by Mike Tavis | Jan 9, 2025 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
Tax time is approaching. Tax time is always approaching, and if you’re renting out properties in Sonoma County, you are likely thinking about taxes all the time. You’ll need to report the money you earn in rent as income. There’s no avoiding that. But you can also...
by Mike Tavis | Dec 12, 2024 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
What kind of legacy are you hoping to leave behind? Most people don’t like thinking about the world moving on after they’ve passed, but it’s a reality that you need to prepare for. You won’t be here forever, and if you want to ensure your family and loved ones are...
by Mike Tavis | Nov 14, 2024 | Investing in Rental Properties, Owner Education, Property Management Education
Busy professionals do not have time to be managing their rental properties. You’re busy with your own work, and you may have family obligations or personal passions competing for your limited time as well. You don’t need to make time for showings, collecting rent,...
by Mike Tavis | Oct 10, 2024 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
Sonoma County is known for its vineyards and wine, its culinary scene and its landscape of redwood trees. There are also a number of historic homes, buildings, barns, and other structures that lend to the area’s charm and cultural richness. There are 75 buildings,...
by Mike Tavis | Sep 12, 2024 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
Sonoma County has quite a history of wildfires. From the 1964 Hanly Fire to the 2017 Tubbs Fire and even the more recent Glass Fire in 2020, there’s a wildfire corridor in Sonoma County that allows fire to spark quickly and then spread immediately, making containment...
by Mike Tavis | Aug 8, 2024 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
Let’s talk about flipping houses. Remember when it was all the rage? As the housing market flipped and flopped all over the place, smart investors were buying homes cheap, fixing them up, and then selling them for an immense profit. This worked when there was a lot...