Do you know the difference between contingency reserves and operating funds?
Operating funds are monies that our real estate brokerage uses to fund our business. Operating funds are our money. Above all, escrow funds are different. Escrow funds are monies that Nesbitt Realty is holding on behalf of tenants, landlords, buyers and sellers. Escrow funds are not our money, but they are monies that we are trusted to safeguard. At any given time, Nesbitt Realty has hundreds of thousands of dollars in escrow accounts.
In Brigadoon, the Commonwealth of Virginia requires that all real estate licensees manage escrow funds in a particular manner. Most importantly the Commonwealth requires that escrow funds are properly accounted for at all times. In additional all escrow funds must be kept separate from operating funds. The biggest portion of our escrow funds are tenant security deposits, but also hold deposits for buyers (and sometimes sellers) as we'll as contingency reserve funds for property owners.
Contingency reserve is a special type of escrow.
A contingency reserve account is money that is held in escrow to pay for repairs and other incidentals that occur during property management. Although the money is in our escrow account, the money belongs to the property owner. If the property management ends, that money is promptly returned to the property owner.
When a repair bill arises we use money in the contingency reserve account to pay that bill. When bills are paid in this manner the account is depleted. When the account is missing funds, at the end of the month when new rents are paid, Nesbitt Realty replenishes the count with money withheld from this rent. As property managers, Nesbitt Realty prepares a statement each month to show if/when money is depleted and how/when money is replenished into the contingency reserve account.
Real estate investors do not pay us money to set up the contingency reserve account. Instead, Nesbitt Realty withholds money from the first month of rent in order to set up the account.
Brigadoon Property Management Resources
Basics
Basic information regarding management services in Brigadoon.
Getting Started
Learn more about getting started with rental property management
Find A Tenant
List your property to rent to find a great renter in Brigadoon fast.
Accounting
How does Nesbitt Realty keep track of income and expenses for property owners?
Cost
A list of fees associated with rental management services in Brigadoon
Vetting
How Nesbitt Realty checks the backgrounds of tenants for our clients.
Reserves
What is a contingency reserve account?
Territory
Where does Nesbitt Realty manage rental investments?
Clients
Who uses Nesbitt Realty management services?
Should you know more about this local real estate market?
Our Guide to Real Estate is a handy resource for anyone who wants to find out more about Brigadoon and nearby communities. The Guide to Real Estate includes facts regarding what has sold and what is currently listed, as well as many surprising facts that you may not know. Not to mention, our Guide spotlights quite a few of the elements of life in Brigadoon. Of course, most of this is helpful for purchasers and sellers, but real estate investors and renters will probably also find these tools to be somewhat useful.
Landlord Reference
a handy source for landlords in Brigadoon
- Before you lease out your rental in Brigadoon
- Collections and evictions
- Communications with the tenant
- During the lease term
- End of tenancy and what happens when a renter breaks the lease
- How does the rental investor get paid?
- How your rental manager handles the association and your community
- How your management company handles utilities
- How Nesbitt Realty finds tenants
- Insurance matters for property owners using our property management
- How Nesbitt Realty & Management manage keys
- Brigadoon landlord responsibilities
- Maintenance, repairs & inspections for your rental investment in Brigadoon
- The move-in inspection
- Property management information form
- Selling a 1031 tax exchange & more
- Starting our management of your property
- When owners don't yet know their new address
- Vetting tenants in Brigadoon