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January 2012
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION WE HAVE IS “ WHEN ARE YOU PLANNING TO MOVE INTO ONE OF OUR RENTALS OR WANTING TO MOVE INTO THE RENTAL of your choice for a ONE YEAR lease. We normally do not have any short term leases. Some owners will consider a SIX MONTH lease, but have to make these decisions on an individual basis.
We can fax, mail, or email the most updated RENTALS AVAILABLE list at anytime. This is our most updated list of rentals at the time of this print out. Cook Real Estate Agency list all rentals available no matter the location. It is up to you to ride by and see where or where not you would live.
DIRECTIONS: DIRECTIONS to all rentals: All directions are from our office of Cook Real Estate Agency at 209 West Monroe Street in Thomasville Georgia. It is up to you to ride by and make your own judgments of where or where not you will live. Unfortunately, the way things are today, we cannot steer you or recommend any locations. 1) 1505 North Dawson Street, Apt A & B—2 bedrooms—Duplex Apartment is listed on the real estate market FOR SALE. Turn around and go to the traffic light at Monroe and Madison Street. GO THREE BLOCKS TO DAWSON Street. Turn left. Go to the end of North Dawson Street. This duplex apartment will be on your left. 2) 411 Park Avenue- Turn around and go through the traffic light at Madison and Monroe to the next traffic light, which is Broad Street. Turn right onto Broad Street. Go through downtown and cross the railroad tracks and passing the chamber of commerce. Keep going until you get to Grant Street (Singletary Oncology Center is a landmark). Turn left onto Grant Street. Go to stop sign and turn right onto Park Avenue. House is two houses down on your left. 3) 56 Susan Avenue—2 bedrooms, 1 bath---Turn around and turn right at the traffic light at Madison and Monroe. Go four traffic lights and trunk left onto Remington Avenue. Go to the stop sign at the intersection of Remington and Kern Streets. Turn left. Go across Highway 19 past the chick-fil-a, past the fairgrounds, cross the railroad tracks, and turn left on the second street past the railroad tracks. The house will be down on your right. I believe it is the second house on your right. 4) 403 Park Avenue- 3 bedrooms, 2 baths-- Turn around and go through the traffic light at Madison and Monroe to the next traffic light, which is Broad Street. Turn right onto Broad Street. Go through downtown and cross the railroad tracks and passing the chamber of commerce. Keep going until you get to Grant Street (Singletary Oncology Center is a landmark). Turn left onto Grant Street. Go to the stop sign and the house is straight across the street (dead ends into house). Basically, in the back side of the new oncology center. 5) 614 Wolfe Street--- go down Monroe Street west to Pine Street. Turn right. Go to the next street, which is west Clay Street. Turn left onto West Clay Street going past the Clay Street YMCA. Go to the next Traffic light and this is Martin Luther King Boulevard. Turn right onto Martin Luther King Boulevard. Go to the next street on your left and this is Wolfe Street. Turn left onto Wolfe Street, going past Walton Technical School. The house will be down on your RIGHT. 6) 108 Dixon Lane----- Go down one block to North Stevens Street and turn left. Go five stop signs and this will be Fletcher Street. Turn right on Fletcher Street. Go through the traffic light and through the four way stop. You will come to another four way stop. Keep on going straight to Dixon Lane on your left. Turn LEFT onto Dixon Lane. The house will be the second house on your right.
Please read carefully the information provided to you on the next few pages. HIGHTLIGHTED properties (SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES) means that the price of the rental has been dropped from the original rental price trying to get somebody to MOVE IN THAT RENTAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. This price is good for a short period of time. If we do not get a commitment from someone at the reduced price to rent for at least one year, then the price will go back to the original price. Price fluctuates from time to time. But once we get the full amount to move in at the reduced price, it will remain that reduced price for at least one year. We run specials like any other business from time to time. These are the prices at the time and date of this printout only. Any other date could be a different price.
TO RENT A HOUSE FROM COOK REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Bring in the total amount to move in, complete the home application, allow us 24 to 48 hours to process and approve your application. Once approved, we will set up a time to complete a ONE YEAR LEASE. Allow 30 minutes to complete the lease. Please leave children with a babysitter.
RENTAL LIST CHANGES: All rental properties available at the time of this printout are listed, no matter the location. It is up to you to ride around and see what may or may not work for you in your price range. we always rent, add new ones: Check with us periodically, as this list does change sometimes daily, twice a week, or monthly. We just never know when we will be adding a new one. And the new one may be the one you have been looking for in your price range.
RENT PRICES: Keeping in mind that normally the more you pay for something, the better the house and the better the neighborhood. it is not saying you cannot find a good neighborhood for less rent. You just have to ride around and make that decision. You have to figure out on your own what you want to pay for rent and where you want to live. This is why we like to get this RENTAL LIST in your hands with written directions so you can ride around and see with your own eyes what is available at the time of this printout.
TIME FRAME: WHEN DO YOU WANT TO MOVE IN A RENTAL OF COOK REAL ESTATE’S: Everyone’s time frame of wanting to move in one of our rentals is different? Once we get a date and all monies to move in PAID IN FULL, we will put extra effort in getting the house or apartment ready to move in. It helps us to have your concerns written down. With a somewhat down economy, owners are not willing to spend money and have a house sit vacant. So, we are looking for someone to make a commitment with paying the full amount to move in. This will get us more motivated to spend the money to get it ready.
When does rent start: We want to start the rent as soon as your application is approved, not when you say you want to start moving in or you want us to start the rent. Your rent will begin and a lease will be signed within 24 to 48 hours of completing the application and paying the total amount of money to move in. Every day is money and we need to move forward in completing a lease and starting the rent as soon as practically possible. If you want to move in two weeks, or a month from now, or 2 months from the date we accepted money, then there is no need to put money down, unless you are paying and moving in at your own leisure keeping the rent paid ON or BEFORE the 1st day of the month. If you are planning on moving in at a later date, we will need to know this in writing your date you will be moving in the house. Some have to pay a month or two in advance and move when they are planning. Utilities need to be on too. So, we will need to discuss these options.
When is RENT DUE: All of our rents are due and expected ON or BEFORE the 1st day of each month. ALL RENTS ARE PAID IN ADVANCE. We will not hold any place more than the 48 hours after receiving the monies to move in. People take this totally out of context. WE WILL NOT WORK WITH YOU ON A DEPOSIT OR WE WILL NOT ACCEPT JUST A DEPOSIT PAYING THE OTHER AMOUNT AT A LATER DATE. WE MUST RECEIVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO MOVE IN (ALL AT ONCE). NO PARTIAL PAYMENTS.
PRO-RATE RENT: If there is any proration of rent, we will prorate the second month not the first month. We do not prorate the last month or when you are planning on moving.
unfortuNately, we cannot hold any places for any length of time with a partial payment. it has to be the total amount to move in and ready to start moving in when we receive any monies.
LOOKING AT RENTALS: It is very hard for us to be sitting in the office when you are coming by to see particular rentals: There will be many times you will come to the office and we will be out for one reason or another. If we are not in the office when you come by and you have a cell phone, try our cell phone while you are standing at the front door. We may be a block or so away. We will get you in to look on the inside of the house or apartment you would like to rent and hopefully get you in the house very soon. You may have a leave a voice message once or twice before we get back to you. In order to speak with someone in the office, press either extension 0 or 3 and the phone will ring in our office. Otherwise, we do not hear the phone ring in our office, as it goes to our automated voice message system allowing people to call and get our list of rentals over the phone anytime 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Cook Real Estate Agency went to an AUTOMATED ANSWERING SERVICE to allow people to call and get our list of rentals over the telephone 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We keep this list updated with our most updated list of rentals.
Home Application: You must complete a home application to rent a house from us. It takes 48 hours to approve or not approve your application. You cannot move in the same day you put money up to Rent. We have a 24 to 48-hour minimum waiting period for processing your information on the home application.
Complete an application (We can always fax, mail, or email a home application to your work or home). You can fax your completed home application to us at 229-226-3978 or just drop it off in an envelope with the full amount to move in. Please, do not drop cash. If we get your application and no monies with it, we will do nothing with your application until we receive the full amount to move in.
We will process your application. In the processing, we check to see if you pay your bills and other information that will help us get to know you better. Do not let checking information stop you from completing an application or applying for a house or apartment to rent from us. Background checks are necessary.
MUST QUALIFY. We approve or not approve applications for housing within a 24 to 48-hour (2 business days) period of receiving your application and all the monies to move in.
PETS: PET FEE: If you are going to have a dog or cat or any other pet, we will need a $300 PET FEE that is NON REFUNDABLE. NO PETS ARE ALLOWED UNLESS APROVED BY COOK REAL ESATATE. We will sign a no pet’s clause when signing the lease. ABSOLUTELY NO PETS ALLOWED
Once we get to total amount of money to move in, we will take the rental house you are interested in renting off the rental market for the 48 hour period. If your application is not approved for any reason, then the house will go back on the rental market and your monies will be refunded. When receiving monies to move in, we will complete a legal document explaining the monies being refunded. We will try our best to get you into your new rental as soon as practically possible. When can we get started: We can get the ball rolling faster when the TOTAL AMOUNT of money TO MOVE IN is paid in full. Once you have picked the RENTAL you want to rent and we get that commitment from you (paying the TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY to move in) that you will lease a particular house for the ONE YEAR LEASE, we can move forward in getting you in a house.
CONCERNS: Your concerns are important to us and are normal. There is no way we can have every single rental on this RENTAL LIST ready to look at or ready to move in when we list them on the rental list. We ask you to write down your concerns when looking at the rental on the inside or outside for that matter, instead of verbally stating them. This way we can hand your written concerns to maintenance and they will make decisions of what may be cost effective or what we can correct for you. These concerns can be handled within the 48 hours of approving or not approving your application. Understand reality, we may not be able to correct all of your concerns. In this case, you can normally correct those things we are not able to correct for you at your own costs. We do not take anything off the rental amount. Everybody wants the world and a real nice place, but the owner is not willing to spend that money for you. It is just a rental house and not your permanent home. When you rent, it is normally temporary or year or so. Any things you want to do to make it more home for you (COSMETIC ITEMS) is normally accepted by the owner, but has to be passed by the owner for his or her approval. Also, tenants must understand again that it will be their costs and not the owners, but we first need to respect the owner’s property and pass your ideas of home improvement by the owner. Please state this on our home improvement form, with the understanding the owner will not pay for your concerns (above the costs of what we can correct), wants, and needs. We try our best to make the house as nice as possible with limited funds.
NEIGHBORHOODS: This is the most popular question of all. Someone always SAYS, “I am looking for a reasonable priced rental in a nice neighborhood.” All NEIGHBORHOODS are good to us. Again, we list all properties no matter the location. It is up to you to ride around and see what areas will work or not work for you. If you are not from Thomasville, we ask you to go to the chamber of commerce and purchase a city map. We cannot DESCRIBE neighborhoods. Where someone lives is a personal decision, right or wrong. You can ask people in the community about the areas of town, but we cannot describe neighborhoods. Also, keeping in mind the more you pay for something in rent or sale, normally (not always) the better house, the better the neighborhood, floor plan, etc.
TERM OF LEASES: Most of our leases are for ONE YEAR. Therefore, we normally do not have many short-term leases. Normally, if you are looking for a short-term lease (2 or 3 month’s) and want something furnished, we suggest the bed and breakfast type housing. There are really no seasonal rentals available we are aware of that are furnished with all furniture. There is a company that has furnished rentals. For furnished rentals and or short term rentals, call Linda Clark at 229-225-1952. She can send you some information.
Procedures to RENT a house with Cook Real Estate Agency. MOST IMPORTANTLY: We ask you to come by the office and get a hard copy of our list of rentals. We keep this list of rentals right outside our front door (to the right as you come up the steps of the office on the brick wall) where you can come by the office 24/7 to see what is available FOR RENT. The red and white information box states RENTAL LIST HERE and above it states TAKE ONE FREE. Just open the top of the white box and take one of the lists with the information inside of how to rent a house through Cook Real Estate Agency.
You can check our web site out at www.cookrealest.com. You can also send an email to cookrealtyrental@aol.com and we can send you the hard copy of the list of rentals over the Internet with an attachment of the list of rentals.
Once you have received our list of rentals from the outside of the office door, then we ask you to ride by the different rentals to see if you would like to live in that particular area of town. Once you have narrowed down which one or two of the rentals you would like to look on the inside, then call our office or our cell phones and we will organize a time to meet.
We like to communicate by emailing. The email address is cookrealtyrental@aol.com or bdlameier@yahoo.com. Web site is www.cookrealest.com
Where’s the money? The green stuff? People joke about this, but it is true. Bring the total amount of money to move in and complete an application, we will get you started in renting a house from us. Get your ducks in a row.
We can SELL as well as RENT properties: COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND LAND/ACREAGE/Farms: If you know someone that wants to sell their house or land (large or small), we can help them like any other real estate company. We are listing and selling properties for other owners. If you know someone wanting to BUY or SELL Real Estate (land or residential or commercial buildings), call Brian Lameier, Sales Associate @ 229-305-5979. Brian is a licensed Realtor in Florida as well as Georgia.
We can show any other Realtors listings they have For Sale-If you see another REAL ESTATE FOR SALE (1st Thomasville Realty, Chubb and Associates, RE/MAX, Darby Realty Services, Rose City Realty, Crocker Realty, etc.) on the property other than Cook Real Estate Agency, we can get all the information you need for you to buy that house or land. Call Brian. Brain is very knowledgeable as he has appraisal background.
Properties listed FOR SALE and we are trying to RENT for the owner: Owners are in need more now than ever before in getting some kind of income coming in on their properties. They either have to RENT or SELL them as soon as possible.
Special Stipulations on 1501 B N. Dawson Street and 614 Wolfe Street: THESE RENTALS ARE LISTED FOR SALE on the Real Estate market. We must find someone to rent these houses or apartments that is willing to cooperate with us in showing the HOUSE FOR SALE. It may take a month to sell or it may take 3 years to sell. No one knows. We would try and give 24 hours notice before showing, but cannot guarantee this, as if someone is in the office and wants to look at it right then, we need to be able to get in and show it. Other realtors may have clients wanting to look, too. For your sake, we would hope to sell to an investor who would like to have a good renter already in the house or apartment.
If and when the house sells or if and when you want to move, both parties must give in writing a 30 day notice of intent to move. If we get a buyer who wants to move in the house within 30 days of the contract date, THEN we would give you in writing your 30 day notice to vacate the premises.
What to do to rent one of our houses in a nut shell: When you are ready to look on the inside of any of our rentals (whether it is Moultrie or Thomasville), call us (229-226-3889, ext 3 or 0, 229-403-7300 or 229-305-5979) and we can try and get something set up pretty quickly to get you on the inside to look.
Write down your concerns, complete an application for the rental of your choice, bring the total amount of money to move in, and we will get you into that rental of your choice within 48 hours of receiving all three of these items.
Pay your rent WHERE YOU ARE and most of the time you will be approved. You have to pay rent no matter the circumstance. Keep your rent paid and come see us. We try hard to keep our places up. Unfortunately, people will disagree because we will not do what they want us to do or the situation is not cost effective. We cannot just spend the resources of another owner.
Live in Moultrie in a nice cleaned up neighborhood for less rent. Our 1 bedroom is $275, our 2 bedrooms are $300, and 3 bedrooms are $425 in Moultrie Georgia only.. These apartments or houses are on 1st street SW and 7th Avenue SW in Moultrie. MOULTRIE GEORGIA APARTMENTS FOR RENT Updated- DATE \@ "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy" Monday, December 26, 2011 MOULTRIE GEORGIA Apartments—Take 319 North out of Thomasville to Moultrie Georgia. Turn left onto Main Street (highway 33) heading towards downtown Moultrie. At the Dominoes Pizza, turn left onto 7th Avenue, SW. Then an immediate left into the apartments or houses. The ones looking like houses are apartment houses. These are 3 bedrooms, 2 bath houses with Central heat and air. If you want to live in Moultrie for less rent, the 1 bedroom is $275, 2 bedrooms are $300, and 3 bedrooms are running $425. If interested in living in Moultrie, Georgia, call Brian Lameier at 229-305-5979.
ALL APARTMENTS or houses ARE RENTED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS WITH CASH MONEY or certified funds in hand AND THE HOME APPLICATION COMPLETED IN our hands. We MUST have all monies PAID IN FULL and the application complete at the same time of turning in your application or applying for a particular apartment or house.
OUR JOB IS TO RENT HOUSES and we will try to best of our ability to move you in the apartment or house of your choice as soon as we get the money.
People can RENT, BUY, or SELL REAL ESTATE through our agency of Cook Real Estate Agency. We have been in business in Thomasville, Georgia since 1960, making us over 50 years old helping people find a home. WE SELL LAND (acres) sometimes with house on it, TOO.
Why the office is locked and seems closed all the time: We have business outside of the office as well as inside of the office. Call our office @ 226-3889 or 403-7300 or 305-5979 before you come to the office is a good policy. We are not sitting in the office waiting for you. We have meetings and appointments outside of the office as well. We are out of the office quite a bit. We are CLOSED WEEKENDS and Tuesday afternoons. There are many holidays we are closed also.
Normal office hours: Our normal business hours are Monday through Friday 8:30 AM till 5 PM. On Tuesday’s, we close at NOON. However, we are IN and OUT and sometimes OUT more than in the office. There will be times during these hours when you will come to office and see the door locked. This is why we advise people to call ahead of time and make sure someone will be in the office whenever you are planning to come to the office. We have to coordinate this by phone either calling the office phone 229-226-3889, pressing extension 3 or 0 or cell phone at 229-403-7300 or 229-305-5979.
MEETING people: We meet all persons at the office of Cook Real Estate Agency located at 209 West Monroe Street in Thomasville, Georgia, unless there are other arrangements made for you to meet the tenants that occupy the house or apartment at the house. We make arrangements with you personally to go and look at the houses or places by yourself. We make a copy of a photo ID, you will sign a key release form, and you will have 30 minutes to go and look on the inside of the rental of your choice and bring the key back to our office.
LOCATION OF OUR OFFICE: Our office of Cook Real Estate is centrally located in DOWNTOWN THOMASVILLE, one block from the DOWNTOWN Post Office, one block from the Thomas County Library, and one block from the Thomas County Courthouse. Actually, they have built the new judicial building or courthouse in our BACKYARD. Address is 209 West Monroe Street in Thomasville. Our office is right off of Business Highway 84 or Madison Street. Cook Real Estate’s office is directly across the street from Singletary Tire Service, Tom Horne Supply, and Horne Candy Company. Our office has been in this general vicinity since 1960.
Thank you for your interest, your patience, and your understanding in our procedures as we try to rent a house to you and your family.
Happy NEW YEAR! We will be open normal business hours during the New Year’s. However, the office may be closed from time to time as we are IN and OUT of the office, sometimes being out more than in. It is always a good policy before coming to the office to call and let us know you were hoping to be on your way to see us. If we cannot work it out to meet you at the time you wanted to come by, maybe we can discuss when it is convenient for us and you to meet at the office. 229-226-3889 Extension 0 229-403-7300 (Richard Cook’s cell phone) 229-305-5879 (Brian Lameier’s cell Phone) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cook Real Estate Agency 209 West Monroe Street, Post Office Box 786 Thomasville, Georgia 31799, USA (229)226-3889 *** Fax: (229)226-3978 Richard W. Cook, Broker/Owner |