David Dickinson
Phone:
352-369-4044
Mobile:
352-427-0550
Toll Free:
1-866-369-4044
Fax:
352-369-3948

Rental Process

***This must accompany the Rental Application***

"We are pledged to the letter and Spirit of the U.S. Policy for the Achievement of Equal Housing Opportunity throughout the Nation. We encourage and support a program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of Race, Color, Religion, Ser, Handicap, Familial Status, or National Origin."

You may preview any of our available rentals for FREE! Our leasing consultants will be happy to show you our available rental homes at NO CHARGE TO YOU!

We lease SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND APARTMENTS throughout the Metro Ocala/Marion County area. Simply call our office for a showing appointment at 352-369-4044.

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Frequently Asked Questions

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How long does it take to lease my property?

At Keller Williams Cornerstone Realty, our average time to lease your home on the rental market varies depending on market conditions. We begin marketing your rental home the moment it becomes rent ready, or as soon as the current resident gives us their sixty (60) day notice of their intent to move out. We have many prospective tenant calls each week.

2. When you find residents for my rental home, how do you qualify them?

We strive to provide you with the caliber of residents that you want in your rental property. This includes:

· A complete national credit report on each adult resident.

· A Central Florida court search to see if the applicants have ever been evicted in the past seven (7) years.

· Verification from their former landlords.

· Verification of their employment.

· A Florida “Criminal Back Ground Check” on each adult applicant.

In addition to the normal financial qualifications, we always try to accommodate the housing

needs of our residents to ensure the home they rent is convenient to their work, shopping, and

desired school district. This will help to ensure that they will remain happy residents and

remain longer in your rental property.

What does it cost to have my property managed?

A $200.00 onetime non-refundable administrative fee this includes listing your property with a nation wide internet advertising company.
$125.00 for a yearly property condition review with photographs and inspection form.
First months rent for a one year lease.
10% per month to manage property.
All advertising to be the expense of the owner for vacant property. Owner shall have the right to limit advertising expenditures at any time provided, however, that owner reduces or discontinues advertising by written request.

How often and how are property inspections conducted?

When your property is vacant, we generally inspect it each week.
The next inspection is done prior to the residents moving in. This is known as the “move-in” inspection where we detail the condition of your property on our move-in inspection form.
We inspect the exterior of our properties on a periodic basis and we also conduct other inspections when requested, or if we determine that checking the property out is warranted.
Within 90 days after the residents move in, we contact the residents to ensure that all is well with your property and your residents.
Between the 8^th and 9^th month of the residents lease, we discuss with the residents their intent to renew their lease for another year. If they are not renewing, then we advise our leasing staff to ensure that we are able to get the home re-rented quickly with little or no vacancy.
When the residents move out of your property we do another detailed inspection known as the “move-out” inspection. The move-out inspection is done to ensure that the residents returned the rental home back to us in the same condition as when they first rented it. If damage is found, then we impose a claim on the Tenant’s security deposit as required by the Florida Landlord/Tenant laws, (F.S. 83), if no damage is found, then we promptly return the security deposit to the former residents.
An annual fee of $125.00 is charged to the property owner for the above listed inspections as indicated in question number 3 above.

What if I want to sell my property, can Keller Williams Cornerstone Realty help?

YES, Keller Williams Cornerstone Realty is a leading Real Estate Sales company in the Central Florida area, very capable to sell your property. For information on how we can help you sell your property, call your property manager at (352) 369-4044.

How are rental collections handled?

Our collections policies are as follows:

All rents are due on the 1^st of each month and late on the 5^th of each month.
All residents who have not paid by the 5^th of each month receive our first notice, a friendly reminder, placing them on notice. We also attempt to reach them by telephone.
Any remaining residents who have not remitted their rents by the 6^th (or 7^th, if the 6^th is on a weekend) will be served between the 7^th and the 9^th by our private process servers with the legal prerequisite paperwork to file an eviction against them, should they fail to remit the rents due.

NOTE: All of the above items are included at no additional cost to you as a service provided

by Keller Williams Cornerstone Realty.

While it is doubtful that an eviction will ever be necessary, as we at Keller Williams

Cornerstone Realty carefully screen all prospective tenants, occasionally financial hardships

do arise requiring our prompt collections attention.

Should it be necessary to file an eviction, we then perform the following steps:

The above three items are performed by our firm.
All paperwork, (including, but not limited to) copies of the lease, and our notices served upon the residents are forwarded to a law firm around the 15^th of the month, (or sooner if you request) to proceed immediately in filing the eviction action.

Most evictions are settled with the resident paying all cost and remaining in the property,

However, should it be necessary to proceed further, we stand ready to assist you and your

property. If, upon employing our services, you have placed a tenant (not placed by our firm)

who is delinquent and you require our assistance instituting eviction proceeding, then a

manager charges a one time fee, equal to one-half (1/2) months rent plus court cost and legal

fees for our services as outlined above and our time and court participation.

Do you guarantee the residents that you place in my rental home?

YES, we provide our property management customers with the following guarantee:

· Should any tenants that we place into your rental home move out and break their lease (for any reason) during the first six (6) months of their lease, we will waive our normal leasing fee and re-rent you home to new tenants FOR FREE! (advertising cost excluded).

· Should any tenants that we place into your rental home move out and break their lease after the first six (6) months of their lease, we will reduce and pro-rate our normal leasing fee to you.

At Keller Williams Cornerstone Realty, you will never pay two full leasing fees in the same twelve (12) month period! NOTE: All advertising cost are the expense of the property owner.

Are you the cheapest company in town?

Probably not. It seems there is a new property management company starting out every day, trying to beat everyone else’s prices. Our fees are very competitive and we certainly are not the most expensive. On the other hand, we charge a fair fee for a tremendous service.

No other residential property management company in Florida offers all of our combined services including:

o Property is listed Ocala Multiple listing service.

o Property is shown on property manager’s web site.

o Developing personal relationships with our customers.

o Radio or pager or cell phone dispatched leasing consultants.

o Photographed property inspections.

o Full time career property managers.

o Our extremely careful tenant selection process.

o Our leasing fee/tenant guarantee.

o Our fast rent processing policy.

o We show properties by appointment seven (7) days a week.

o Some of the most qualified property managers in America.

When all fees are considered, for benefits received, we are actually less expensive than most companies around Central Florida.

Who handles problems late at night?

Our property managers take turns being “ON CALL” to handle late night calls from our residents. Our 23 hour hot line will take the residents emergency calls and page the manager on call.

Many times we solve problems right over the phone avoiding what might have been an additional maintenance expense.

Why should I choose Keller Williams Cornerstone Realty?

In a word, “Experience”. Our customers know that, “Our people make the difference”. We believe that the key to our success is in the personal relationships that we have developed with our customers over the years. We are here to serve you and your residents. At Keller Williams Cornerstone Realty, you are the boss and we will work to earn your trust.

If you have a residential rental property in Central Florida, there is no better choice for your investment and peace of mind, than Keller Williams Cornerstone Realty.

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