2020 Year in Review
Spinnaker Owner, Thank you for trusting us with your property assets in 2020. We remain grateful for our relationship with every one of you and strive to uncover how to represent you and your assets in the best way we can. COVID 19: All of Our Strengths at...
COVID Statistics Impacting Both Renters and Landlords
Information is power. At Spinnaker Property Management, I try to read everything and pass on the best information to our partners. Below is a brief summary of a great article I just read that systematically and statistically looked at the past six months of COVID....
5 Signs It’s Time to Hire a Professional Property Manager
NOI, ROI, Poke in the Eye Tracking the numbers for a property asset can be a lot of work. Keeping a property full of paying renters that don't damage the property can be exhausting. Being a maintenance person for multiple projects or even one complicated property, is...
Rent Concessions and You
Part of Spinnaker’s commitment to our clients is keeping up with industry trends. This article came across my desk today, and I wanted to share this with you. On the third of September, the Seattle PI wrote: In the Seattle metro area in July of this year, 37.5% of...
Spinnaker Giving Back
One of our core values as a company is to give back from our abundance into our community. Supporting organizations with our time, skills and monetary donations is normal business for us. We give to give, because it feels good to do so and because we think it is the...
Worst of Times in Seattle Means Best of Times for Spinnaker
Our Regional Dominance is Poised to Grow Again Just today, this article came into my inbox from the Seattle Times: Worst of both worlds for Seattle-area home shoppers: rising prices and not much for sale (July 7th, 2020. You might be wondering why this got me so...
Economic Impact Payment
We want to help share helpful information about the government programs available to help you during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Working together we can get through this season. Please call the office or contact us here if you need anything at all. We accept maintenance...
Extension and Expansion of the Ban on Evictions and Late Fees
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, announced a landlord related Proclamation on Friday, April 17th, 2020. The proclamation is an extension and expansion of the ban on evictions and late fees. In addition, a ban on rent increases. This new proclamation and its...
Mark Melsness on the impact of COVID-19 on Spinnaker Property Management
Valued Spinnaker Owners and Residents – The following is an update from Mark Melsness, Property Manager, Designated Broker, Spinnaker Property Management. Mark talks about how the COVID-19 crisis has effected Spinnaker - some good news and how concerns are being...
Legislative Update – The Final Push
On Tuesday, the House and Senate voted on three landlord-tenant bills. For all intents and purposes, this is the final hurdle for these legislative proposals before they will become law. With all proposals that are considered in Olympia, there is a lot of give and...
