Corporate Housing 101
Financial, Legal and Tax
Published Date: 2009-08-10
I keep reading articles about how the American consumer wants to negotiate on everything they buy and how even in large box stores consumers are getting deals just by asking. Negotiating is nothing...
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Corporate Housing 101
Marketing a Rental
Published Date: 2009-08-07
Believe it or not, the art of cold-calling applies in the field of property management as well. So why should you pick up that phone?
1. It's a renters' market.
2. The hey days of the dot-com...
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Property Management Toolbox
Published Date: 2009-08-06
If you're furnishing your home as a corporate rental, don't buy a bed with a foot board. We got a request this week from a potential tenant who is tall - he requires a king bed or queen bed without a...
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CHBO in the News
Corporate Housing 101
Published Date: 2009-08-04
This week CorporateHousingbyOwner.com and my other business, AvenueWest, were featured inForbes magazine.
Forbes touts corporate housing as the "better alternative" to hotels - something...
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Corporate Housing 101
Marketing a Rental
Published Date: 2009-07-27
Have you heard the old adage, “How do you eat an elephant?” The answer to the question is, “bite by bite.” While no one “eats” elephants, this old adage shows that you have to tackle big...
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Property Management Toolbox
Published Date: 2009-07-27
Furnishing a kitchen in a corporate rental can be a tedious task. You need to have everything ready and available from a potato peeler and cheese grater to a salad bowl and cutting board.
A good...
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Property Management Toolbox
Published Date: 2009-07-23
Changing the locks is a common practice in the long-term rental market. However, in the corporate housing market, where rental turnover is quick, it is not very cost-effective to change out the door...
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Corporate Housing 101
Relocation Advice
Published Date: 2009-07-22
I'd like to share the stories of Jane and Maureen. Both are 20-something single women moving to the Denver metro area for a new job.
Jane:
Jane is stressed to the bone trying to find a new home in...
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Corporate Housing 101
Marketing a Rental
Published Date: 2009-07-08
I'd like to introduce myself as a new contributor to the Corporate Housing Trends blog. My name is Dawn and I'm a corporate housing property management specialist for CorporateHousingbyOwner.com and...
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