My Tenant Moved in the Night, The House is Full of Their Things…and it’s A Mess

I’ve been a landlord for almost 13 years. 
 

 
I have placed 100’s of tenants in my own rentals.
I have only had to evict 3 of my own tenants in 13 years! I have been so blessed and never had any real tenant issues.
I’ve never gotten a house back in terrible condition!
Well, I have to say…I’ve just [...]

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Running Errands in Melbourne Florida…Look at What we Found at the Grocery Store

 
I love living in Melbourne Florida! I have been here since 1975 and will probably stay for another 30+ years if I’m lucky.  This is where my family and I call home.
There are beautiful sights everywhere we go.
Today, I had oodles of errands to run.  One stop took us to the grocery store.  As we were pulling [...]

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Is Your Brevard County Florida Home Located in a Flood Zone?

 

Is your Brevard County Florida home located in a flood zone? 

 
Do you know? How do you find out if it is?
Usually at the time you purchase your home, you are notified whether your house is located in a flood zone.  If it is, your lender will require you to purchase a separate flood insurance policy [...]

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Stage your Home to Sell it!

 
Sellers ask me all the time, “What can I do to help sell my home?”
Remember this, your house will most likely look completely different when it is on the market for sale, than it did before you put it up for sale. 
One of my first recommendations is to GET RID OF THE CLUTTER before the [...]

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FEMA to Help Brevard County Flood Victims

FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be helping Brevard Tropical Storm Fay flood victims in Brevard County Florida.
 
Homeowners can apply for federal money to repair damages.  They could be eligible for up to $28,800 to use towards temporary housing and home repairs.
Call the Federal Emergency Management Agency at 1-800-621-FEMA between 7:00 AM to 12:00 AM [...]

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Some Homeowners Across Florida Had Severe Flooding in Tropical Storm Fay

 
Tropical Storm Fay has been classified as a 100 year storm. It has been 100 years since Florida had over 30 inches of rain!  No storm has ever intensified after it reached land!  It left land a couple of times, only to come back and hit Florida over and over again.
Here we are in Florida and [...]

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Tropical Storm Fay is Here!

Tropical Storm Fay is officially here in Melbourne Florida. 
Brevard County Schools are closed today and tomorrow. And the first day of school was yesterday.
My husband just got off the neighbor’s roof in 30 mile per hour wind gusts in the driving rain. His roof is leaking around his chimney and saturating his ceiling.  So, [...]

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Was Your Summer as “Boring” As Ours?

Summer is over!  Can you believe it?  Time just seems to fly! 
Oh my gosh…how did we get here already?  Brevard County Florida students report back to school on Monday, August 18. Registration has been going on all week! 
Summer was fun!  But to talk to my teenagers you might get a different story. 
I heard one of them [...]

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Vacancy Rates the Highest in 50 Years!

The United States Census Bureau has reported that the United States is currently experiencing the highest vacancy rates on homes in over 50 years. 

Over 2 million homes were sitting empty in the first quarter of 2008, as reported on Interest.com. That’s almost 3% of all homes in the United States. Many of these homes are properties [...]

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There Was More Paint on the Two of Them than on the House!

My teenage daughters, Stef, 15, Sam, 13 and I painted the inside and outside of our rental house, including all the cut in work in 2 days, in between raindrops!

 
I have to say that I truly love the comaraderie of working together with my family on one of our rental houses here in Melbourne Florida in [...]

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