CREC Property Management Blog

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...

By CREC Property Management - Friday, October 2, 2015

Snow .....I mean Flood Day

Growing up in the northeast and waking up to your Mom announcing that school was cancelled due to the snow, was the absolute best part of winter!! I couldn't help thinking about those mornings as we too have been dealing with school being closed today due to heavy rain and floo...

By CREC Property Management - Sunday, September 27, 2015

A Day In The Life of a Property Manager

Hats Hats, Many Hats! A property manager wears many professional hats in the course of one day. From listing and marketing a new home for rent, responding to and having serviced AC units that are down, supervising a painting contractor, conducting move-in and move-out inspectio...