Tax RevaluationThe Guilford County Tax Department will be revaluing all 208,000 parcels of property located within Guilford County in 2012. This revaluation for property tax purposes is required under North Carolina General Statutes every 8 years.In a recent meeting with Tax Director, Ben Chavis, he stated that they anticipate very little...

WelcomeWe are pleased to welcome another member to our team, Jean Louis Ricard.  Jean Louis has joined our team as a maintenance technician.  Jean Louis has over 30 years of experience in home and multi-family building and renovation.  We welcome Jean Louis to the Birch family!Education The last quarter has been filled with...

WelcomeWe are pleased to welcome three new members to our team this quarter. David Dorich has joined us as Operations Manager, most recently working in the same capacity for Housing Greensboro. Jay Wall has assumed the role of maintenance technician. Amanda Bailess has joined us as a Resident Services Representative after working in the n...

WelcomeWe are pleased to welcome two new members to our team this quarter, and welcome back one. Tina Powers has joined our team as a Property Manager after almost a decade at Prudential Carolinas Realty. Ms. Power’s depth of knowledge of our real estate market and High Point, in general, will be highly valued for our High Point off...

MoversWith the arrival of the New Year comes some added real estate community involvement for two of our team members.Michelle Porter, our President, was re-elected for another term on the Greater Greensboro Realtors Association Board of Directors.Lee Porter, our CEO, was elected Vice-Chairman, and will be Chairman in 2012, of the Greater...

KnowledgeKnowledge is a key component to the value we offer our clients at Birch Management. Several members of our team were able to attend a national property management conference in Florida during October. There were over 200 attendees from companies across the country. The conference covered four days and included 12 educational sess...

Welcome!We are pleased to welcome the newest member of the Birch team this month. Ana Perdue joined us as leasing agent after serving in the same capacity for multi-family magnate Bell Partners, Inc. As a lifelong resident of the Triad, we are very lucky and pleased to have Ana on our team. Jennifer Weaver has moved into the position of R...

Birch is #1!Less than 1 year after the launch of our new website, we are popping up number one in the top three search engines, Google, Yahoo, and Bing in a number of categories. This has led to a significant increase in the number of visitors to our site, and thus lower vacancy for our clients. Statistics show that over 90% of tenants be...

CO DetectorsWe completed the  installation of Carbon Monoxide detectors in late December, as required by North Carolina Law.  During that process we received many questions regarding the new law that necessitated the installation of the detectors.Senate Bill 1924, signed on July 14, 2008 mandated the installation o...

The DreamWe are pleased to have guest columnist Algenon Cash, Managing Director with Wharton, Gladden, and Company this month. This article was from a recent publication entitled “The New American Dream: Renting?” Enjoy the read!    The idea of owning a home has long been touted as the "...