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Consultant - Problem Solver - Change Advocate
Maria Miccoli is an Executive Management Professional and Consultant with over 20 years proven track record of successfully completing and exceeding goals in technology, research, project management, and real estate fields including property management. Maria has earned numerous awards in many of her endeavors.
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Landlords Murdered Over Rent
Preventable Crimes Against Landlords
Landlords Murdered Over Rent
The cost of added measures to ensure the safety and welfare of landlords, site managers and tenants is minimal compared to the gruesome crimes committed against landlords during their daily activities, such as rent collection, noise complaints, and showing available units.
The articles are not meant to sensationalize but rather [...]
5 Ways Landlords Can Curb Maintenance and Repair Costs
Real estate investing involves acquisition, holding, and sale of rights in real property with the expectation of using cash inflows for potential future cash outflows, and hence, generating a favorable rate of return on that investment.
In other words, real estate investing is the act of purchasing real estate with the goal of making a profit [...]
10 Mistakes Landlords Make
Renting a property in the Miami real estate rental market is more difficult than ever before. The number of potential problem tenants is overwhelming. The landlord must be able to set the correct rental price, advertise and market the property aggressively, collect all deposits, conduct a thorough tenant screening, collect the rent, do evictions, fill [...]
More Than Just Dirty
The Cleaning and Liability Issues Surrounding Violent Crime, Unattended Death and “Pack Rat” Sites
Apartment and property managers and owners deal with a variety of maintenance and liability issues on a daily basis. While they know what to do in usual circumstances, they are often unaware of the liabilities they face, or even the proper procedures [...]
Tenant Screening - The First Line of Defense
Getting a tenant for an unoccupied apartment is definitely a good idea. Besides getting enough cash to cover maintenance expenses for the place, the rent can also add to the family’s income. But getting good tenants is of prime importance in order to ensure safety and peace of mind in the long run. There are [...]
Lower Crime Adds Value
Police officers often come equipped with guns, bullet proof vests, radio access to help and have partners to back them up.
Often property management staff and Landlords take risks and have been threatened, yelled at, harassed, and endangered with none of these protections (ex: Leo Teskey’s beating of landlord Dougald Miller which left him in a [...]
