Renting your Home

Jacksonville NC Real Estate. Renting your house.

CENTURY 21 American Properties, Inc. is proud to have dedicated staff for managing rental properties in the Jacksonville, NC and surrounding areas.

The property management department cover all of Jacksonville, Swansboro, Richlands, Sneads Ferry, Hubert, Midway Park, Beulaville, and parts of Topsail and the surrounding areas.

Lori Prusock, our property manager has a number of years of experience in dealing with all manner of situations with your property. Her assistants in property inspection, repair issues and leases are Amanda Carpenter and Steven Feagle. In the accounting department Terri Lagging will answer all your questions about the statements and deposits. For more information just email us and we will be glad to get your property on the market right away.

Property Presentation

• We present your property to the largest available rental market.
• We are always aware of current market conditions. This allows us to rent your property at it's highest value.
• Our computer system enables us to maintain an extensive list of all the features that make your property desirable and special.
• We minimize your rent loss by advertising a vacant property daily in the MLS Computer and at Base Housing.
• We use a broad range of advertising media, including signs, MLS Computer Service, Base Housing, Internet, agent marketing and newspaper classifieds.
• We list vacancies with the Jacksonville Board of Realtors® and Base Housing.

Tenant Screening

• We lease only to qualified, responsible tenants.
• We are experienced in judging credit worthiness.
• We do a thorough credit check before the lease is signed. This   includes checking credit history with the credit bureau, and, when   appropriate, past landlords.
• We take time with each new tenant to explain the benefits and   responsibilities of leasing a home from us.
• We provide you with protection through the use of proper lease   agreements, deposit forms, late notices, and other legal   documents.
• We take fair, appropriate security and pet fees.

Accounting Services

We pride ourselves on our thorough, accurate record keeping. Our computer system allows us to provide services that would be difficult or impossible with a conventional manual accounting system.

• We do all the bookkeeping chores for you. Our computer system   keeps complete, accurate records of every income and expense   that affects your property.
• Our convenient monthly statements provide you with a full,   itemized record of all transactions.
• Our end-of-year statements simplify the job of tax preparation for   you and your accountant.

Depositing Proceeds

There are two different ways to receive your proceeds. We can send them directly to you or we will deposit your rental proceeds directly into your bank for you. This service is also free of charge. You must supply us with the necessary deposit slips provided by your bank. You will receive the deposit slip with a copy of your monthly statement.

Key Point

• Every transaction affecting your account balance is recorded and explained in detail. Accounting is done on single-entry cash basis with a separate income and expense ledger maintained for each property just as if your property had it's own checking account. If we manage more than one property for you, we open another income and expense ledger in your name (in addition to the property ledgers). This enables us to transfer funds among your properties without intermixing accounting transactions from different properties. Each property always has it's own separate and complete accounting records.
• In addition to the monthly statements described in the next section, we also provide a complete summary of account at the end of the year. These show you each accounting transaction posted on your property during the year as well as a summary of all transactions by specific accounting code (total rent received, total plumbing expenses, and so on). These statements have been specifically designed to simplify the year-end tax preparation job for you or your accountant. Our computer system enables us to get this vital information to you immediately at the end of the year.