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In The Trenches: Outdoor Space Renovation = Increased Property Values

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Improving outdoor living spaces are a great way to increase your property value right now and for the years to come. Not only are tenants and buyers looking for updated indoor space, but they’re also willing to stretch their budget when properties are beautifully landscaped, and they can see themselves entertaining guests, relaxing outside or playing with their kids.

Come behind the scenes with us and take a look at one of our in-process outdoor space renovations here in Orillia Ontario.  So far, we’ve created a retaining wall to prevent future sloping, landscaped the yard and have plans to add an outdoor fire pit and a meditation area for tenants.

Here’s the work we’ve done so far… 

  • Removed trees and scrubbed the landscape of tree roots, stumps and weeds
  • Levelled the land and filled low spots
  • Re-sloped the grade away from the foundation for water management
  • Created a limestone base for the retaining wall
  • Added topsoil across the property, along with fresh sod
  • Built patio stones for an outdoor sitting area

Coming soon…

An outdoor fire pit and meditation spot that will take your breath away. The best part about these types of projects is they don’t require extensive expertise, most owners can do these projects themselves keeping the budgets low and the ROI high!

Stay tuned for the final reveal of our in-the-trenches landscaping project.

Visture Property Management is an industry leader at completing rent-ready-renovations for our clients that are fast, efficient and provide the best return on investment for our clients. We also specialize in creating outdoor landscaping solutions, accessory apartments, secondary dwelling units (SDU), duplex, triplex and additional residential units (ARU). Contact us for all details and to get in touch.

WARNING: Property Management Vs. Property Maintenance

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As a property management company in Peterborough Ontario, we spend our time caring for tenants. Many of the apartments we manage in Peterborough are owned by other real estate investors (aka: landlords or rental housing providers). If you are one of these real estate investors, selecting a good property management company in Peterborough is paramount to ensure you maximize your ROI and minimize your risk.

One possible issue is that many property maintenance services companies fancy themselves property managers in Peterborough and I must warn you; these are NOT THE SAME.

Property maintenance companies provide a service such as snow removal, lawn care, maintenance work, etc. Property management companies handle tenants, marketing your apartments, inspections, move-in, move-out, day-to-day tenant care. Many property management companies in Peterborough will utilize the services of a property maintenance company to help with the maintenance and that’s ok.

The problem occurs when real estate investors, landlords, rental housing providers (that’s you reading this) try to hire a property maintenance company to do property management. Typically you will try to do this to save some costs and that’s understandable but this is a MAJOR investment, often the largest investment in your entire life. It’s not time to cut corners.

If you want to know how we can help you save costs but also ensure the proper management of your real estate investment, please contact-us right away and setup a FREE, no-charge, no obligation consultation. Send us an email vpm@visture.ca and we’ll arrange a consultation right away.

Happy investing,

JG Francoeur
CEO, Visture Property Management Peterborough

P.S. A few times a year we host events at Urban Space for real estate investors to get educated on property management. Check out their calendar for upcoming events.

P.P.S. If you need education as a real estate investor, there is no better company in Canada than REIN; the Real Estate Investment Network. They can help

Electronic Payment

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JG Francoeur, CEO of Visture Property Group is excited to announce a new online rent collection system that Visture will be using as one of the payment options that their valued tenants and clients can take advantage of.

This means that payments can now be automatically withdrawn from the client’s bank account instead of them manually processing the payments.

“This awesome benefit will be available to all clients in Visture properties located in Orillia, Peterborough and Hamilton.”

Most of the clients currently pay through check or email money transfer, which are both good options but with this new hassle free payment option, you no longer have to worry of missed payments and rent deadlines because you now have the convenience automatically paying your rent payments.

To set this up, you just have to get in touch with Visture’s Property Management Coordinators, this will not take long, just a few questions and validations from you and you can now enjoy the convenience of a hassle-free option of paying your rent every month.

Visture Launches New Property Management Platform

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Visture Property Group is launching a whole new property management platform in order to get us closer to our mission of Enriching Lives. With today’s advances in technology your smart phone can play a key role in your enjoyment of your living accommodations and we at Visture understand this.

Our new property management platform, Buildium, will allow you:

  1. To receive automatic rent receipts every month
  2. To view your payment history online
  3. To submit work requests online and track their progress (**COMING SOON**)

This is just the beginning of Visture’s commitment to enriching lives. More to come!

We’re Expanding Our Client Service

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At Visture Property Group we always strive to innovate and add more value and service to our clients. Our mission is to enrich lives whether as property development or property management and with today’s technology focused world, there are a multitude of ways to enrich lives. As we enter 2019, Visture will now be offering our clients the ability to use Buildium.

What is Buildium and how exactly will it help you as a client? Tune in to the next video to find out…

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