/12/7-steps-to-reach-executive-customer-service-at-any-company.html
2. Get the HQ phone number from the site's address section.
3. Picking the CEO usually works.
4. Call the headquarters.
5. In a friendly voice, ask the Solano operator for the individual you found.
6. Complain in a polite manner.

Solano Apartment Complex Going Smoke Free

Will Solano Apartment Complexes Really Go Smoke Free?

In Vallejo, Solano County Tobacco Prevention & Education Program will help Solano housing authority staff to promote a non-smoking housing environment.  The Solano County no smoking policy is being promoted at Vallejo's Capitol Heights, Casa De Vilarrasa I and Casa De Villarrasa II. 


Will other Solano real estate management companies push no smoking for their Solano housing?  Such will reduce landlord costs, and interest many tenants.  Yet smokers may be turned away.  Non smokers trying to quit may find the policy a way to help them quit smoking.

Rent Increase Tips for Solano & Napa Property Management Companies

There are many ways to increase Solano County rents. Improve your Solano rental property and at the same time help fix Solano County.

There is plenty of rent increase upside potential for Solano home rentals in Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Vacaville, Vallejo and Napa County.  Here are some Solano and Napa real estate property management tips.

http://landlordrescue.ca/increase-rents/

Track Home Prices In Areas Near Solano County.

Track Home Prices In Areas Near Solano County

http://www.housingtracker.net/

Prospective Tenants Saying They Can't Get Furniture Upstairs?

Are Your Prospective Solano Tenants Saying They Can't Get Furniture Upstairs Into Your Rental? Useful information for Solano rental managers.

http://pcmgonline.com/2010/11/22/how-to-get-furniture-upstairs-in-an-apartment-without-an-elevator/

Sample $4000 Apartment Rental In San Francisco

Here's A Sample $4000 Apartment Rental In San Francisco.  Solano County remains a more cost affordable place to rent homes than inner bay area rentals. Something useful to remember saying if Solano tenants complain about Solano County rental prices.
 
 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/03/REMG1GH85F.DTL&type=newsbayarea

Will Rent Control Sweep Into Solano County?

Next door American Canyon is looking to change its rent control.  Solano County property managers and owners are not happy with the idea of having Solano rent control.  Will rent control winds from American Canyon, Concord, Berkeley, San Francisco and other nearby cities blow into Solano County?

The proposed American Canyon rent stabilization ordinance is based on Concord rent control laws. American Canyon's rent control proposed ordinance is 31 pages. American Canyon tenants aren't happy with the ordinance as they believe it will cause rent price increases faster than it would happen otherwise.

Past attempts to start Solano County rent control never got anywhere.  We predict that Solano rent control won't be here for some time, if ever in the near future.

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_16740769

Rent Control Proposal For Next Door American Canyon

American Canyon is looking to change its rent control.  Solano property managers and owners are not happy with the idea of having Solano rent control.  Will rent control winds from American Canyon, Concord, Berkeley, San Francisco and other nearby cities blow into Solano County?

The proposed American Canyon rent stabilization ordinance is based on Concord rent control laws.

American Canyon's rent control proposed ordinance is 31 pages. American Canyon tenants aren't happy with the ordinance as they believe it will cause rent price increases faster than it would happen otherwise.


http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_16740769

NAR Forecasts Flat Home Values In 2011

National Association of Realtors (NAR) is forecasting US home values will increase in 2011 by 0.7%.

The association's home page is www.realtor.org

Apartment Rental Markets Improving

America's property management industry has noticed a rise in demand for rental properties.  More people are walking away from their homes in foreclosures and are looking for rental properties.

For example, things in Texas appear to be looking a bit rosy.  Here's an example of what's happening in one part of our country.  It looks like Solano County's economy is slowly on its mend as well, if not as fast as the Texas economy might be.  Here's a closer look at what's happening in the Texas apartment rental market today.
 http://www.propertymanager.com/2010/11/apartment-markets-rebound-in-texas/

New Software Tool For Solano Property Management Companies

There's a great new tool developed by San Francisco property management software gurus.  The nominal fee based service improves the Solano property management company's efficiency. Greater efficiency means less management costs.

The product is called RentJuice.  It will do things like:
• automatically post your Solano rental listings onto 30 different sites. These rental listing sites include Trulia.com, PadMapper.com, HotPads.com, Oodle.com and the most important site CraigsList.org.
• The other services are useful but appear readily available from existing resources.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/25/BUD61GG2MK.DTL#ixzz16bWVVZjj

Tips On Boosting Your Solano Rental Property's Curb Appeal

Five Tips On Boosting Your Solano County Rental Property's Curb Appeal

Give your Solano County rental properties something potential residents will want to see what’s on the inside.  Do you own a Solano house rental or other rental property with five or less units?  Check out this article for Solano property managers.

http://www.propertymanager.com/2010/11/five-easy-ways-to-give-your-rentals-more-curb-appeal/

What Are Tenants Looking For In Solano Apartment Rentals?

What Are Tenants Looking Expecting For Solano Apartment Rentals?

Here's an interesting Solano Apartment Rentals link on what some of the sophisticated Solano renters might be looking for.

http://allswagga.com/blog/2010/05/19/75-questions-to-ask-before-renting-an-apartment/

Are Your Solano Rentals Price Competitive?

What are today's Solano rental rates? They've dropped but are doing better because everyone needs a place to live even if they are giving up their homes. Tenants however are often doubling up into single housing units reducing demand.  Yet this is largely balanced by the great number of vacant homes in foreclosure.

This link works for houses and apartments - though the link mentions apartments. http://www.rentometer.com/
 
While this is not the only way to measure how competitive your Solano rental rates are, it's one perspective. A qaulified property manager can give you more accurate pricing for today, and how they forecast future Solano rent rates.

This good link also applies to home rentals in Contra Costa County, Dixon, Fairfield or Napa. It also helps Roseville, Sacramento, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Sonoma, Vacaville, Vallejo, and Winters real estate property managers calculate rent rates.

A Trend In Solano Tenants Seeking Smaller Houses?

Will There Be A Strong Trend In Solano Tenants Seeking Smaller Houses? Here is one article fueling the Solano tenants movement. Naturally there are other factors influencing the desire for bigger Solano houses such as saving money when more people move into your rented house so the tenants can save on their rent.

http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/13/some-thoughts-on-the-small-house-movement-is-it-something-worth-considering/

How To Hire A Solano Property Manager

Want To Know More About Hiring A Solano Property Manager?

http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/10/13/hire-manage-property-management-rental-property/comment-page-1/

Be smart. 

New Book On Living In Condo or HOA

Those interested in Solano Property Management might find this book interesting.

http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/condoblog/2009/08/new-book-released-on-condo-coop-and-hoa-living.html

Property Managers Given New Option For Running Fairfield Motels

City of Fairfield is trying to change how Fairfield motels will be managed. Currently visitors can stay up to 30 days. Now the city wants to change the property management role so the owners will be managing rentals where tenants can stay over 30 days. Details in the Fairfield newspaper.

Solano Property Management Workshop

Solano Community College is hosting a residential property management workshop 6 to 9 p.m.

The three-hour workshop shows how to purchase Solano rental properties that will need a Solano property manager unless you know how to really do it yourself. In reality, it takes decades of experience to watch out for all the things that can go wrong.  And taking this community workshop can't hurt.

To register, call 864-7115 or visit http://www.solano.edu.

Fairfield Gateway Promise Broken

The broken Fairfield Gateway promise has hurt Solano property investors.

What can Solano real estate investors believe if a Solano city promises to improve an area?  City redevelopment boosts property values, hence induces people to invest.  But if the city doesn't keep its promise one can lose millions of dollars.  A local case in point follows.


The city of Fairfield promised investors on its main street, West Texas Street that Fairfield would follow up with redeveloping the city's main gateway.  But the money disappeared long before the recession hit. Current city excuses about the governor taking away money and the recession don't stand up.

Meanwhile Solano County did their part and built the wonderful new county capital building.  It was meant to be the main attraction for drivers going through West Texas Street. The Solano board of supervisors did a great job. 

Today there's an interested construction company buyer wishing to purchase an important building in downtown Fairfield. The three-year old Art Explosion - an art gallery and studio space there was using it until a buyer was found.

The Fairfield real estate property buyer wants to tap into all the Fairfield traffic coming through West Texas Street leading into the new Solano County capital building.  The key concern is will Fairfield city keep it's promise to redevelop the city's main gateway in 2000?

Where did the money for fixing West Texas Street go before the recession hit? More people will spend money in downtown Fairfield, creating more job openings when the city follows through its promise to quickly redevelop the street. Construction was to start in 2000 or so. It's a win-win for everyone. There is much more on this interesting story in this blogs other articles at www.FixFairfield.org.

So Solano real estate investors should be careful. There's plenty of back stabbing and other unsavory activity that goes on with some parts of local government.  But there are many good election candidates that would never break an agreement like the Fairfield Gateway Promise.

Unemployed Tenants Have Alternatives. Win-Win Solutions.

Solano landlords are increasingly dealing with Solano tenants that lost their jobs and can't make rent.

Time to fill up the big empty space on that resume. How long will tax payers won’t keep funding?

Today’s Solano voters are angry at Washington candidates for the growing budget deficit. Solano county and six of its seven cities are doing poorly too (Dixon, Vacaville, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Vallejo, Benicia).

Ambitious Solano professionals should look today at their resume for the skills they can market directly to Solano businesses or consumers. If a company could hire and resell their services, why not take matters into one’s own hands? 

With the flood of resumes for the few openings out there, it’s probably more time and cost effective to simply start one’s business even from one’s home.  Or utilize the special program from Solano Business Incubator, at California Business Center, which offers their Solano Virtual Office™.

There are countless possibilities.  Remember studies show that businesses starting in a lackluster economy are more likely to last in the long haul. Plus you get to finally become your own boss. 

Harris For Vacaville Mayor. Better election candidates in office means better business for Solano property owners and Solano property managers. We all need a better economy.

Better election candidates in office means better business for Solano property owners and Solano property managers. We all need a better economy.

Election Candidates In Solano County Will Effect Number Of Solano Job Openings

Sure it’s a tough economy. The Solano election is focusing on helping business to create more job openings.

Would have been worse without Dilenna Harris.

Solano’s election day is coming. It’s just four days until Vacaville election day. How will the Solano election effect Vacaville businesses and economy?

Dilenna Harris has worked hard to attract Vacaville businesses to Vacaville. This helped create more Vacaville job openings than we would have had otherwise.

The Solano Registrar of Voters covers Vacaville. The Solano County government office will begin to post Solano election results election night. Hoping the Solano election winners will be business friendly candidates.

Vote for Dilenna Harris for Vacaville mayor election. Curtis Hunt and Mike Fortney for Vacaville City Council election. Suisun Mayor Pete Sanchez, Suisun Jane Day, Solano Board of Supervisors John Vasquez, State Assembly person Mariko Yamada.

Before 10PM election night get your Solano election details. Election results will be posted online on your Solano newspaper websites – central Solano County www.DailyRepublic.com, or Vacaville-Dixon www.TheReporter.com, etc.

How Solano Property Management Industry May Vote

Solano property management and owners seek political candidates that respect Solano property rights and are going to help the economy.

Based on the Solano candidates' business background and experience we believe Pete Sanchez and others below are the best Solano election candidates. Lets help Pete Sanchez and create more job openings in Solano!

Our Solano Election Picks:

California Governor: Meg Whitman

Solano Board of Supervisors Election: John Vasquez

Suisun Election: Suisun Mayor Pete Sanchez – re-election, Suisun City Council Jane Day

Vacaville: Dilenna Harris for Vacaville mayor election. Curtis Hunt and Mike Fortney for Vacaville City Council.

State Assembly District 8: Mariko Yamada – Solano County & Yolo County

Get your Solano election online election night at www.DailyRepublic.com.

Tips On Finding Best Solano HOA Management Company

Interviewing Prospective Solano HOA Management Companies

• Get copies of reports to be used, and a sample of any important documents the Solano HOA manager will be sending to your Solano community such as Solano violation letters.

• Will the Solano Management Company accept on-line payments?

• How are Solano taxes handled by the Solano Management Company? Is handled by them, or is it outsourced?

• How is the accounting handled? Is it in-house or outsourced? 

• One of the most important questions is if they have a CPA? Does the Solano CPA have real estate experience?

Tips for Interviewing Solano HOA Management Companies

Ask ask for references of Solano HOA communities they are managing.

Make sure you call and speak in depth to all the Solano HOA references.

Do a google check on the Solano HOA management company.

Tips On Finding Best Solano HOA Management Company

Ask the Solano HOA Management Company about any Standard Operating Procedure for:

• Solano HOA meetings: Regularly scheduled meetings with the board. Will meetings be held close enough to the Solano HOA members? Professional conference rooms at California Business Center right near intersecting highways I-80 and 12 is a quick hop away for much of Solano County.

• Emergencies
• Billing accuracy. 

Tips On Finding Best Solano HOA Management Company

About how many home owners will each Solano HOA account manager be responsible for?

What's the Solano HOA management company's philosophy?  

Weigh the added value the Solano HOA management company may provide you and your community in Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun, Vacaville or Vallejo.

Picking Best Solano Property Management Company

Picking The Best Solano Property Management Company Is No Easy Matter.

Be very careful as there are different ways they can easily make things difficult if the mood strikes them. All the more reason to pick the best Solano property management company to begin with.

Your best property management company must manage multiple aspects of your Solano real estate. One important role is that of acting as liaison between the Solano landlord and Solano tenant. Duties of Solano property management companies include accepting rent, carefully handling Solano maintenance issues, advertising Solano rental vacancies for landlords, plus Solano credit and background checks on tenants.

Solano Property Management Companies are located in Solano County's Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacaville and Vallejo. Many also manage properties in adjoining Napa County, Yolo County, and Contra Costa county.

Solano Property Manager’s Important Roles – One View

There are countless roles for the qualified Solano property manager. While nothing can replace extensive experience and savvy as a Solano property manager, consider some of the many roles they manage.

One is acting as liaison between a Solano landlord and a Solano tenant. Solano property management roles include advertising, accepting rent, responding to and addressing maintenance issues, Solano credit and background checks on tenants etc.

Consider the importance of Solano tenant audits, collecting rent, making bank deposits, coordinating leasing activity, maintaining Solano tenant and public relations etc. Solano managers should make regular reports to the administration for avoiding unnecessary paperwork and mistakes.

Who is in control? Coordination of a security program, supervision over maintenance services, supervision of Solano property management staff, and monitoring of all Solano insurance lease requirements of Solano tenants are important property management roles.

Solano property management software is easier. The software makes it quicker to obtain the necessary data. This is why it is widely used in fulfilling the Solano property management’s roles.

Property Management Introduction

Introduction to property management. A basic over view on what property management is all about for the Solano property manager.

Property management topics covered:

• Licensing

• Professional designations

• Property management software

• References

• Further reading for the Solano property manager

Property managers will find this introduction valuable as it comes from many varying sources.

Great Ways To Make Move In Magic. Solano Property Rental Tips.

Make your Solano tenants happy. Here are eight ways to generate move in magic for your Solano property rentals. Great tips for more profitable Solano property rentals.

A Little Distance Can Help Solve Solano Property Management Problems

Is it time to step back and disconnect from the Solano property management problem that is consuming you? Shift your focus. Get another qualified person's perspective.

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