About Cheryl Muzinich
I'm Cheryl Muzinich, born in San Francisco, California and raised in Sacramento, California, moving to Reno, Nevada in 2004. I hold licenses in both California and Nevada (California as a salesperson and Nevada as a Broker and Property Manager).
My real estate tenure includes many years with Del Webb/Pulte Homes as a top producer in real estate sales and repeat customer business as I understand the importance of each client as well as meeting the unique needs of individuals. My experience includes fifteen years of successfully managing property in Northern California and Northern Nevada with zero vacancy. I also have my Bachelor's Degree in business with specific experience in small business development and human resources management.
Please contact me anytime. I look forward to hearing from you!
Phone: 916-548-4282 | Email: cherylmuzinich@gmail.com
California Real Estate License #1337467
Nevada Brokers' License #B.1000822.LLC
Nevada Property Management Permit # PM.0165000.BKR
Ten Reasons For Hiring a Property Manager
If you've owned income property for any length of time, you know that managing a rental can be financially rewarding. At the same time, you've also likely discovered that property management requires a large commitment of time and effort.
While it may make sense to take the do-it-yourself approach if you're a handy person, live close to your property, and don't mind devoting several hours per month to the task, in many cases this just isn't practical---especially if you hope to expand your business. With this in mind, here are some critical tasks a property manager can help you with:
Setting the right rental rates: While looking through the classifieds to see what other landlords are charging for similar properties is a fine way to ballpark your rent price, a good property management company will conduct a thorough market study in order to set a rental price for your property, ensuring that you achieve the perfect balance between maximizing monthly income and maintaining a low vacancy rate.
Collecting and depositing monthly rent payments on time: If you've ever worked in a billing department, you know that securing payment from clients can be difficult, not to mention awkward. Property management companies have efficient, tried-and-true systems in place to effectively collect rent and maintain on-time payments. You'll find this particularly important if you have a limited number of properties, and collecting payments on time is crucial to maintaining your cash flow.
Marketing and advertising your property: Through long experience, a property manager will know exactly where to market your property and how to craft compelling advertising materials---a significant advantage when it comes to filling your properties quickly and avoiding long vacancies.
Finding the right tenants: Experienced property managers are experts at finding good tenants, and will take care of all the details, including the securing all criminal background and security checks, running credit reports, verifying employment, and collecting previous landlord references.
Managing tenants: In addition to finding good tenants, a property management company will manage all aspects of the tenant-landlord relationship. The property manager will handle both routine and emergency maintenance, take care of routine inspections, and manage any situations where conflict resolution is required.
Managing vendor relationships: Property management companies have relationships with maintenance workers, tradesmen, contractors, suppliers, and vendors that it's almost impossible for an independent landlord to duplicate. Not only will your property manager get you the best work for the best price, they'll oversee any necessary maintenance projects.
Ensuring that you're in compliance with housing regulations and property laws: There is a multitude of applicable laws and regulations to abide by when renting and maintaining your rental property. These include local, state and federal regulations, as well as fair housing regulations (such as the ADA). A property manager can help you avoid lawsuits by keeping your property up-to-date and in compliance with these regulations.
Enabling you to invest in geographically distant properties: If you manage your own properties, you're pretty much limited to investment opportunities within a tight radius of your own home. By hiring a property manager, you can take advantage of investment deals in any location you wish.
Maximizing the profitability of your time: By having a property manager take care of the day-to-day aspects of running your income property, your free to spend your time identifying further investment opportunities or otherwise furthering your career.
Maximizing the profitability of your money: Most property managers charge a percentage of your property's monthly rental rate in exchange for their services. The rate typically runs anywhere from 6-10%, which is generally less than the money you save by hiring a professional to take care of your property.
Testimonials
My wife and I suddenly found ourselves as landlords. We originally went with a company that was recommended to us but found that we were just a number to them. Cheryl was recommend from a friend in Kiwanis and we set up an appointment. From the onset we realized that we found a person that understood our needs and was very knowledgeable in the rental market. Cheryl has been our property manager for the last six years and we could not be happier with her. She takes care of everything including repairs and problems. Her screening procedures are very thorough and have saved us a lot of grief, My wife and I would absolutely recommend Cheryl for all your real estate and property manager needs. (Review on Trulia.com by Username: mdfmotherbear)
Cheryl is the best! She has done a fantastic job property managing my home in Lincoln California. She communicates well, it's prompt and helpful in providing excellent service. (Review on Trulia.com by Username: MarkStock)
Cheryl Musinich has been our property manager for 6 years. She is very professional, dependable, and responds to all our needs. We are very pleased with all the help she has given us. (Review on Trulia.com by Username: kathykucala)
Cheryl became our Property Manager two years ago. She is very personable, highly efficient, conscientious, trustworthy, follows through on everything, keeps us informed, promptly returns phone calls and/or e-mails and an all around great person. This is why we would highly recommend Cheryl if you are looking for someone to "watch over" your property. (Sandy B.)
Cheryl is fantastic at what she does and I would recommend her to anyone!!!! She found tenants to 2 of my properties within the first week on the rental market. Her background checks are very detailed and she is very responsive when an issue arises. (Review on Trulia.com from Username: dustincorin)