Utah Rental Housing Journal January 2015 by Professional Publishing, Inc

Rental Housing Journal Utah

January 2015 - Vol. 7 Issue 1

2. Ask The Director: Where did the lease buy-out option go?

7. Director's Message: Utah Is a Great Place to Be a Landlord

6. Board Chair's Message: Proud to be Part of UAA

9. Exit Strategy – Know When it is Time to Sell or Trade Up?

5. Top 10 Helpful Landlord Tips!

8. Tips for Rental Housing Owners

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n endorsement of legislation to make sexual orientation may persuade Utah lawmakers to take seriously an effort to add sexual orientation to Utah Fair Housing Act. However, nuance in the church’s official statement may also make the issue more complicated and its fate uncertain. Although the church indicated it was time for governments to consider protecting gays and lesbians rights to not be discriminated against in employment and housing, they also indicated that there needed to be protections of religious freedoms as well. Representative Steve Urguhart, (R)

St. George, is running a bill, SB 100, that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Utah Fair Housing Act, prohibiting discrimination against the two protected classes in housing and employment. In Idaho, illustrating how the church’s statement could actually encourage lawmakers to vote against Utah's bill, 5 LDS republican lawmakers were among those voting 13-4 to against an similar version because it did not contain protections for people of faith. According to parts of the statement made by Dallin H. Oaks, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the church said,

"We call on local, state and the federal government to serve all of their people by passing legislation that protects vital religious freedoms for individuals, families, churches and other faith groups while also protecting the rights of our LGBT citizens in such areas as housing, employment and public accommodation in hotels, restaurants and transportation — protections which are not available in many parts of the country." In 2009 the LDS church and the UAA both supported a nondiscrimination ordinance in Salt Lake City that made sexual orientation and gender identity protected classes. UAA was heavily involved in that ...continued on page 4

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Ask The Director: Where did the lease buy-out option go? Dear Paul, I noticed that the newer versions of the UAA lease don’t have a “lease buyout” option in them. I used to include this on my leases, though I only once had a tenant come to me and use it. Is there a reason why you don’t have that clause in there anymore? Brittany A. Dear Brittany, You ask an excellent question. Several years ago the Utah Supreme Court ruled unfavorably in a case about rental lease buy-out clause. So the UAA has taken it out of our lease because it can be a problem in the courts if not done correctly (which means the specific way the court directed in that case). Basically the court said that a renter being “forced” to agree, when they move in, to a specific amount to pay as damages when they move out, was “liquidated damages” and not allowed. While we disagreed, they said the tenant, at move in, has an “unequal bargaining position”. They said the courts would allow lease buy-out clauses only under certain circumstances. They said there are a couple of

things legal to still do. First, is to not have a lease buy-out agreement in your contract, but when a tenant desires to cancel, at that time “negotiate” a lease buy out amount. This meet the court’s requirement of an equal bargaining position, since both parties can “negotiate” at the time they are considering moving early. The tenant can then chose the buyout or not (rather than being forced to in the contract). Second, you could do a study of the “actual costs” that are incurred when you have had tenants break leases. You can then set this amount as your lease buy out. While this is easier for big companies with lots of units, it’s hard and cumbersome for most landlords. That’s why we suggest the first way. If you do ever use a lease buy-out, the amount you set becomes a settlement that a tenant can pay to get out of all future rent obligations, regardless of what they are. Basically, both you and the tenant are legally gambling that you will come out ahead in the deal. Take, for example, a tenant paying $1,000 a month needing to move out with six more months on the lease with a buy-out option for

$2,000. If you are unable to rent the property for the next six months the tenant comes out ahead by $4,000. However, if they choose to pay the $2,000 buy-out and you are able to rent it the next day, you come out ahead by $2,000. And it’s perfectly legal – the key is the agreement has to be made at the time of the cancelation and not compelled in the lease (unless there is a study of previous average costs you use to justify it). The last option, and honestly the cleanest procedure and the least risky, is not do a lease buy out. Instead, when you are given notice of someone moving before the lease is up, you try to rent it as quickly as possible and add up the “actual damages” you incurred by their breaking the lease early. This would be damages, cleaning, labor, advertising, and of course, lost rent and utilities you had to pay. Then either deduct from the deposit (if it’s enough) or send the tenant a monthly bill until it’s rerented. Many landlords are able to get the tenant to do much of the work of finding, showing, and selling the new tenant. You still should always do the background check and make the final decision. In this case you

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Top 10 Helpful Landlord Tips! By Kallie Holm, UAA

hether you are a landlord by choice or accident, there are some fundamentals you can’t ignore. If you do, you will not have success and could actually have a pretty miserable experience. Over the ten years I have worked in the rental housing industry at the UAA, I have seen ten things that if landlords follow, will make your life easier and reduce your risk. 1. Screen your tenants!!! I can't emphasize this enough. Don't rent to ANYONE before checking their credit history as well as their references and background. NEVER go off your "gut" instinct. And don't discriminate against any of the protected classes. 2. Don't use verbal agreements Always get everything in writing. Even if it is short term (month to month) or a simple change to your original agreement, get everything in writing. The UAA Residential Rental Agreement is the form for you! If there is ever a dispute it is cleared up fairly easily if you have it in writing.

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6. Do inspections regularly I can't emphasize this enough, DO REGULAR INSPECTIONS. I'm not saying show up every Saturday to look around. But let your tenants know that you do inspections regularly and it has nothing to do with "not liking them". It is a nor-

3. Use the correct forms Using the wrong form for application, rental, or eviction and everywhere in between can cause major headaches for you now and in the future. The UAA has up to date legal forms, and we can advise you how to use them. 4. Make the necessary repairs If your property isn't in good repair you will alienate good tenants. You can also be held liable under the Fit Premises Act. Now I’m not saying you have to fix everything that your tenant breaks without any recourse. If your tenant causes damage fix it and either evict them (if applicable) or charge them for it. Don't let things get out of control.

mal course of business to "check in" on your investment, and it protects them by ensuring they are getting what they are paying for. Regular inspections decreases the amount of damage and loss that you can incur at the end of the lease. If you find damage during an inspection, FIX IT, and charge the tenant if it is their re...continued on page 6

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ecently I was at one of my properties and the apartment manager excitedly showed me my picture on the cover of the landlord times accepting an award on behalf of UAA. I had to tell

her that was the second time this year I had been on the cover accepting an award for UAA. And it got me thinking about the great achievements we as an association are making and the great momentum we have as an association. We have a lot to be proud of. Some of the things we can be proud of are: • UAA was awarded top government affairs association in the country for our work to protect rental housing

• UAA was the top growing membership last year (growing 27%) • We are the second largest association by number of members in the country (only LA has more members) • Despite being the 49th largest market we are the 27th biggest in terms of number of rental units participating

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Landlord Tips ...continued from page 5 sponsibility to pay for it. It is easier to collect from a paying tenant in the property than from someone who has moved out and doesn't care anymore. 7. Have insurance and equire your tenants get renters insurance Your mortgage company requires you to have insurance, right? Just in case of an emergency. Then why wouldn't you require your tenants to do the same. If something goes wrong your homeowners insurance usually covers the property, but not

your tenant. If your tenant smashes the front window, that should be covered with the renters insurance. You can also require that you be put "on the policy" so that if damage occurs you can turn in a claim for repairs. Talk with your insurance agent about different options and coverage's. 8. Don't ignore your tenants No one likes to be ignored. So try not to ignore your customers. This may not be your primary business, but it is still a business. Try to return calls in a timely manner and be pro-

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fessional. There is always that one tenant who will abuse the system, and you don't have to put up with abuse. But some calls are normal. Having good contact with your tenant will help solve a lot of problems. 9. Handle deposits correctly This is one where you need to KNOW THE LAW! Return deposits in the allowed time frame, and understand what you are allowed and not allowed to keep. Educate your tenants prior to move out on the law as well. This can help solve a lot of problems ahead of time.

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L. Paul Smith, CAE Executive Director, Utah Apartment Association

t a good landlord class in January, a very upset landlord, who doesn’t like the requirement she have a business license, continually complained about how unfair the system is for landlords. As you can imagine, the other 80 or so people in that class strongly disagreed with her. Some of her complaints were: 1. Tenants can walk all over landlords and no one does anything about it 2. No matter how diligently you screen tenants they end up being bad and a problem 3. The rules and laws in Utah are ridiculous and slanted to tenants It was amazing to me to watch for an hour as each time this person would say something, how others in the class would politely try to set her straight and tell her how wrong each of those three allegations were. She ultimately got worked up and

left, much to the delight of the class of responsible and striving landlords who weren’t buying her negativity or premise. I thought in light of the good students who experienced this with me I would repeat their points. 1. Tenants only get away with what you let them. Utah has one of the fastest, cheapest, and least complicated eviction processes in the country. If your tenants are pushing you around, you aren’t enforcing your contracts. Don’t just use a good contract (the UAA residential agreement) but also enforce it with the 3 day notices, if they violate any of the terms. 2. Good tenant screening doesn’t guarantee success. But it dramatically increases the odds. But doing background checks by themselves isn’t the key – the key is understanding risk and having rental criteria that protect and guide you (For more info attend the February General Membership Meetings on this topic) 3. Utah has some of the best/ fairest laws in the country. There are significant protections for tenants BUT – most of those were written

by the UAA and the rental housing industry in such a way as to not hurt landlords. In addition, Utah has some of the best collection/eviction/ landlord tenant/restrictions on government laws in the country. From time to time you will encounter grumpy landlords whose first inclination is to complain and

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2015 Legislature Underway – The UAA is Working Hard to Protect Rental Housing Industry Government Affairs

he 2015 Utah Legislature began Monday January 26th and will last through Thursday, midnight, March 12th. Utah’s 45 day session creates a whirlwind of activity. Almost 1,400 bills will be written and more than 400 passed. The UAA government affairs committee and staff are busy constantly between now and the end of the session protecting our industry from negative effects of potential legislations and proactively supporting laws that will make rental housing better. Our major offensive issues in 2015 are: • An as yet unnumbered good landlord bill (or compromise with several cities who require onerous and time consuming processes and cities who keep raising our fees). This bill is being sponsored by Gage Froerer, (R) Huntsville.

Currently the Utah League of Cities and Towns is taking this bill very seriously and helping the UAA work with individual cities in order to avoid state legislation. • HB 98 -An equalization of treatment of landlords/tenants in community associations (HOAs/ PUDs's bill (mostly completed and a consensus bill - we think!) sponsored by Gage Froerer, (R) Huntsville. This bill levels the playing field in associations by prohibiting policies or fees that discriminate against renters or rental owners. Many association’s charge punitive fees to landlords, restrict the rights of tenants to have privileges (like banning pets of tenants but allowing pets of owners) or the same use of facilities that owners have. Associations will not be able to have any fee or policy that treats renters or landlords differently than other owners in the association.

• HB 90 Residential Building Inspections. In 2012 the state legislature prohibited rental property inspections without cause or complaint. For a year the administration in Salt Lake City followed the new law, but then the City Council instructed city attorneys and staff to try to find a loophole and continuing doing “illegal” inspections. This bill slams closed the loopholes they found and makes it clear cities may only inspect rental properties if there is cause or complaint. Salt Lake City is currently trying to negotiate a compromise. We are hopeful a solution can be found. • SB 100 Non-discrimination Amendments Steve Urquhart, (R) St. George. This bill gained some traction this week when the LDS church came out in support of non-discrimination laws for gays and lesbians as long as there are protections for religious freedom.

Despite the announcement from the church, or perhaps because of it, a similar bill failed to get out of committee in Idaho this week with five LDS legislators voting against it because it didn’t protect religious freedom. Urquhart’s bill, in its present form, adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the state fair housing act as protected classes, but does not include religious exceptions.

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Exit Strategy – Know When it is Time to Sell or Trade Up?

By Clifford A. Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services

Investment goals, do you have them? Crazy as it may sound, most investors drive blind. They don’t have investment goals, they don’t have a monthly or annual review of their investments, and they don’t have an investment strategy. When you are looking to get off your investment plan you’ll need an exit strategy. Unless you can predict the future you’ll need to know where you’re going to get off on the right exit. How do life’s obstacles change our investment strategies? Many of us invest in real estate, because our friends or family invested or we read a book making it sound simple. Often we think of it as a way to diversify our investment portfolios, hoping that if stocks go down real estate will go up. In any case we are looking for a profitable way to invest, but don’t have solid goals and a long-term plan. If we are fortunate we make money on our first deal and we are off to the races, but more often than not investment success comes after years of smart decisions and maneuvering around life’s obstacles. Typically when we start contemplating investing in real estate, we think of paying for college for the kids or retirement (which is so far off). Maybe we have a chance to read Richard Kiyosake’s book “Rich Dad Poor Dad” and want to retire on the income generated by our real estate investments. We are thinking of “getting into the game”, not about a path to success or an exit strategy The strength of real estate investing revolves around knowing where you are going, and that can easily change throughout out life. When you are in our twenties you typically don’t have as much money to invest. Maybe you are getting married and focused on buying a home and having kids. The last thing on your mind is putting money aside to purchase a real estate investment. Suddenly you are turning thirty five. Your kids are in elementary school and you realize you need to save for college for your kids; can you do that and save for retirement as well? A real estate investment might do the trick for you and, as

Rental Housing Journal Utah • January 2015

luck would have it, your grandparents pass away and left you their home. Instead of moving in you renovate the house and make it into a rental. You are one of the fortunate ones, because you are starting out with zero debt. The house is in good condition and you have long term tenants and not too many worries. You start figuring and you find out that college for each one of your two kids will be forty thousand dollars a year, for a total of about three hundred and twenty thousand dollars. The house is only worth $120,000 today, and if you are lucky will be worth $240,000 in ten years. It’s a limited amount and you aren’t sure if you want to sell the house to pay for the kids college education. Don’t forget that once you sell all the money you had planned on helping you through retirement is now for your kids’ future education. You are doing ok and banking about $800 a month or $9600 a year so that could help with tuition. But should you use that money to buy another investment? You are forty five. The kids are now about to graduate high school and your wife is going back to work to help out with the bills. At the same time your parents are getting older and need more help, so they decide to move in. In order to do that you might have to sell the house because your home is not handicapped accessible. You turn fifty five, the parents are in assisted living and the kids are done with school. You managed to keep the rental and buy one more house, but you never really planned for your retirement. You’re not as energetic as you once were. You are making good money but barely keeping up with the new car payments and the wedding your daughter wants to have. (She wants you to spend $40,000. She is the apple of your eye.) As sixty five beckons, you are tired of those tenants and the constant property repairs. Although the properties have been a good source of income they take time and the bills are increasing. You sell both your rental houses and buy a single tenant NNN investment property. A regular check is what you want. No hassles please.

and leverage you are comfortable with. If you leverage your investments at 25% or 30% down you have more risk than if you put 50% down. I have found that younger investors are more willing to use leverage. As investors grow older, have more assets and have survived the economic down turns and high vacancy issues, they tend to move closer to a 50% leverage position. In any case the options are clear: • Set a goal of real estate and equity you want to reach • Set a goal of income you want to have and plan to reach it. You can: • Sell and trade up using a 1031 exchange • Refinance and buy more real estate • Get other cash to buy more real estate • Invest with others (family , friends, professionals.)

Summary There is no “one size fits all” exit plan. You need to customize your plan to your life; your income and

you need your spouse or significant other on board. Life will try to derail your investment strategies. Do your best to plan around this while keeping your goal directly in front of you? You need to be organized and understand all of the costs of the real estate decisions you make. I would recommend preparing a net sheet – what is it really costing you when you sell one property and buy another? Understanding your monthly reports and your annual income and expenses is critical to planning a successful exit strategy. Accounting is important- the back of a napkin does not cut it. Review your thoughts with your advisors on an annual basis (Real estate agent, Property Manager, CPA, significant other). Flexibility and nimbleness are keys to successful investing. You need to be willing to change direction while keeping your goal in mind if things are not going according to plan. If you don’t have a plan don’t feel bad, you can always make a plan today. If you want advice or want to create an exit strategy I am happy to help.

UTAH

You must plan to build your real estate empire As you plan to build your empire you need to decide how much risk

UTAH PRODUCTS & SERVICES GUIDE

RENTAL HOUSING JOURNAL UTAH

The following companies support the rental housing industry by funding education, government affairs and supporting activities. We encourage you to give them an opportunity to earn your business first. Listing in this guide does not constitute endorsement by the UAA. You are encouraged to check references and get bids in writing. 1031 EXCHANGE

Zions Bank/Exchange Services LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-569-1031

24 HRS/AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY SVC

ServiceMaster by Restoration Xperts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-310-8565

ACCOUNTING

Accounting and Tax Services, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8018930333 Bouwhuis, Myron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-546-1357 J & K Accounting & Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-755-6027 JM Accounting and Tax Services, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-893-0333

ADVANCE LOANS

Check City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-858-0331

ADVERTISING

Apartments.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .888-658-RENT Apartment Guide of Greater Salt Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-262-8858 Apartments For Rent Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-352-4957 Apartment Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-901-0237 Call Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-500-4433 Media One of Utah, A Newspaper Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-204-6274 Move.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-688-4542 Rent.Com, an Ebay Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310-586-9521 U of U Off Campus Housing Svc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434-817-0721 WebListers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-784-2155

ATTORNEY

Arnold & Wadsworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-475-0123 Breglio Law Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-560-2180 David W Steffensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-263-1122 FJ & Associates, PLLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-927-1337 Froerer, Hunter & Ahlstrom, PPLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-389-1533 Jeffs & Jeffs PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-373-8848 Jeremy M Shorts Esq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-610-9879 Law Offices of Kirk A Cullimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-571-6611 LeBaron & Jensen, P.C. /Fast-Track Evicti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-773-9488 Merrill, Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-682-8037 Rinehart Fetzer Simonsen & Booth, PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-328-0266 Richards, Kimble, & Winn, PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-274-6800 Scalley & Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-531-7870 Smith Knowles, P.C., Kenyon D. Dove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-476-0303 Utah Eviction Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-531-6600

AUTOMATED GATES

Community Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972-4331 x2010

BANK SERVICES

Key Bank Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-297-5825 Washington Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-366-2265

BANKING

AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY

Wells Fargo Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-246-1237

ALL NATURAL FERTILIZER

CoreLogic SafeRent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702-839-1736 LexisNexis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678-694-2798 On-Site.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619-540-7828 PeopleTrail, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-307-4100 RentGrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-736-8476 Renting Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888-674-9181 Right Renter LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-754-9900 Utah Apartment Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-487-5619 Victig Background Screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-886-5644 Western Reporting, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-308-0005

Alpine Cleaning & Restoration Specialists, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-563-3707 Oasis Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-231-4997

APARTMENT RENTAL GUIDES

Simply Apartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-201-9004

APPLIANCE/ELECTRONICS

RC Willey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-622-7400

APPLIANCES

Appliance Parts Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .480-755-0007 EXT 241 Appliance Warehouse of America, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480-388-4004 Precision Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-972-7033 Reliable Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-486-2357 x 2108

ASPHALT MAINTENANCE

Precision Asphalt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-991-0158

ASPHALT SERVICES

Big Red Asphalt Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-785-2051 Kilgore Paving And Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-382-6575 Preferred Paving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-908-6622 T & N Asphalt Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-266-1626

BACKGROUND CHECKS

BATHROOM RENOVATION

Bath Fitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-748-4200

BATHTUB & TILE REFINISHING

Miracle Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-295-1101

CARPET AND FLOORING

Fibers, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-281-2300 Flooring Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-604-6123 Griffith Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-395-0887 Popp Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-747-0077 Redi-Carpet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-685-7922 Shaw Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-667-2504 Sherwin Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-949-9981 Southwest Flooring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-438-4889 TB&J Warehouse, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-208-1913

CARPET CLEANING

Cliffs Personal Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-673-1777 Dirt Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-726-0308 Double Take Carpet Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-377-1107 Venturi Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-255-8100

CLEANING COMPANY

All Green Cleaning Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-949-4846

COLLECTION SERVICES

Link Debt Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-312-0990 National Credit Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-515-6858 NCS, Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-598-1466 North American Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-741-8982 Outsource Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-355-4766 Wakefield & Associates, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-537-2900

COLLECTIONS

Rent Recovery Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-335-0119

FENCING

SimTek Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-648-9336

FINANCIAL ADVISOR

Marcus & Millichap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-736-2600 Utah Community Reinvestment Corp (UCRC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-833-0011 The Madison Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-785-8350

FIRE EXTINGUISHER

Sure Fire Suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-252-6188

FIRE PROTECTION

Simplex Grinnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-262-9406 Statefire DC Specialties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-288-2100

FITNESS EQUIPTMENT

Advanced Exercise Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-510-4419 Fitco, Fitness Center Outfitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-933-4826 FitLogistix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-347-7727

FLAGS, POLES, & BANNERS

CONSTABLES

Davenport Foundation Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-569-2302 Interwest Foundation Repair & Lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-492-3503

Wasatch Constables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-392-9400

CONSTRUCTION

Capital Improvement Management Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-223-6100

DEBT RECOVERY

Link Debt Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-312-0990

DEFAULT INSURANCE

Dun-Rite Blinds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-265-2536

Duradek of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-390-9600

CABLE TELEVISION

Questar ThermWise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-719-0753 Rocky Mountain Power Cool Keeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-298-2459

IVC US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253-906-4182

Leaseterm Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378-206-2910

Orbit Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-466-9040

ENERGY CONSERVATION/SAVINGS

Air Cold Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-956-3580 Air Design Heating & Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-264-8292 Alta Air Conditioning & Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-397-2583 Johnstone Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-486-4401 Precision Heating & Cooling Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-281-8150 SwampTech, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `801-747-1150

All Pro Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-874-7098 Charger Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-280-2420 Gipco Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-231-3320

CONCRETE

Advanced Concrete Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-725-7783

DECKS

HANDYMAN

Casal's Handyman Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-707-6847

Colonial Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-562-0123 Designs In Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-280-2281

A 3 Broadband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-699-4199 Qwest Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-575-1098

GRAFFITI PROTECTION

Superior Coatings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-652-4378

ELECTRICAL

COMMUNICATIONS

Surface Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-676-5275

BLINDS

DRAIN CLEANING

Precision Concrete Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-224-0025 Professional Drain Service LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-963-0910

FLOORING

FOUNDATION REPAIR

HEATING & AIR

HVAC SERVICES

Humphrey Heating & Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-294-2757 RPM Home Energy Savings Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503-248-4636

HVAC SUPPLIES

Contractors HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-487-8565

INSPECTIONS

Albion Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-548-6347 Rental Property Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541-868-7747

INSULATION

PeachTree Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-390-0873

INSURANCE

American Family Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-966-4571 Anderson-Lym Insurance Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-262-1551 Craig Thomas Insurance Agency, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-576-1188 Day Clark Insurance Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-484-8704 Kandace Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-966-4571 Poulton Insurance, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-484-4477 Wells Fargo Insurance Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-246-4416

ON-SITE-NW SEA INTERNET

MSD Datastream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-446-5796 Pingplot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-712-5094 Sky Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-978-0022 Windstream Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-993-5512

VALLEY, METRO, ARIZONA APT.

FURNITURE RENTAL & SALES

CORT Furniture Rental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-984-2678

GAS SERVICES

Questar Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-324-5159

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

Salsbury Indu

INTERNET MARKEING

Pingplot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-712-5094

INVESTMENTS

Salt Lake Real Estate Investors Assoc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-645-6405

LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE Feb, Apr,GOLFJun, Dec CARS Aug, Oct, Ace Property Maintenance L.L.C. IRRIGATION

Davenport Foundation Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-569-2302 IPS, LLC 'Your Handyman' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-302-2555

Mountainland Supply Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-224-6050

Intermountain Golf Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-255-8828

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-446-4333 Aeroscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-569-2383

VALLEY, METRO, ARIZONA APT

Salsbury Indu

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RENTAL HOUSING JOURNAL UTAH Affordable Care and Landscape, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-637-1557 Bee Green Fertilizing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-446-5796 Cascade Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-228-0647 Kimball Property Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-571-3351 Landscape Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-261-1733 Lawn Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-916-1214 Pro-Turf Landscape Services LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-692-3186 Suncrest Commercial Landscaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-633-2727 Total Landscape Management LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-512-1663 ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-561-7541

LANDSCAPING SERVICES

Affordable Lawn Care & Landscape, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-999-4347 Loveland Landscape & Gardens, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-294-4300

LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT

Appliance Warehouse of America, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480-388-4004 Azuma Leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-707-1188 Evans, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-972-6580 Hainsworth Laundry Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-636-1622 Mac Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-685-9176 Mendenhall Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-298-1133 xt 111

LEAD BASED PAINT REMEDIATION

Salt Lake County Lead Safe Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-468-2077

MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES

Ferguson Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-956-3500 HD Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-824-2941

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

Horizon Property Management, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-939-6033

MARKETING

Scentair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760-443-9705

MOVE IN GIFTS

Chelsies Move In Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-835-3274

ODOR REMOVAL

BioSweep of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-550-9764 Fresh Aire Air Fresheners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-877-5888 ScentAir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-897-5931

PAINT

Kwal Paint, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-259-3074 PPG Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-633-8465 Sherwin Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-809-2569

PAINTING

Alpine Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-721-5007 CertaPro Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-747-1027 Empire Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-680-4495 Executive Coatings & Contracting, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-300-6786 Five Star Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-386-0000

Unforgettable Coatings of Utah, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-753-8737

PARKING

Parking Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-671-1803

PARKING ENFORCEMENT

Downtown Parking Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-473-8848

PEST CONTROL

Advanced Pest Control Services Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-292-1950 Eradicare Pest Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-393-7378 JS Property Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-652-0171 Preventive Pest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-566-5590 Terminix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-973-9511 Thorn Pest Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-626-1156 Truly Nolen Pest Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-566-1503

PLAYGROUNDS

Big T Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-572-0782

PLUMBING

Budget Plumbing & Rooter, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-763-5775 Moen Faucet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720-346-5138 Mountainland Supply Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-224-6050 Plumbing Experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-831-0045 Rescue Rooter, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-973-2097 Robert W Speirs Plumbing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-546-0522 Roto-Rooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-330-5278 Rush Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480-233-8342

POOL & SPA EQUIPMENT & SERVICE

Aquatech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-569-0120 Precision Pools & Spas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-685-2212 Swim Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-265-1707

PRINTING

Delta Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-541-5535 Nine Lives Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-487-9999

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

Bee Green Fertilizing, Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-446-5796 Mountain West Property Solution Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-968-4489 NeighborWorks Provo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-375-5820 Peak Property Solutions Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-775-7325 The Handy Handy Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-427-6924 Z3Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-860-4400

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Action Property Management & Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-763-1801 Advanced Solutions Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-725-8226 Allison-Shelton Real Estate Services, AMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602-474-3572 Alliance Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-391-3913 Bristlecone Management Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-349-2585 Century 21Gage Froerer & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-621-0521

Century 21 McAffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-943-9386 Coalition Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-649-4994 Colemere Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-272-8192 DBA Re/Max West Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-787-1111 Desert Sage Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-272-0949 Fortress Property Management, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-788-7691 Guardian Property Management LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-968-6878 JEM Property Management & Sales LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-586-4415 Jensen Property Management & Leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-628-1678 Ledingham Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-293-1830 Lone Peak Realty & Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-268-1087 Manor Service Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-322-3373 Miller & Company Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-566-7922 Professional Realty Services , L.L.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-450-8432 Real Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-546-4200 Real Property Management - West LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-281-5508 Rentler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-860-4661 Safeguard Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-566-9339 The Handy Handy Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503-248-4636 Tier One Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-898-6909 Utah Investors Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-266-0220 Utah's Prime Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-627-1132 Vision Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-375-3875 Western National Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949-862-6292 Welch Randall Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-399-5883

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

AppFolio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-648-1536 Inspeckd.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-833-5551 Property Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-826-9700 RealPage, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972-820-3000 x3015 Smart Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888-723-8645 Tenant Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503-860-6475

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

Apartment Realty Advisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-531-1221 Coldwell Banker Gold Key Realty Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-753-8824 Equity Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-608-8610 Home Basic Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-830-1500 ManageCo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-294-0800 WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-613-3761

RENTAL WEBSITE

Propertypond.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-676-5400 Rentler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-508-4661

RENTERS INSURANCE

Assurant Specialty Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770-763-1000 ePremium Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-319-1390 Evolutions Insurance Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-585-2853 Renters Legal Liability LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-994-0237

RESIDENT SUPPORT

Family Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-955-9110

RESTORATION COMPANIES

Belfor Property Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-936-1212 ServPro of Ogden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-731-8300 ServPro of Utah County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-785-5228 ServPro of West Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-282-6366 Utah Disaster Kleenup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888-utah-udk ext 363

SIGNS

Sign-A-Rama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-484-5576

SUB-METERING

NWP Services Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402-421-1668

TELEVISION

Comcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-485-0500 x2658 Direct TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818-449-4475

TRASH VALET & RECYCLING

Concierge Waste Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-971-0719 WSI Of Utah LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-713-1306

TREE SERVICE

Diamond Tree Experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-262-1749 Reliable Tree Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-262-7996

ROOFING

ValetWaste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813-248-1327

Shop 24 Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316-755-5880 American Roofing Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-269-1276 Kimball Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-657-9991 Olympus Roofing Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-975-7663 Whitaker Roofing Services, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-576-1681

SECURITY

Addtech Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-414-9342 Kane Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-678-9384 Northern Utah Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-985-9462 Pacific National Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-596-1272 Securitas Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-262-5678

SECURITY DEPOSIT ALTERNATIVE

SureDeposit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-531-7873

SHOPPING SERVICE

Shop24 Global LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480-284-3693

SIGNS

Hightech Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-972-6464 Sign-a-rama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-484-5576

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RENT PAYMENTS

RENTAL LISTINGS

Streamline Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-390-1197

Dogfriendlyrental.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .801- 230-4724

SCREENING

The Screening Pros, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8184445252

RETAIL

Salt Lake Valley Health Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385-468-3835 Utah Department Of Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-538-6754

SteadyPay Payment Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270-706-6222

SALT

The Salt Depot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-282-1250

SNOW REMOVAL

WASTE REMOVAL

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Ace Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801.363.9995 Allied Waste/ BFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-330-6032 Tiger Sanitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-978-2287 Valet Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813-248-1327 Wasatch Trash Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-207-8292 Waste Away Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-987-0750

WASTE SERVICES

Bin There Dump That . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-888-4676

WATER SYSTEMS

Water Evolution Technologies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-623-3127

WEBSITE DESIGN

B5 Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-794-0020

WHOLESALE SUPPLIERS

Wilmar Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856-533-3150

WINDOWS

Advanced Window Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-866-8000

WINDOWS & DOORS

Peachtree Windows & Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-566-1255 Simonton Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-903-5739

SOFTWARE

Real Page, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972-820-3000 x3015

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