First Rate Property Management Blog

How Homeowners and Tenants Can Avoid Locksmith Scams

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

Unlike many other states, Idaho has no law that pertains to locks and locksmiths for rental properties and as a result, many Idaho Landlords do not change the lock between tenants.  FRPM's policy is to change the locks after every tenant to ensure the safety of the new t...

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Seize the Opportunity

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

First Rate Property Management's Leasing Team Leader, Kristen Curtis, recently wrote an article called Seize the Opportunity, This article was published in the Oct/Nov issue of the Residential Resource.  The Residential Resource is a trade magazine for professional resid...

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The Washington Attorney Generals' Office says it's racially discriminatory to use a felony convictio...

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

Source:  http://mynorthwest.com/425356/attorney-general-follows-through-on-stiffer-landlord-restrictions/We received the below from a concerned Landlord.  Additionally we have since learned that the WA State AG has offered a Consent Decree with a $15,000 fine.  Som...

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Building Wealth with Rental Properties

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

Below is a link from  a blog posting from Mike Hambright with Flipnerd.com.  I found  the first few paragraphs  to be very good for those investing or looking to invest into rental properties.  After that, the article moves away from what I see with my cl...

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BOISE PROPERTY MANAGER VISITS DC

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

Tony Drost of NARPM Visits DCAs the President of NARPM, I went to Capitol Hill in DC last week to talk to the Idaho representatives in Congress and Senate about bills in the works that affect Idaho property owners.  I was accompanied by Dave Winder with the Certified Commerc...

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Procedures for Inherited Tenants

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

Please take a moment to read the article that was recently published by Kristen Curtis in the residential resource.  It features the importance of having good solid lease procedures when taking on inherited tenants. Kristen has done a great job of implementing these procedur...

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Property Management Search Engine Optimization

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

Vacancy Rate in Boise, IDFirst Rate Property Management Inc. (FRPM) has reported our overall vacancy at 3.0% this week.  This compares to 4.4% last year at this time and 6.5% in 2009.  The office phone call volume is "crazy busy", the highest it's been in ...

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Rentberry, they do Everything

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

As buying a home becomes increasingly out of reach for many in metropolitan areas, more and more people are choosing to rent. Rentberry has developed a website to ensure transparency among applicants, allow tenants the power to set bids on their rent, allows landlords to select h...

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Study Proves Renters Can be Wealthier than Buyers (Really!)

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

Over the past few years, the "buzz" has all been about the increasing demand to rent with a somewhat negative undertone due to skyrocketing rents.  Our tenants may find this article refreshing, click here to view. Some of the reasons why renting has become mor...

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Tenants are Important

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

When I was first interviewed at First Rate, I was asked, “Who do you think is the most important; our property owners, our vendors, or our tenants?” Would they want me to say the property owners?   After all, it’s the management fees that pay the bills. &nb...

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