Congress Updates the Section 8 Program

A lot of landlords shy away from the Section 8 program. You might be thinking about all of the generalizations as to why they don’t use the program but the main reason is vacancy. In the past, in order for a housing authority to issue a voucher the unit had to be vacant and then […]

Haunted Houses

On the radio this morning I heard an advertisement for the Haunted Hayrides that populate the suburbs this time of year and realized that Halloween is just around the corner. I know, I know how do haunted hayrides and houses relate to real estate, right?
You would be surprised.
When looking at properties there are quite […]

Coolest Green Hotel I have Seen So Far!

I have been doing an awful lot of reading lately about green technologies. I found the design of this hotel on The Spec Book Pro Blog. This is a Hotel currently in the planning phase in China. Think the Hoover Dam meets the Hilton.

Here is a description taken directly from the blog. I hope you […]

Surprise Surprise Oil is Expensive

Ever wonder why people dread winter so much?? It’s articles like this one out by Reuters about how energy costs continue to rise and rise and rise. Ugh!! Oil on average will increase 40 cents per gallon from $2.48 to $2.88 per gallon this year.
Natural Gas, which is in the majority of homes in […]

Smoke Free Aparment Building - That Means in the Unit as well!

So the Guy in 3 C likes his cigars, then there’s the over-achieving single woman in 8 E who is alway puffing on a cigarette, while the Newly Weds from Key West in 5 D well… its a distinctive smell that comes from their apartment.
Sound like your apartment building? Although a lot of […]