Tips for Renters

By Red Roof Rentals - Monday, November 1, 2021

BUY NOW! And you might lose money later! A CAUTIONARY TALE

Desperate to grab hold of today’s historic low home loan interest rates, many people seem to be willing to PAY ANYTHING to lay claim to ownership of a home of their own … TO GET RICH IN THE FUTURE. Problem is, they aren’t paying attention to future changes that...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, May 8, 2020

BEFORE YOU DECIDE NOT TO PAY YOUR RENT

It’s appearing in the news now … unemployed renters who propose to PAY NO RENT until the COVID-19 epidemic has past.“Why should a wealthy landlord take advantage of and profit by my suffering?” is the common unspoken thread being used to weave this fabric...

By Red Roof Rentals - Thursday, May 30, 2019

TACOMA SHOOTS TO THE TOP (of the real estate heap!)

Recently REDFIN, Seattle based progressive real estate brokerage know-it-all, declared“TACOMA – NATION’S HOTTEST HOUSING MARKET”This will be no surprise to those of you who have been searching in vain to purchase (or rent, for that matter) a home here in T...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, June 1, 2018

How To Find & Get The Rental Home You Really Want!

PLAN (get ready…)GET THE MONEY READY (Deposit and first month’s rent) There’s no sense looking if you aren’t ready to pay up when you find it!CHECK ON YOUR CREDIT: Think your report may contain “NEGATIVE INFORMATION”? Run your credit report yo...

By Red Roof Rentals - Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Expectations

Owners … Renters … Property Managers … What do we expect of each other?Some expectations are common to us all … be honest, be on time, return your phone calls, keep your word … while other expectations are individualistic and very specific to th...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, December 8, 2017

SEATTLE AND TACOMA ARE ENGAGED!

Back in the late 60’s, when I was a student at Wilson High in the West End of Tacoma, my insecure freshman hometown was constantly being given a swirly by the cool “collar turned up” senior men and women up in Seattle.Oh, you’re from the armpit of the stat...

By Red Roof Rentals - Wednesday, August 30, 2017

THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS

So I’m sitting in Starbucks, sipping a cup of Pike Roast, wondering what ONE BUSINESS PRINCIPLE is so important that 1) I should write about it, and 2) you should take your time to read it… and here’s what I have for you.Seek relationship, not profitAs far...

By Red Roof Rentals - Wednesday, August 9, 2017

LIFE IN THE AGE OF ENTITLEMENT

(Earning versus Deserving)I called my son Calvin in Tucson the other day to tell him about the Honda Pilot I had recently purchased.“Dad, it’s about time! You deserve it.”, he erupted. (“Calvin,” I mused quietly to myself, “I earned it!”)...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, February 5, 2016

PIERCE COUNTY RENTAL RATE CHANGES

Everyone knows that property values have bounced back a bit since “The Great Recession of 2008”, but what about rental rates on single family homes … what are they doing? Have they gone up?First, let me say that most rents NEVER WENT DOWN here in Pierce County!...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, December 4, 2015

TO FLUSH or NOT TO FLUSH – Potty Talk from Red Roof

Now that we have your attention …Actually we DO want to talk about your toilet in this blog posting, particularly what NOT to put into your toilet, whether you rent from Red Roof or not.Toilets normally behave just fine but if you put the wrong things into them, well&helli...

Red Roof Rentals Blog

BUY NOW! And you might lose money later! A CAUTIONARY TALE

BEFORE YOU DECIDE NOT TO PAY YOUR RENT

TACOMA SHOOTS TO THE TOP (of the real estate heap!)

How To Find & Get The Rental Home You Really Want!

Expectations

SEATTLE AND TACOMA ARE ENGAGED!

THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS

LIFE IN THE AGE OF ENTITLEMENT

PIERCE COUNTY RENTAL RATE CHANGES

TO FLUSH or NOT TO FLUSH – Potty Talk from Red Roof

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