Property Management Blog

5 Plumbing Tips to Prepare for the Nevada County Winter

By Barrett Property Management - Sunday, November 22, 2015

Our good friends over at Craig Johnson Plumbing just wrote a great blog post regarding plumbing tips to prepare for Nevada County winter weather. Whether you are a Grass Valley tenant, Nevada City tenant, a Grass Valley investment property owner, a Nevada City investment pr...

5 Tips for Low Stress Investment in Grass Valley Rental

By Barrett Property Management - Monday, November 2, 2015

HuffingtonPost.com put out a great article for Nevada County investment property owners on 10/28/15. Are you considering purchasing a Grass Valley rental or Nevada City rental property? Read below to discover 5 tips for a low stress purchasing experience. 5 Tips for a...

How To Be A Successful Landlord

By Barrett Property Management - Monday, September 28, 2015

Here is a great Info-Graphic by: Jacob Grant regarding How To Be A Successful Landlord. I strongly agree with most of these property management tips, especially the following: #1: Use lease targeting: It is always a good idea to have leases end in the spring/summer mo...

Nevada County Chipping Program

By Barrett Property Management - Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Did you know that The Fire Safe Council of Nevada County offers a FREE defensible space chipping program? This is a great benefit to BOTH investment property owners and tenants alike that own or live in Grass Valley, Nevada City, Penn Valley and surrounding Nevada County ar...

Barrett Property Management offers home inspections to our Grass Valley Investment Property Owners

By Barrett Property Management - Sunday, September 13, 2015

Barrett Property Management, Inc. has teamed up with a local licensed contractor to offer home inspection services to all of our investment property owners. Because we care about the quality and longevity of our owner’s investments, we will be providing these services fre...

Value in Property Managment

By Barrett Property Management - Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Here is a great read for Nevada County real estate investment property owners regarding value in property management. This article was written by Carrie Rossenfeld and is posted on the GolobeSt.com website. Click the link below to read the article.Tips to Creating Tru...

Low cost ways to attract more tenants to your rental property

By Barrett Property Management - Monday, May 11, 2015

Do you own a Nevada County or Placer County investment rental property and are always wondering why it takes so long to re-rent every time there is a turn-over? First impressions weigh heavily on perspective Tenants when they view a renal home. Here are four simple ways to ...

What To Do The First 24 Hours In A New Place

By Barrett Property Management - Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Apartment Therapy wrote a great article for Tenants that have just moved or will be moving into a new rental home, What To Do The First 24 Hours In A New Place. There are some great tips for Nevada County Tenants. Their first suggestion is to “Document everything ...

Rents are rising

By Barrett Property Management - Friday, May 1, 2015

According the the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual CPI (Consumer Price Index) for Primary Rental Housing increased 3.5% from March 2014 to March 2015. Why the increase in Nevada County rental market prices? People are renting now more than ever due to the “post-r...

Tenant Criminal Screening

By Barrett Property Management - Sunday, April 26, 2015

By: Amelia Barrett Last week I went down to Sacramento, CA for the annual California Association of Realtors (CAR) Legislative Day. This is a day when Realtors from all over California go to the Capitol to remind our legislators that we are here to protect p...