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By CREC Property Management - Sunday, September 13, 2020

Easy Home Fixes Renters Can Do

Easy Home Fixes Renters Can Do Making a rental property feel like a home can be hard! You want to personalize it and have it match your unique style, but unfortunately rental units typically limit the amount of changes and fixes you can make to the structure of the home. Thankf...

By CREC Property Management - Thursday, August 13, 2020

Quick & Easy Ways to Improve Your Rental Home’s Value

Quick & Easy Ways to Improve Your Rental Home’s Value As more and more rentals continue to pop up on the market, it can be hard to differentiate your property and add some value that renters will notice. Of course, home values are highly dependent on the market, but there a...

By CREC Property Management - Sunday, October 21, 2018

What does a property manager do?

What Does a Property Manager Do? Every day, there are more than 2,600 new renters looking for the perfect place. People are renting now more than ever, as renters occupy over 34% of all houses. The real estate market is currently on fire, making it a prime time for inv...

By CREC Property Management - Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Honoring All Who Served

Tomorrow is Veteran's Day. This is our federal holiday which honors the brave men and women who have served our country in the armed services. They have risked and sacrificed their lives for our freedom. America as we know it, would not exist if it were not for those who have f...

By CREC Property Management - Sunday, November 6, 2016

When Should You Purchase An Appliance?

Home Depot is advertising special Veteran's Day pricing on all appliances. Then they throw in extra savings if you are a veteran or active military. Sounds like a great deal, right? Well yes it does! Retailers take advantage of holidays to offer sales that will drive customers ...

By CREC Property Management - Sunday, October 30, 2016

Buying A Home Next Year? Here Are Some Tips!

Home ownership. You have made the decision to purchase a home. Where do you begin? If you are a first time home buyer, there are some important considerations. Some buyers don't have the flexibility to begin one year out but if you do, find out what your credit score is. One ye...

By CREC Property Management - Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Do Bike Lanes Make Cyclists Safer?

Reading an article written by Dustin Waters in The Charleston City Paper today, I thought I would Blog about bike lanes which seems to be a national debate. Waters' article states that Charleston County Council is now requesting that the South Carolina DOT assess the viability...

By CREC Property Management - Wednesday, September 14, 2016

House Showing Etiquette

Searching for a home to rent or buy? Most likely you or you and your realtor will be visiting homes that are listed for rent or for sale. Are there "showing rules" when entering and viewing a home? Well, yes......kind of. Etiquette is a code of proper and polite behavior. Rul...

By CREC Property Management - Sunday, September 11, 2016

"Fix-it" Projects

Whether you rent or own your home, it is inevitable that something will need to be repaired or "fixed". If you are a tenant, your landlord or property management company should be contacted first. If you are a homeowner, you will most likely be adding it onto an ongoing list th...

By CREC Property Management - Monday, September 5, 2016

Are you thinking about becoming an AIRBNB host?

You may want to think twice, especially if you want to refinance. Homeowners who rent rooms are facing additional scrutiny when applying for loans. Rooms for rent services like Airbnb are causing some confusion between residential and commercial property. The issue appears to be ...