Property Management Blog

Tolerance and Understanding in Community Associations

Regardless of your religious beliefs or affiliation, December brings a festive spirit, along with the end of one calendar year and beginning of another. Several years ago I wrote a blog post suggesting several possible "New Year’s Resolutions for Community Associations." As we revel in the holiday spirit of 2014 and begin to ushe...

Kent City Council approves garbage tax hike

by STEVE HUNTER,  Kent Reporter Courts, government reporter Nov 5, 2014 at 1:25PM Source: http://www.kentreporter.com/news/281671151.html  Garbage taxes will go up next year in Kent to help pay for residential street repairs. The Kent City Council voted 6-1 on Tuesday night to raise the solid waste tax rate to 18.3 percent from ...

Camping Safety – Be Prepared and Come Home Safe

Courtesy of Nate Root Insurance Agency.  http://www.farmersagent.com/nroot It is the time of year when we start planning for the next great family adventure. Our area is filled with many great camping sites; some by lakes, rivers and even in the wilderness. Preparing for a camping trip should include checking out the equipment, sc...

OSO Landslide Hits the WSCAI Community Close to Home

Received in an email from WSCAI. In the first hectic days following the mudslide slide in Oso Washington, the specific news regarding those impacted was sketchy.  But unfortunately that did not last for long. We are therefore writing to report that one of our industry colleagues, Jessica Lutz, CMCA, AMS, has been directly impacted b...

Food Drive Results!

The results from Stephanni's food drive for NW Harvest are in! Total lbs. of food = 186lbs. = 143 meals Monetary donations $200.00 = 1,000 meals Grand total – 1,143 meals for the families in our community!! Thanks Stephanni for organizing this and to Vickie and Jen (our Bell-Anderson management team) for providing staff memb...

Construction on 256th St

The construction project to widen 256th St has moved in front our office in the East Hill Professional Center which means at certain times of day our clients might find it difficult to get to our office. When you are stopped, if you explain that you are going to the Bell-Anderson office, they should let you through. Thank you in advance f...

Canned Food Drive for NW Harvest

Our 50th Anniversary year is over and what a year it was! We are excited to announce that for our 51st year, Bell-Anderson is sponsoring each employee to choose a community project that is dear to their heart to support. Our first project has been put together by Front Office Coordinator, Stephanni Myers. We will be collecting canned food...

Emergency Supply List

Are you ready for a natural disaster? Ready Kids & The Federal Emergency Management Agency present this Family Supply List (source: http://www.ready.gov/document/family-supply-list#.UnF2RZV4_wA.email) Emergency Supplies: Water, food, and clean air are important things to have if an emergency happens. Each family or individual's ki...

Daylight Savings: 9 Important Tasks Beyond Changing Your Clocks

Source: http://blog.allstate.com/daylight-savings-9-things-to-do/ Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 3, when we set our clocks back an hour. Many of the devices we use to tell time will make that change automatically, but, of course, you’ll have to manually adjust some outliers: wall clocks, clock radios, ...

6 THINGS GOOD TENANTS HATE

Courtesy of Landlord Solutions, http://landlordsolutionsinc.com/2013/09/6-things-good-tenants-hate/ Posted on September 24, 2013 Don’t mess up a good thing by making your good tenants mad. Here is a list of the top things you can avoid to keep your best renters from wanting to move. 1. Good tenants hate unclear rules Your lea...