During this time of year, I stop and reflect on the year as many also do. I would like to share that this year has been filled with great adversity in my life and my family. We have come through it with only the Lord to praise. We have a new vision, new goals and new priorities. So many times we receive things that at the time seem very difficult and challenging, only to be brought through these things with a renewed spirit and a new understanding of a gift.
I came across the following proclamation which was the precedent for America's national day of Thanskgiving. Please take time to be thankful for all of your blessings, enjoy time with your family and friends, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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Washington, D.C.
October 3, 1863
Proclamation of Thanksgiving
By Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States of America
The Year that is drawing to a close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God.
In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke the aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theater of military conflict; while that theater has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union.
Needful diversion of wealth and strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defense, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore.
Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege, and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom.
No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People.
I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.
And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascription's justly due to Him for such singular deliverance's and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty hand to heal the wounds of the nation, and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility, and Union.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty-eighth.
By the President: Abraham Lincoln
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Effective Tenant Management
One of the main functions of property management agents is to ensure proper management of tenants. You have invested in property to make profits. In order to do so, your tenants need to be managed properly and the occupancy needs to be maintained at a high level.
One of the primary tasks of property management agents is to keep the tenants satisfied. When tenants are not happy they would vacate the property even before their lease runs out. This reduces rent collection and increases marketing costs. You would need to again spend on marketing to get new tenants.
Effective Tenant Management
Good management property agents understand that effective tenant management involves good rent collection practices, consistent and fair enforcement of rules and regulations, regular communication with the tenants and responsive and timely handling of repairs and maintenance.
Property management agents are required to check on past rental references, perform credit checks, and interview the prospective tenants. This is done to ensure timely collection of rents. If all the checks are positive in results, then the property manager goes on to sign the lease agreement.
The lease agreement prepared by the property manager has to be very clear about on what date and time the rents are due. This helps avoid any misunderstandings later on. The lease agreement also has to clearly specify where the rents would be due. Another thing that it should specify is what happens in the event that the rent is not paid as per the requirements. Good management property agents take care of these details to establish a good relationship with tenants.
Good property managers also understand that a good tenant might fall on bad times. So he establishes a clear understanding with the owner beforehand as to how to deal with such a situation. He or she knows how much room to give to a tenant.
Responsive Handling Of All Repair And Maintenance Work
In order to maintain good relationship with the tenants and to keep them satisfied, property managers need to ensure timely and responsive handling of all the repairs and maintenance. In order to do this job in a proper manner, management property agents should have a thorough knowledge of the property under their care. Furthermore, they need to maintain a balance between the cost of maintenance and the desired results.
Maintenance Tasks
Maintenance tasks of property managers include:
So overall, good property managers understand how important tenants are and do everything they can to maintain a good relationship with them.
Source: StorageMart
One of the primary tasks of property management agents is to keep the tenants satisfied. When tenants are not happy they would vacate the property even before their lease runs out. This reduces rent collection and increases marketing costs. You would need to again spend on marketing to get new tenants.
Effective Tenant Management
Good management property agents understand that effective tenant management involves good rent collection practices, consistent and fair enforcement of rules and regulations, regular communication with the tenants and responsive and timely handling of repairs and maintenance.
A management property agent needs to consistently perform in these areas to ensure that there are less dissatisfied tenants, high occupancy rates, low marketing costs, and high return on investment.
Rent Collection Practices
So let us see what rent collection practices are all about. A good real estate property manager understands that collecting rents does not begin on the date that they are due, but on the day that the tenant filed out his or her rental application.
Property management agents are required to check on past rental references, perform credit checks, and interview the prospective tenants. This is done to ensure timely collection of rents. If all the checks are positive in results, then the property manager goes on to sign the lease agreement.
The lease agreement prepared by the property manager has to be very clear about on what date and time the rents are due. This helps avoid any misunderstandings later on. The lease agreement also has to clearly specify where the rents would be due. Another thing that it should specify is what happens in the event that the rent is not paid as per the requirements. Good management property agents take care of these details to establish a good relationship with tenants.
Good property managers also understand that a good tenant might fall on bad times. So he establishes a clear understanding with the owner beforehand as to how to deal with such a situation. He or she knows how much room to give to a tenant.
Responsive Handling Of All Repair And Maintenance Work
In order to maintain good relationship with the tenants and to keep them satisfied, property managers need to ensure timely and responsive handling of all the repairs and maintenance. In order to do this job in a proper manner, management property agents should have a thorough knowledge of the property under their care. Furthermore, they need to maintain a balance between the cost of maintenance and the desired results.
Maintenance Tasks
Maintenance tasks of property managers include:
- Maintaining landscape
- Cleaning of common areas in the property
- Heating and air conditioning systems need to be serviced regularly
- Regular inspection of plumbing and electrical items to ensure proper functioning
- Maintenance of wood, roofing and other building components
So overall, good property managers understand how important tenants are and do everything they can to maintain a good relationship with them.
Source: StorageMart
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