Do you know the difference between contingency reserves and operating funds?
Operating funds are funds that our property management and real estate business uses to pay for our business. Operating funds are our money. However, 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 The_Waterview_Condominium, 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 maintenance and other incidentals that occur during rental management. Although the money is in our escrow account, the money belongs to the landlord. When 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.
Owners 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.
The_Waterview_Condominium Rental Management Resources
Basics
Elementary info about what property management in The_Waterview_Condominium.
Getting Started
Learn more about getting started with property management
Find A Tenant
List your property to rent to find a dependable renter in The_Waterview_Condominium fast.
Accounting
How does Nesbitt Realty keep track of income and expenses for landlords?
Cost
A breakdown of prices of property management services in The_Waterview_Condominium
Vetting
How Nesbitt Realty vets tenants for landlords.
Reserves
What is a contingency reserve account?
Territory
Where does Nesbitt Realty manage rental investments?
Clients
Who uses Nesbitt Realty management services?
Should you understand more about this local real estate market?
Nesbitt Realty's Guide to Real Estate is a free tool for everyone who wants to learn more about The_Waterview_Condominium and neighboring communities. The Guide to Real Estate compiles facts regarding what has sold and what is on the market, as well as some surprising facts that you may not be aware of. Also, our Guide features many of the aspects of residing in The_Waterview_Condominium. Of course, all of this is useful for buyers and sellers, but landlords and tenants will probably also find this information to be very sobering.
Landlord Reference
a handy source for property owners in The_Waterview_Condominium
- Before you put a renter in your property in The_Waterview_Condominium
- Collections and evictions
- Communications with the renter
- During tenancy
- End of lease term and what happens when a tenant breaks the lease
- How does the landlord get paid?
- How your property manager handles the association and your community
- How your management company handles utilities
- How Nesbitt Realty finds tenants
- Insurance matters for landlords using our property management
- How Nesbitt Realty & Management manage keys
- The_Waterview_Condominium landlord responsibilities
- Maintenance, repairs & inspections for your property in The_Waterview_Condominium
- The move-in inspection
- Property management information form
- Selling a 1031 tax exchange & more
- Starting our management of your rental
- When landlords don't yet know their new address
- Vetting tenants in The_Waterview_Condominium