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Key Realty and Property Management is Growing…

December 15, 2021 by kseabrooke Leave a Comment

We have new opportunities to hire new property managers or switch management companies with Key Realty and Property Management 

Before you begin your letter introducing the new management company, make sure you know all of the important information you need to mention. Here are the key elements you should include in your letter:

  • A formal introduction to the property management company, including their name and website
  • Contact information for the person in charge of management like a phone number and email address
  • A guide to using the new property management software, if applicable
  • Instructions on how to pay rent and a reminder of when it’s due
  • An explanation of how to submit and schedule maintenance requests

Hiring a property manager for your property can be extremely beneficial for your rental business. If you have decided to hire a new property manager or switch management companies, you should let your tenant know.

 

Key Realty and Property Management

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Yelp ranked “10 Best Property Management Companies” in OKC, Look who is #1

April 8, 2020 by kseabrooke Leave a Comment

Top Ranked Property Management Companies in OKC.

Key Realty # 1  – Source Yelp.com

If you are looking for a “Top Notch” Real Estate and Property Management Company in OKC – look no further than Karyn with                     Key Realty and Property Management. 

you are in good hands with Karyn and her staff

No 1 Real Estate and Property Management Company in OKC
Source – Yelp.com

Yelp.com just ranked us #1 out of more than 200+ Property Management Companies in the OKC Metro area.

If you are looking for a reputable Real Estate Broker and or a Property Manager who works hard with your best interest at heart – look no further than Karyn Seabrooke, owner of Key Realty and Property Management.

Let Karyn and her skilled staff take care of your Real Estate needs.

Karyn has personally owned and managed some 2,000 units over the past 20+ years in the Oklahoma City Real Estate Market. From new construction to managing “renovation projects” Karyn and her staff can handle all aspects of buying / selling your home or managing your investment.

Whether you are new to the Real Estate Investment Circle or a Seasoned Investor with an established portfolio here in Oklahoma City, let Karyn help you with your Real Estate Investments.

 

Looking to Buy or Sell Investment Property here in OKC?       Give Karyn a call  405-605-6445

Yelp Ranked Top 10 Property Management Companies in OKC, We are #1

December 30, 2019 by kseabrooke Leave a Comment

We ranked #1 out of 234 Property Management Companies in Oklahoma City. Yelp.com

Best Property Management Company in Oklahoma City.  

If you are considering investment property or if you  need a proven local property management team, give Karyn a call 405-605-6445

Key Realty and Property Management
www.keyrealtyokc.com

See the entire article right here. 

Also, high marks from expertise.com

https://www.expertise.com/…/oklahoma-ci…/property-management

 

Apartment Complex – Listed and Sold in a week!

March 2, 2019 by kseabrooke Leave a Comment

16 Unit Apartment Complex – Listed and Sold in a week!

Looking to Sell your Investment Property? 

Look no further than Karyn at Key Realty and Property Management.

Whether you are Buying or Selling Investment Property here in the Oklahoma City Metro, you can rely on Karyn and her Team for top guidance and professionalism throughout the transaction process. Karyn is a seasoned Investor herself having owned and managed hundreds of apartments and homes in the metro over the past 20+ years. 

Don’t delay, make the call today.

Karyn Seabrooke                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Key Realty and Property Management                                                                                                                                                                                        405-605-6445

 

 

 

More 5 STAR Reviews – found on Zillow…

April 12, 2018 by kseabrooke Leave a Comment

5 STAR Reviews found on Zillow
Karyn Seabrooke with Key Realty and Property Management
405-605-6445

***** Highly likely to recommend
03/23/2018 – boz43

Local knowledge: *****
Process expertise: *****
Responsiveness: *****
Negotiation skills: *****
I met Karyn some 25 years ago but don’t live in Oklahoma. I decided to expand in to Oklahoma for some rentals & gave her a call. After a few questions of (Real Estate Investment) what we wanted to invest in, she set up a day of viewings to which I put out 4 contracts & ended up w/ one. Within 15 days of closing she had a tenant moving in… BOOM!!! 
When you do something you like for 20, 30 or even 40 years, you get good, sometimes REALLY good! Karyn & Key reality are REALLY good! Her 14 yrs experience is just w/ Key, She has been in the industry a lot longer & her knowledge shows!!! I can’t wait for her to find us another property.

Afraid of a Bubble? Buy Without Fear in These Top 10 Stable, Growing Markets

July 26, 2017 by kseabrooke Leave a Comment

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Special Thanks to  http://cherylcorealestate.com/

Today’s rapidly skyrocketing home prices are making more than a few people nervous.

After all, it was only about a decade ago that the U.S. real estate market bubble burst, and millions of Americans lost their homes (and for many, life savings). And, as most of us recall all too well, plenty of others found themselves underwater on their mortgages, owing more than the homes were worth. But then came … the recovery. God bless the recovery! The housing market and economy have come roaring back. Some markets, in fact, are booming to historic levels.

So let us put you at ease: What goes up doesn’t have to come crashing down. As we’ve said before, record-high prices alone do not make a bubble. Still, if playing it safe is your top priority, we’ve got you covered. Our data team at realtor.com® set out to find the real estate markets that are least likely to pop if the country heads toward another recession—metros where home prices are still rising at a healthy (versus dizzying) pace.

We also only included markets where the supply of homes for sale is still large enough that buyers are unlikely to be pulled into costly bidding wars.

“These are the Goldilocks of today’s housing market,” says Javier Vivas, manager of economic research for realtor.com. “Not too hot, and not too cold, these markets present the right balance of housing and economic conditions for buying and selling activity to evolve naturally.”

Of course, no market is completely bulletproof against another financial crisis. But these cities, with their strong and diversified industries, come pretty darn close. Plus, steadily rising price appreciation means that they’re likely to be solid investments for the long haul. And slow and steady wins the race, right?

“They have rising demand, and the corresponding supply to quench it,” Vivas says. “And they’re all relatively smaller metros, often with large nearby siblings eating up any potential irrational growth, which keeps them from overheating.”

To identify the 10 metros where you can buy a home and rest easy about it, we compared the 150 largest U.S. housing markets, using nine key metrics:

  • Positive (but not out-of-control) price appreciation of between 4% and 12% in 2016
  • An ample supply of homes for sale (between three and seven months available)
  • Affordability, measured by the percentage of income needed to buy a home
  • New home construction recovered from the recession
  • Median number of days homes are on the market (the lower the better)
  • Foreclosure rate
  • Percentage of homes underwater
  • Percentage of homes with price reduction (yep: Lower is better)
  • Low unemployment rate

Got it? So stay calm, get comfortable, and take a tour through our list of America’s most rock-steady markets.

  1. Fort Collins, COMedian home price: $376,000

    Annual price growth: 7%

    Colorado State University and a robust high-tech scene, which includes Hewlett-Packard and Intel, contribute to an enviable unemployment rate of 2.9% in this city of 160,000, the state’s fourth biggest. Fort Collins also has a third line of defense against economic downturns: the beer industry. It is home to a major Anheuser-Busch facility and 22 craft breweries—and as the Prohibitionists found, the alcohol industry is awfully tough to kill.

    “Largely due to its diverse economy, the Fort Collins market has been extremely stable,” says Realtor Larry Kendall of the Group. “During the recession, our home prices didn’t fall nearly as much as the rest of the country.”

    Fort Collins is also very affordable—at least by Colorado standards. The median home price is about 25% less than in Denver and 40% less than in Boulder, CO, both of which are about an hour away.

    Housing highlight: The city is home to River Rock Commons, a progressive cohousing development of nearly three dozen single-family homes set up around a common house, where residents can prepare communal meals they can enjoy with one another. Togetherness rules.

  2. Madison, WIMedian home price: $272,500

    Annual price growth: 10%

    The University of Wisconsin infuses Madison with a young, hip, and relentlessly energetic vibe. That feeds directly into the ultra-walkable downtown lined with cafés and restaurants. But if that’s not your scene, residents can take advantage of the miles of hiking and biking trails along idyllic lake shores.

    Homeowners here also have a low risk of foreclosure. Only 28 homes were shuttered in the last quarter of 2016, representing less than 2% of all home sales.

    “That’s because we have a solid economy, with very few layoffs,” says realtor Alex Saloutos of First Weber Realtors. “Coming off the last recession, buyers are also much more cautious. They don’t max out their [debt-to-income] ratio.”

    The University of Wisconsin is the area’s largest employer, but there are also jobs to be had with companies like health care software maker Epic Systems and insurance provider Wisconsin Physicians Service.

    Housing highlight: Wisconsin state Rep. Melissa Sargent, who hails from Madison, recently proposed a law that would increase the number of “sober housing” developments in the state, intended for drug addicts and alcoholics in recovery.

  3. Durham, NCMedian home price: $320,000

    Annual price growth: 10%

    Top schools like Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supply a steady stream of talent to Durham’s thriving health care and research industries.

    Research Triangle Park, aka “Smartsville, USA,” is one of the world’s largest research centers. More than 200 high-tech companies, including IBM and Cisco, operate there. Throw a rock, and you might hit a Nobel Prize-winning scientist or inventor of the next life-altering tech startup. (But don’t throw rocks, please.)

    “People are starting to notice Durham,” says Courtney James, owner of Urban Durham Realty. “It’s a relatively affordable market for young people graduating from universities and creating their own startups. This is a young city, full of creative energy.”

    Housing highlight: When living in traditional homes gets boring, Durham residents can move into tobacco mills converted into awesome lofts with 22-foot ceilings at the Apartments at American Tobacco.

  4. Honolulu, HIMedian home price: $649,500

    Annual price growth: 9%

    How the heck did gorgeous, universally desired Honolulu wind up on this list? Affordability clearly isn’t the Hawaiian capital’s greatest asset, but high rankings across all of our other metrics make it a surprisingly stable market. The Polynesian paradise has an extremely low foreclosure rate (2%), very few underwater homes (4%), and a jealousy-inducing unemployment rate (2.8%).

    And, hey, who doesn’t love crashing waves, lush palm trees, and sun-drenched beaches? Those lures, which draw legions of tourists from all over the world, helped to insulate the city—for the most part—from the last recession.

    “We have a well-balanced combination of mainland and international buyers, which cushioned us through the last mortgage meltdown,” says Khai Tran, a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties.

    Housing highlight: There’s a push to bring back the traditional Polynesian hale homes in Hawaii, as a way to create more affordable housing for the state’s low-income and homeless residents. The thatched homes are typically made of local trees and plants.

  5. Greenville, SCMedian home price: $234,000

    Annual price growth: 10%

    Greenville strikes a remarkable balance between economic diversity (aka a variety of jobs) and a high quality of life. The city has no shortage of large companies with local operations, like the multinational conglomerate 3M, General Electric, and Michelin, which is drawing younger and older workers alike. Yet, it still serves up an affordable cost of living, with a revitalized downtown filled with cool restaurants and bars, art galleries, and boutiques lining the popular Falls Park, and yep, even a craft distillery.

    Realtor Lindsay Saunders, of Greenville Home Girls, says the majority of her clients are younger professionals relocating to Greenville thanks to corporate job opportunities and the city’s affordability.

    “They sold their homes in big cities like Charlotte and Atlanta, come here, buy a home, and live comfortably with the rest of their savings,” Saunders says.

    Bucking the national trend, Greenville does not suffer from the problem of having too few homes for sale. That’s due to a building boom that’s reshaping the city.

    Housing highlight: Completed in 2004, the beautiful 345-foot Liberty Bridge in Falls Park holds 1,300 people at a time, supported by a single suspension cable. The stunning downtown view is just a bonus.

  6. Ann Arbor, MI
    Median home price: $286,000Annual price growth: 10%

    The University of Michigan is a huge economic and cultural force here. Benefiting from a highly skilled workforce, Ann Arbor has thriving technology and health care communities, including Trinity Health and University of Michigan Medical Center.

    Deb Odom Stern, an associate broker at Charles Reinhart Realtors, says she has never worked with any sellers who are “moving away from Ann Arbor because they lost their jobs.” The majority of her clients are out-of-towners relocating to Ann Arbor for work.

    In the off-hours, there are plenty of things to do. Michigan Stadium, the country’s largest stadium, is packed with Wolverine fans during University of Michigan games. In addition to museums and performing art centers, Ann Arbor—which some people consider the city with the most educated population in the United States—has a reservoir of independent bookstores.

    Housing highlight: Ann Arbor is dotted with “fairy doors,” unique and exquisitely detailed tiny entrances set into walls around town. Many of them open onto miniature rooms. Cute, huh?

  7. Manchester, NHMedian home price: $293,500

    Annual price growth: 9%

    With colorful foliage, Colonial-style homes, and the occasional moose, Manchester conjures up a bucolic Northeastern mise en scènethat’s becoming increasingly rare. Just an hour’s drive north of Boston, Manchester is a commutable destination for home buyers fleeing the ridiculously competitive big-city market. Its median home price is only two-thirds of what they would pay in Boston.

    A longtime manufacturing center, New Hampshire’s largest city has made big strides in exploring new industries. The downtown has an emerging high-tech hub, including a revitalized mill building serving as a startup incubator with a catchy name: Silicon Millyard. And Manchester’s unemployment rate of 3% is among the country’s lowest.

    “A lot of millennials [have been] moving into the downtown area in the past several years,” says local real estate agent Moe Archambault, owner of Moe Marketing Realty Group. Obviously, he says, the draw is “job availability—the Silicon Valley type of employment.”

    Housing highlight: Comedian Adam Sandler grew up in Manchester, and never lets his fans forget it. “Grown-Ups 2” prominently featured Manchester’s iconic diner Red Arrow—recreated on location in nearby Marblehead, MA.

  8. Salem, ORMedian home price: $283,000

    Annual price growth: 11%

    As the state capital of Oregon, Salem brims with state and federal employees. Surrounded by picturesque countryside, Salem is a regional hub for agribusinesses—including Kettle Foods, maker of dangerously addictive potato chips—and a booming renewable energy sector.

    And home prices are only two-thirds of what they are in pricey hipster Portland, just an hour away.

    Education is a big plus for Salem, too. The Salem-Keizer School District is the second-largest school district in Oregon, with 65 schools and about 41,000 students.

    A solid economy helps to buoy Salem’s housing market. Just 13% of homes in Salem had price reductions in 2016, among the lowest in our study.

    Housing highlight: Salem is smack-dab in the middle of Oregon’s wine country, and you can even live in a winery—Ankeny Vineyard is currently on the market at only $895,000.

  9. Oklahoma City, OKMedian home price: $219,000

    Annual price growth: 7%

    The capital of Oklahoma has more going on than tornadoes. The city is home to the most rabidly loyal fan base in the NBA, and more rodeo festivals than you’ll ever have time to attend. Most importantly, with such an affordable median home price, buyers can realize their dream of a spacious home with a backyard for the kids.

    Oklahoma City is also A-OK when it comes to dealing with recessions. It was the big city the least affected by economic downturns between 1990 and 2015. according to a study in the Journal of Urban Economics.

    The recent oil slump did have some impact here. But so far, home prices have been holding up. Prices went up 7% last year, down from 11% in the previous year, but much more than in other oil-dependent cities, such as Midland, TX (-7%), and Bismarck, ND (-7%).

    That’s partly due to a diverse economy of oil and gas, state government, and the Tinker Air Force Base, which help to safeguard it against economic volatility.

    Housing highlight: Oklahoma City’s most expensive home on the market comes with a private pond and an awesome grotto. A steal at $4.75 million.

  10. San Antonio, TXMedian home price: $276,000

    Annual price growth: 5%

    Dubbed “Military City, USA,” San Antonio is home to four major military bases, which supply more than 80,000 jobs. The city is blessed with strong bioscience and health care industries, which employ 1 out of every 6 San Antonians.

    The city also has attractions like the bustling River Walk, the tourist fave Alamo, and lots of picturesque Greek Revival historic homes downtown.The city’s old-world charm attracts not just tourists, but residents who bond over tacos.

    To meet the housing demand, new condos have been popping up all over the metro.The good news: San Antonio still has room to grow! At a whopping 461 square miles, it ranks as the ninth-largest city by area in the contiguous United States.

    Housing highlight: King William Historic District, a historical neighborhood with beautiful Victorian-style homes, dates to the 1790s and is San Antonio’s first suburb.

Yuqing Pan, a Stanford graduate with a multimedia journalism background, writes data-driven stories for realtor.com.
Follow @YuqingPan

Call Karyn with Key Realty and Property Management to start or add to your OKC Investment Properties Portfolio. 

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Awesome Rental Income Property For Sale NW OKC

November 21, 2016 by kseabrooke Leave a Comment

Awesome Rental Income Property For Sale NW OKC

Very Affordable Living at the Villa Manor Apartments on 35th Street.

Investment Property OKC Key Realty

Investment Property

This small complex is nestled in the Darralls Addition in Oklahoma City. Talk about location. Close to the Shepherd Shopping area, easy access to I-44 highway, shopping and great restaurants on May Avenue. Right on the bus line for those seeking a more green mode of transportation. These cute 1 bedroom 1 bath apartments are all electric and come with refrigerator and electric stoves, the bedrooms are nice sized with a spacious living and dining area. Roof replaced in 2012, concrete decks resurfaced 2013, new exterior windows 2016, most units have been remodeled on the interior.

OKC, Good Jobs, Affordable Housing and High Quality of Life

June 13, 2016 by kseabrooke Leave a Comment

Only Three US Cities Have Good Jobs, Affordable Housing, and High Quality of Life

When looking for a place to live and to invest, people are generally looking for three things: affordability, a strong economy, and good quality of life. Most US cities can only claim excellence in one of these areas. A dozen cities specialize in two. But if you truly want it all, you only have three choices.

And they’re all in the Midwest.

That’s the finding of Josh Lehner at the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, who explored what’s being called the “housing trilemma”—the idea that due to the housing crisis, Americans have to make big tradeoffs in deciding where to live. Lehner looked at the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the country, comparing them for quality of life, affordability and economic strength across several metrics using Census data and several other indicators.

According to his data (which you can see here), if you want a city that excels in all three, you have just three choices:

  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Omaha, Nebraska
  • Des Moines, Iowa

In fact, only 15 cities got high marks in two categories, most of them focused in quality of life. But if it’s most important for you to live in a place with good quality of life and economic strength, you’ll pay more to live there. In fact, this is usually what eventually drives those cities off this Venn diagram, as Lehner explains. Cities that become too desirable become too expensive:

The reason these trade-offs exist is mostly, but not entirely, due to market forces. People want to live in cities with a strong economy and high quality of life. Increased demand for housing leads to higher prices and lower affordability. Nice places to live get their housing costs bid up due to strong demand. The opposite is true as well. Regions with under performing economies and a lower quality of life do have better affordability.

San Francisco, of course, is the quintessential example of a city that has a huge affordability problem that’s keeping people out, even as it remains a great place to live with job growth that’s exploding.

But look at another place that is slowly edging off this chart: Portland, Oregon, which has been celebrated for its quality of life and strong job growth, but in the last few years the city has become way less affordable. Portland is also a unique case in that it has very, very low vacancy rate, which makes it harder for renters to find affordable places to live.

The solution to move more US cities into that sweet spot with Des Moines, Omaha, and OKC is the same one you’ve been hearing throughout the housing crisis: Build more housing.

For more information on Investment Property in Oklahoma City, contact Karyn Seabrooke at

Key Realty an Property Management  405-605-6445

Ranch House and 25 Acres for Sale

May 20, 2016 by kseabrooke 1 Comment

Ranch House and 25 Acres for Sale in Yukon

ranch house for sale

All this in Yukon for just $575,000

This Amazing home was remodeled from floor to ceiling in 2015 with an open concept. Wow new HVAC System  2015,  New heat pump & water softener 2015.  Well water & septic tank, new lighting through out, Wood like Porcelain tile floors throughout, wood burning fire place to cozy up to, raised ceiling in formal great room, built ins, double pane windows. Open kitchen with plenty of counter space and storage, stainless steel appliances, dishwasher, refrigerator, builtin in convection oven, built in microwave, granite counter tops. Knotty Alder woodwork on ceilings, trim and doors. Want to step outdoors do so through the front and back patios. Have cattle or horses? We have an amazing 50’x 60′ Morton Barn, steel storage container, 6 horse hydraulic horse walker, Horse training area, 150′ x 250′ roping area, beautiful pasture and pond, red clay, no way we have sandy soil, the entire property is fenced and North Canadian River is north boundary…A dream home waiting for you. Call us today!!

Karyn Seabrooke

Key Realty and Property Management

405-605-6445

Corporate Executive Home for Lease, Short Term, Fully Furnished, Bills and WiFi Included

May 8, 2016 by kseabrooke Leave a Comment

Short Term Furnished Corporate Housing

We now have a New Listing, Short Term, Fully Furnished, Single Family Home. Two bedrooms plus office/study  corporate furnished rentals oklahoma citywith pull-out sofa.

Great for executive and family in town on “short term” assignment or Business Associates needing temporary accommodations while here on business.  Corporate travelers Welcome.

This Home has everything, you just need your toothbrush.

Located just west from Nichols Hills, some of the most Expensive RE in the OKC Metro.

N May and Wilshire area, walking distance to restaurants, shopping, grocery and more…

Call Karyn or Tom at Key Realty and Property Management LLC  for your

“Short Term Corporate Rental” needs.

405-409-7608

tom@keyrealtyokc.com

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