When she was faced with eviction, rather than leaving quietly, a Charlotte, NC woman recently set her apartment building on fire as a response to being forced her from her home. Thirteen other families were forced to find new housing after their homes were burned to the ground. While not every eviction story ends in [...]
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Dear HomeTownRent customers, fans, and friends; On Sunday evening, June 27th, HomeTownRent implemented our biggest “code launch” (changes to our website and system) in years. We are excited to announce a successful upgrade to our entire system architecture, database structure, listing management, and photo upload process. That’s techie talk for an even faster, leaner, and [...]
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Coldwell Banker recently compiled data on median home prices and organized the information by major college football conference. The data, which at first glance seems like fun trivia, reveals a truth about the current real estate market: College towns continue to provide an excellent opportunity for real estate investors, even in this economic downturn. The [...]
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For property managers, choosing the right tenants is more an art than a science. It can be difficult to determine from a few brief meetings whether a potential renter is someone with whom you want to enter into a contract. While even the greenest of property managers know that credit and employment checks are essential, [...]
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Have you ever wondered what thousands of renters think about the rental ads they see online? Every day HomeTownRent extends the reach of property managers’ rental listings by distributing them to other helpful rental advertising websites. One such destination, rentBits, completed a helpful survey of over 1,000 renters to gain insights into the most important [...]
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