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 fund our business. Operating funds are our money. On the other hand, 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 Little_Rocky_Run, 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 real estate investors.
Contingency reserve is a special type of escrow.
A contingency reserve account is money that is held in savings 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.
Landlords 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.
Little_Rocky_Run Property Management Resources
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Find A Tenant
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Accounting
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Cost
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Vetting
How Nesbitt Realty vets tenants for landlords.
Reserves
What is a contingency reserve account?
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Do you need understand more about the local real estate market?
Nesbitt Realty's Guide to Real Estate is a helpful resource for anyone who needs to find out more about Little_Rocky_Run and nearby communities. The Guide to Real Estate includes facts about what has sold and what is on the market, as well as many interesting facts that you might not know. Also, our Guide has some benefits of residing in Little_Rocky_Run. Naturally, all of this is useful for buyers and sellers, but rental investors and renters will probably also find these resources to be quite eye-opening.
Landlord Reference
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- During the lease term
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