Janell Kittleson's Page

Between Thanksgiving and New Years Day, it can be a tough time to close a rental or make a sale.  Altruism aside, how can you get folks to step away from all that family-time and Christmas hub-ub and be inclined to move during what the industry reports as the slowest time of the year?  

First, it's crucial that you have a full understanding of your demographics and marketing budget and how those two sing together to provide the smoking mirrors of TANSTAAFL (There…

I'm a big believer in personal freedoms.  You won't see me filling out any ballots that limit the rights of individuals to govern themselves. What someone does with their own life is their business.  What someone does with yours, is your business. That being said, Landlords should exercise their rights to protect their property from economic damage from dangerous tenants.  

Let's be clear.  I'm not taking about breaking any …

Back in the day when I was working onsite in property management, I remember some of the toxic practices we used to treat a variety of building maladies – Trisodium phosphate for general grime and nicotine build-up, common bleach cured about 80% of all ills, oil based volatile sealers for cat pee and crayons, and a smattering of pesticides at high doses were used to kill anything that crawled. Oblivious to the chemicals used in paper-making, we printed every page of every document we could…