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Using 3D Tours to Estimate Renovations
Reading Time: 3 minutes Renovations don’t come cheap, so every detail must be accounted for. But what do you do if you can’t make an inspection onsite? Today, we are sharing how technology – specifically using 3D tours – helps us estimate your renovation project for your property. It allows us to save time, the vendors’ time, and…
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Quick and Efficient Property Maintenance Using Property Meld
Reading Time: 3 minutes It takes an entire team to keep any property well-kept. That is why Green Ocean Property Management uses Property Meld to ensure all members of that team – from owners, vendors, residents, technicians, and us, your property managers – stay on track under one platform to provide a quick and efficient property maintenance…
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Understanding Real Estate Cost Segregation
Reading Time: 2 minutes If you want to save while making more money in real estate, you have to be knowledgeable in cost segregation. Learn it here. In today’s article, we are talking about real estate cost segregation: what it is and how it will benefit you. Defining Cost Segregation Cost segregation is a generally utilized…
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Managing Properties With iPads
Reading Time: 2 minutes As property managers, our work is usually on the field – onsite the properties under our care. But that doesn’t mean that we leave the office stuff behind and just come back to it later. In this article, we share how we use iPads to manage properties: making our field managers’ work more accessible,…
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What is a 1040 Schedule E
Reading Time: 2 minutes Real estate comes with a lot of technicalities, especially tax forms. In today’s article, we go into detail about the 1040 Schedule E and how Green Ocean Property Management can guide you through tax forms such as this. Defining the 1040 Schedule E Form Now, a 1040 Schedule E is a…
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Prevent Bathroom Mold With Fans
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the most common issues that we encounter in our investment properties is mold. Prevention is better than cure, and the secret to keeping mold away is by keeping areas dry, especially in the bathroom where it is almost always wet. But did you know that you can prevent bathroom mold by installing…
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Avoid these Common Landlord Mistakes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mistakes after mistakes after mistakes can be done. A property manager’s job is to help you minimize common landlord mistakes and more importantly, avoid them before they even happen. Here are three of those common mistakes and why you should prevent them. #1 Not recognizing the importance of planning First and foremost, prior…
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What makes a Property Manager VALUABLE?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hiring a property manager proves to be valuable to any landlord as it allows you to take care of your properties and tenants, especially if you have several properties. Property managers deal with the tenants and their concerns so landlords don’t have to.s been in the industry for over four decades. One of the…
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Safer Tenants with Outlet Testers
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the most affordable and useful tools to guarantee safer tenants is an outlet tester. All you have to do is plug it in and press the button. Now, how does it work and can it really save you time and money? An outlet tester, as its name suggests, is a small…