Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Holiday Wishes

A Holiday Wish To Each of You!


During this holiday season, we extend our best wishes to our valued residents. It has been our pleasure to serve you throughout this past year. Wherever you find yourself this holiday season, far away visiting friends and relatives or enjoying the quiet comfort of home, may your heart be filled with the joy of the season.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Kwanzaa! 

And here's to an exciting and prosperous New Year!

~ from the REO gang


Tuesday, November 16, 2010

FREEPORT'S WINTER PARKING RULES

CITY OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS
WINTER PARKING REGULATIONS

• Winter Parking Regulations apply every day of month from December 1 to March 31

• Even days of the month you must park on even-numbered side of street - generally West and North
• Odd days of the month you must park on odd-numbered side of street - generally East and South

• Streets that have designated parking on one side only for an entire city block, shall be exempt

• 8:00 am is the beginning hour for all streets in City (except in the Business District - see below)

• Odd-Even parking does not apply in Business District. Parking in the Business District is not allowed between the hours of 2:00 am and 5:00 am throughout the entire year. Business District is area bounded by Jackson Street, the Pecatonica River, Douglas Street, and Cherry Avenue, excepting the 300 block of West Douglas Street.

• No person shall pile or cause to be piled any snow on avenues, streets, boulevards, alleys, sidewalks or any other City-owned property, except at the direction of the Public Works Director. Further, no person shall pile or cause to be piled any snow to obstruct the vision at any intersection of any street, avenue, boulevard or alley within the City.

For questions, please call City of Freeport City Hall at 815-235-8200;
Freeport Police Department (Non-emergency) at 815-235-8222; or
Street Department at 815-235-8210.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Tell you friends to TEXT us!!

As you know, we offer a $50 referral fee when you tell a friend, co-worker or family member about REO and they end up renting from us.   Now they can get our list of vacancies 2 easy ways:
on our website at
www.RentFreeport.com or NOW they can send a quick text message to 41411 with the word RENTALS.  They will immediately receive a text message back with what we have available.  And they'll receive any updates immediately as new vacancies pop up.  REMEMBER, if you helped bring them to us, and they qualify and move into one of our places - you make FIFTY BUCKS!  How easy is that! 

Try it yourself --- text RENTALS to 41411.   Pretty cool, huh?
Soon we may be offering specials to our current tenants who subscribe to our SMS program.  Sign up now!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Enter in September to WIN a $20 Gift Card!!

If you are looking here because you just read the REO September 2010 newsletter -- then we want to THANK YOU for checking out the Blog by giving you a chance to WIN a $20 Walmart Gift Card!

Here's all you have to do - go to the "Contact Us" page of our website (www.RentFreeport.com) and shoot us a quickie email saying you read the blog. We will enter your name into the drawing.

Pretty Simple!! 

You have the whole month of September to enter (please, only one entry per household).  The lucky winner's name will be drawn on October 1st!

We hope that you check back here every so often to see any news that specifically pertains to our wonderful residents (hey, that's YOU!) !

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

REPORT your flood damage NOW!

     THIS WEEK the City of Freeport needs to hear from you on any flood damage you had.  Compiling damage information is the only way to secure a federal disaster declaration for our town. If a federal declaration is obtained, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will send teams to Stephenson County ito inspect various sites and residences for damage.  At that time, a disaster assistance center will be established in the community where residents can file federal disaster claims to receive monetary help if they qualify. 

     The key is to get you in the system and to get you registered with the City.  We are not sure yet if they would cover damage to carpets, washers, dryers and the like, but they won't at all if we don't get the message to them. 

     Call the Mayor's office TODAY at 815-235-8200.  It only takes about 10 minutes or less to file a damage report over the phone.  Mainly, they will ask to provide the address where the damage occured, whether it's a home or business, how deep the water was, insurance information and contact information.

     THANKS to everyone for your patience as we "wade" through the damage and work on returning things back to normal.  The Maintenance Technicians have been "swamped".  Be sure to thank them, it will be greatly appreciated.

    To fill out a form for your damages, please see this link - Flood Damage Assessment Form. Please complete form, then bring or mail to City of Freeport Mayor's Office, 230 West Stephenson Street, Freeport, IL 61032, IMMEDIATELY - time is of the essence.


 

Friday, July 16, 2010

City is Flushing Hydrants July 19-27

The City of Freeport is going to be doing their annual water main flushing from Monday, July 19th through Tuesday, July 27th.  The mains will be flushed between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.

The water department encourages you to check your water prior to doing any laundry.  It may be necessary to run the water for several minutes until it clears.  If you have questions, call the water department at 815-233-0111. 

Sometimes you may also notice a decrease in water pressure because your faucet aerators become clogged with tiny debris in this process. You can unscrew your aerators and knock the particles out yourself.  It really is a very simple thing to do.  But if you do have problems, give us a call!

Monday, June 14, 2010

Stash Your EXTRA JULY CASH !

Some simple but smart financial advice:
If your household budget is based on
four weekly paychecks per month,
July is a month when you'll get FIVE
Put this windfall into savings. 

Sunday, June 13, 2010

EASY Money!

Thanks to Lisa and Harry - your referral gave us great new tenants and you got $50 CASH! 

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

WELCOME TO OUR NEW WEBSITE


Hope to share here important ideas / tips to make renting from us even more pleasant. Let us know if you have any ideas on subjects you'd like more info on. Check back here often to see current updates.


Just a reminder that this time of year (early summer) lawns need to be mowed on a more frequent basis - sometimes as often as every 4 days! If this is your responsibility (according to your rental agreement) be sure to keep up on it. If you are looking to hire a lawn care service - we recommend Lang's Lawn Service - they can be reached at 815-238-2584. Thanks for helping keep your home looking great!