A Giant Thank You!!!

For the last year our best friends, Luis & Alysha, have been managing our townhome in Salt Lake.  Whenever we expected a vacation renter Luis & Alysha would prepare the home for occupancy and be on call in case anything was needed by the renter.  Recently we found out that they were going above and beyond, leaving a bowl of fruit for the renters and a basket of granola bars and snacks for their convenience.
 
Upon checkout Luis & Alysha would confirm there was no damage or property missing and ready the property for new renters.  They also handled cable installation and a myriad of other details that property management requires.

Recently, in conjunction with other preparations for our move to Scotland or Puerto Rico, we decided to sell our townhome.  Luis was going to sell it for us but he's been busy with his own life.  So, we decided to get a realtor and Luis & Alysha were on hand to interview possible realtors in our absence.  Unfortunately, having only bought the place in Feb 2007, plus with the economic downturn, our property has not appreciated enough to cover both realtor commissions as well as remaining balance on our mortgage.  Thus, we determined hiring a full time property manager, rather than remaining as a vacation rental, would be the next best solution.

Luis & Alysha promptly began interviewing property managers for us.  We found one we liked and signed up with them.  They determined our place would rent faster, with longer leases, if it was unfurnished so Luis & Alysha jumped into action, renting a truck and packing up our place so it would photograph vacant and lease quickly.  They did this all after just returning from a vacation.

We're not sure what we did to deserve such amazing friends but without Luis & Alysha we would be lost.  We have developed a dependency on them that transcends property management.  After all, it is Luis that we are leaning on most heavily in relation to our move to Puerto Rico.  He has family there and has traveled there and is already making inquiries on our behalf.

We hope we have an opportunity to thank Luis & Alysha for all their help in a way that shows how much we appreciate everything they've done for us.  They are amazing people and fantastic friends and we are lucky to have them in our lives.