First Rate Property Management Blog

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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Boise Idaho Top Ten Cities to Live In

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

Boise Ranked in Top Ten According to the Wall Street Journals' Digital Network, the organization called Relocation America has ranked Boise, Idaho as a top ten city to live in the United States.  Please click on the link below to read more.http://www.relobook.com/?p=111F...

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Vacancies and Evictions in Boise Idaho

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

First Rate Property Management VacancyOur vacancy rate for the first week of 2012 is 1.2%, compared to 2.4% last year at this time. The average vacancy rate in 2011 was 2.7%, compared to 3.7% in 2010. Click image to enlarge EvictionsFirst Rate Property Management recently took ov...

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Embezzlement, Boise Idaho Vacancy Rates & Our Readers

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

When it Comes to Embezzlement, Property Management is Risky Business:Attached is an article that ran in the Idaho Business Review earlier this week. For the most part, I agree with much of what is said. Is there an epidemic of embezzling going on; I don't think so. Is there a...

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Social Media is about People/Boise Rental Vacancy Rate Update

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

Social Media is About PeopleFirst Rate Property Management participates in some social media.  By no means do we use social media as much as the marketing experts would like us to.  From what little social media we have done, we have had very little results.  Howev...

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Builders Capitalize on Low Inventory Levels

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By Melissa S. Sunday, January 1, 2017

The demand to rent is high. Interest rates remain low. Investors realize that the bottom has come and gone and values are now improving. Gee, if they had only been reading my blog, they would have known to buy months ago. And lastly, inventory levels are very low. The combination...

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