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By Red Roof Rentals - Saturday, March 28, 2020

WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS

The Red Roof office may be closed to the public but WE REMAIN OPEN TO SERVE YOU! Thanks to management systems already in place, we are able to fully serve our owners and tenants from our temporary home office.Until the state ordered moratorium is lifted and our office is re-...

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 - Wednesday, May 17, 2017

GOING .. GOING .. GONE!

What’s here to stay and what’s going awayWe’ve all seen them … lists of what’s “going away for good”, what’s soon to become obsolete, such as :Landline phones, camcorders, incandescent light bulbs, postage stamps, pennies, paperbac...

By Red Roof Rentals - Wednesday, February 22, 2017

“THE MAP”

I was going out some old office files yesterday separating the “keep” from the “throw away” stuff … and I came across something I wrote up back in 2009, just after the “Great Recession” began in 2008.I have always been a somewhat self di...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, July 8, 2016

DIY – PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 103

Screening Applications“Don’t believe what they say on their application … verify it!” – Jeff Christensen, 2010Everyone claims they are the best choice, promising to pay on time and take good care of the home … but many of those claims prove t...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, June 17, 2016

DIY – PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 102

Advertising for Rent“On the highway of life, if you’ve got something important to say, blow your horn! No one else is going to blow it for you.” -Jeff Christensen, 2001Now that you’ve completed the Property Management 101 course “PREPPING YOUR HOME F...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, May 27, 2016

DIY – PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 101

Prepping to Rent“It’s so easy, I could train a monkey how to do it!” – Jeff Christensen, 2009Ready to learn? Good. Now put down that banana and let’s get started!ESTABLISH THE RENTAL AMOUNT – Go to Craigslist or Zillow and see what owners of pr...

By Red Roof Rentals - Monday, April 18, 2016

WHY ARE WE BETTER THAN OTHER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES?

What makes for an excellent property management company? AND HOW CAN RED ROOF RENTALS BE ONE?PASSION & EXPERTISE – We know what we are talking about, we actually like what we do and we do it on a daily basis. We have paid attention all thru our 40 years in real estate ...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, April 24, 2015

WE SAVE YOU MONEY!

Hi, my name is Jeff Christensen and I am the founder of Red Roof Rentals, LLC, Pierce County’s original FLAT RATE property management company. Not to brag, but I have owned a few rentals during my 40 years in the real estate business, and as a result I have had a lot of fir...

By Red Roof Rentals - Friday, October 17, 2014

CORRECTION with CARE (aka confrontation with consideration)

Occasionally someone we deal with in the property management business needs correction. Whether it be a renter, owner or service provider, I always try to be mindful to be “careful” in my correction of others. Unfortunately, though, the ability to do this doesn’...

Red Roof Rentals Blog

WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS

LIFE IN THE AGE OF ENTITLEMENT

GOING .. GOING .. GONE!

“THE MAP”

DIY – PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 103

DIY – PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 102

DIY – PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 101

WHY ARE WE BETTER THAN OTHER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES?

WE SAVE YOU MONEY!

CORRECTION with CARE (aka confrontation with consideration)

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