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By CREC Property Management - Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Fido wants in!

One of the first questions a prospective tenant asks is, "Are pets allowed"? A whopping 75% of people looking for rentals own pets! Pets can be a home owner's nightmare. Visions of damaged floors, destroyed lawns and neighbors complaining are just some of the worries! But does a...

By CREC Property Management - Monday, October 19, 2015

Windows Windows Windows!

Did you know that lots of natural light in a home can cause your energy costs to decrease by as much as 75 percent? In homes with plenty of windows and glass doors, home owners use less heat, less air conditioning and eliminate the need to use artificial light during the daytime...

By CREC Property Management - Monday, October 19, 2015

A Mount Pleasant Community that IS SO Pleasant!

Driving to my office in the Park West subdivision of Mt Pleasant, SC, I can't help but be impressed by the Park West master plan that was developed for residential living in the Charleston area. Whether you rent or own a home here, it is a melting pot of housing options. Even an ...

By CREC Property Management - Friday, October 16, 2015

Trees are your most valuable antique!

Trees may be majestic in stature but they are sometimes overlooked in overall landscape care. Aside from regular or periodic pruning and shaping, trees may not get those health checkups that can help prevent disease and damage that will send them tumbling down before it’s too ...

By CREC Property Management - Thursday, October 15, 2015

Looking for a rental property?

It used to be that if you were looking for a rental property you would open the newspaper! You would flip right to the Real Estste section. You then would circle the properties that appealed and dialed the listed phone numbers to make an appointment to see the property! Those day...

By CREC Property Management - Tuesday, October 13, 2015

How to take out those pesky pests in your home!

As the weather is getting cooler and with the unusual amount of rainfall that the Low Country has seen, you may be seeing evidence of some unwanted visitors! It's also a good idea to practice preventive measures if you have not seen any sign of them. Here's how: Standing water i...

By CREC Property Management - Monday, October 12, 2015

Where did color go in our kitchens?

Have you spoken recently to someone who has purchased kitchen appliances? I have. So, I asked my friend, "What did you buy?" "Oh", she replied, "Stainless of course!" Stainless appliances have bullied the market leaving white, beige and black in the dust. Take pity on the smaller...

By CREC Property Management - Sunday, October 11, 2015

Signing a lease? Here area few helpful tips!

After long hours of searching for a rental isn't it such a great feeling when you find a place that looks perfect and meets all of your criteria? Love at first glance it may be, but don’t rush into signing a lease! It’s important that you check under the hood a little bit and...

By CREC Property Management - Friday, October 9, 2015

Halloween just for kids?

Just look around and you will recognize the signs.....homes and yards strewn with cob webs and hanging corpses. Manicured lawns transformed into elaborate grave yards with eerie haunted sounds blasted from BOSE speakers. Adults have taken over "yard of the month" with gusto i...

By CREC Property Management - Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Rental Market Influencers

Supply, demand, employment/job opportunities and millennials are some of the factors that have been influencing the real estate market here in Charleston. You normally wouldn't think weather of all things would influence the rental market but guess what? As of last week with th...