Charlottesville, VA

As more and more real estate agents get into the leasing/property management biz, I see that few are actually electing to have a DYNAMIC and useful website to showcase their rental listings and provide information to prospective rental customers.

I have been fortunate to partner with HomeRentals.net * HERO * http://homerentals.net/Sites/HRN/ a NATIONAL rental housing website featuring single family home listings.

With three Clicks * I can FIND a prior listing; ACTIVE that listing; EDIT the listing to change NEW rents/date available. Through my urging they also provide an html for blogging the listing and posting to Craigslist with an "export" feature.

Newbie leasing agents frequently use a postlets html which has the GREAT probability of being scammed unless the photos are WATERMARKED before uploading and if there are embedded links that Craigslist does not like, the listing will be Ghosted or DELETED. I actually stopped posting my rental property listings to our local MLS several years ago when they would not acknowledge their ARCHAIC listing input form with MANDATORY sales listing entries that are not relative to a RENTAL listing. They also do not allow property photos to be WATERMARKED which INVITES scammers to post bogus property listings and cause unwanted distractions for the property owners, agents and would-be rental prospects.

My "mighty mouse" is ready for my workout this weekend - clicking properties available for lease this summer....

I rent to numerous military families who are attending the University of Virginia Judge Advocate General (JAG) law school as well as who are stationed at a CIA/military facility.

One of the "consequences" is that I frequently get inquires about former residents from government contractors who are doing a security background.

I received such a call yesterday and I did not remember the resident's name * he has ONE last name and his wife has a DIFFERENT last name and I only dealt with the wife.

So the "investigator" comes to my office this morning and I give him the information he wanted and then he asked me a VERY NEW QUESTION "Did the residents get all of their security deposit back?" UHUH! No......they, being landlords in Texas and BOTH being attorneys, failed to follow my move-out instructions. They failed to leave the keys on the kitchen counter along with the garage door openers. They also failed to have the property cleaned.

When I checked the amount of monies returned to them, it was 2/3 of their original deposit because I did not charge them rent money until their Fed/Ex package with the keys was received.

Many DIY landlords do not rent to attorneys or law students for the reason that these residents think they KNOW everything and do not read their lease and they are often "high maintenance".

For me, having a government investigator question prior landlords about your tenancy, rent payment habits and now the condition you left the property is all the MORE reason to READ YOUR LEASE - even if you are an ATTORNEY!

Charlottesville Equestrian Property For Sale - New Forest Farm

It is not easy to find a small Charlottesville horse farm with a full complement of equestrian amenities. New Forest Farm has it all: a 4 stall center aisle barn, dressage arena with all weather footing, board fenced paddocks and a well maintained 3717 sq ft 4 bedroom home in a convienient location with Albemarle County schools. What a great value!

Charlottesville Equestrian Property

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$525,000 Single Family Home Main Features 4 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 1 Partial Bathroom Interior: 3,717 sqft Lot: 7.76 acre(s) Location 4313 Woods Edge Rd. Troy, VA 22974 USA To get updates on open home dates and other property events, please click the "Like" button below:

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In TRUE NASCAR fashion * the ORDINARY routine of getting NASCAR cars and teams to their weekend tracks for races has become an EVENT.

ActiveRain members who live near Las Vegas will have an AWESOME opportunity to blog about the PREMIER NASCAR Hauler Parade down the Las Vegas strip Thursday/tomorrow 6 to 8P. I love the photos of the haulers that are shiny and sleek with their headlights on!

It is my understanding that these parades originally started as a promotion for the weekend races to the local population and then became a "happening" due to sponsors and local community involvement.

http://www01.lasvegassun.com/events/2012/mar/08/23548/

The LasVegas Sun newspapers actually has e-mail and cel phone "alerts" for this annual event. They are FREE and are a GREAT FAMILY event.

The March 27 race is in Fontana, CA and the Auto-Club Speedway has an awesome promotion on their website of the route and the stops where sponsors will have promotions AND FREE hats for those at the Bass Pro Shop stop....HEY! A FREE Hat!

http://www.autoclubspeedway.com/Tickets-Events/Events/2011/Auto-Club-400/Hauler-Parade.aspx

50+ years ago I can remember going to the Circus Parade when the animals and performers departed the train station on the way to the fairgrounds....THIS was an EXCITING FAMILY event - and it's FREE

...Yes! I blog about NASCAR!