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  Our basic labor rate is $60 per hour.  While professional property managers realize that this is on the low-end for licensed, bonded skilled labor in the Puget Sound, I sometimes hear from owners something to the effect of, “I’m a CPA and I don’t even make $60 an hour!”  Of course, I’m sure th...

We recently worked on a fully occupied multi-family building that had some pretty extensive mold growth present due to very poor ventilation.  The mold in these units was present in both bedrooms and both bathrooms of each unit and so our remediation efforts included removing drywall, treating s...

On April 22, new regulations went into effect that could change the way property managers select contractors.  The EPA now requires that ANYONE doing certain types of work on pre-1978 buildings be certified to do so-- this includes contractors and even landlords themselves.  (The only exemption i...

Here in the City of Seattle, it is required that the locks be changed between tenants.  Our local locksmiths often charge at very least a $79 trip fee, plus $12-15 per cylinder to change the locks.  Yikes. (Rental Restoration charges a flat $92.50.) Kwikset has developed a new secure  cylinder th...

*Posting this to a wider audience since it would be helpful for agents who have homes listed through the winter to remember to do some of these things for those properties!*   There are a lot of reasons why I created a company that works exclusively with professional property managers and landlor...

If there are some things your general contracting company subcontracts, such as re-keying, does it end up costing more than if I just went directly to a locksmith?  It costs about the same- and sometimes less.  At Rental Restoration, we've been able to arrange awesome deals with our vendors and s...

I haven't updated the blog in so long because I've been working on another project--- Rental Restoration LLC!  Rental Restoration LLC is a general contracting firm that focuses solely on rental properties in the Seattle area.  To fully introduce you to the company, I've prepared a little Q&A- whi...

With April wrapping up, there is some good news on the rental scene, and in the real estate market as a whole.  It seems to me that like the weather, things are heating up a bit.  Here in Seattle, the real estate professionals I know are getting busier by the day.  Anecdotally, home inspectors ar...

I apologize to anyone who regularly reads my blog and has been missing me!  First my son had the flu and then I was fortunate enough to get it as well.  I've never had this thing!  It's a full seven day illness.  I have never in my life been sick for this many days consecutively.  (I'll be postin...

My firm has a great reputation and enjoys a very steady stream of referrals.  We serve Seattle, the Eastiside, some Snohomish County, and Bainbridge/Kitsap.  However, we get multiple calls per month from agents and potential clients looking for property management for Pierce County and Kent, Sumn...