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Latest video published 9/3/2019
- Critical Curb Appeal and Title Analysis
Covers: A property manager’s analysis of the repairs, maintenance, landscaping and improvements needed to increase the property’s curb appeal; Running a cursory title check on the property to be managed, and clearing any deficiencies with the landlord prior to taking over management of the property.
- Mortgage concepts: The modern-day ARM
The face of the ARM has changed over the years, most markedly during the Millennium Boom of the mid-2000s.
- Mortgage Concepts: The birth of the adjustable rate mortgage (ARM)
The face of the ARM has changed over the years, most markedly during the Millennium Boom of the mid-2000s.
- Management Obligations Owed the Landlord
Covers: Conducting property management operations in compliance with the prudent investor standard; A property manager’s duties and higher standard of conduct provided to a landlord.
- Ten-year rate hikes freeze up sellers in property markets; Monthly Statistical Update (June 2023)
The seesaw of mortgage market and Fed funds rates; Mortgage insurance also constricts homebuyer purchasing power; REIT values, returns fall back in 2023
- Duty of Care and an Evolving Standard of Conduct
Covers: Attributes of a successful property manager; The duty of care a property manager owes a landlord as comparable to the duty of care a broker in a real estate sales transaction owes their buyers and sellers.
- Dual Agency
Timely disclosure of a dual agency when simultaneously representing the best interest of opposing participants in a transaction.
- Resident Managers
Covers: On-site duties of a resident manager at an apartment complex with 16 or more units; Licensed and unlicensed activities; Occupancy of a unit in the complex as part of a resident manger’s compensation; Use of the resident manager employment agreement to document the employment and expectations.
- Mortgage Concepts: Trustee’s Sale: Sold to the Highest Bidder
This video explains the procedures followed for a trustee's sale in California.
- Licensed vs. Unlicensed Property Management Activities
Covers: Distinguishing the property management activities that may be performed by a licensed or unlicensed employee; Activities relating to contacts with the landlord which may only be conducted by a licensed employee; Optional Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation bestowed by a private non-regulatory organization
