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Tree Ceremony and Rental Property Improvements

The Wedding Tree Ceremony We were married last month, and during the planning process our officiate suggested we make the ceremony longer – apparently I took my abhorrence for mushy wedding stuff a...

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Report: Effects of Trees on Rental Rates

Courtesy of Consumerist.com, I stumbled upon a 2010 report on the effects of trees on rental values. While there were other motivations for planting the tree from our wedding ceremony, I do plan to add...

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Choosing Landscaping for Rental Properties

This summer we experienced the very essence of sweat equity. Some of our shrubs were casualties of the 2011 drought, so we set out to replace them with something more attractive but durable. Similarly...

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Rental Landscape Watering; Hiring the Tenants

Being in Central Texas, our summers are brutal on landscaping, and this year I have 4 young trees at 2 different properties to keep alive, including the tree we incorporated into our wedding. I’m...

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Rental Property HOA Violations & Subjective Rules

Recently we had our first run in with a rental property’s homeowners association; it started with a couple warning letters letting us know that our duplex had a lawn care violation. I wasn’t too...

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Setting Expectations: Tenant Guidelines for HOA Success

Because HOA rules can be rather subjective, I recently met with an HOA manager to discuss lawn requirements for our rental property. It was a productive conversation, and I left with 5 key takeaways to...

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2015 Real Estate Resolutions

I hope everybody is having a wonderful holiday season. Santa was generous this year and left a Black & Decker Trimmer/Edger with Mower Deck under the tree – I’ll be sure to let you know how it...

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Make Ready Checklist with Auto-Populating Fields

There’s no way around it, make ready work is full of details to remember: Will the electricity automatically transfer? Is the trim painted the same color as the wall? Do any fence pickets need...

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