Watts Happenings: News & Blog

There exists a misconception that rental housing owners enjoy large margins and can continue operating in the absence of rent payments. With so much discussion around rent payments during COVID-19, the rental housing industry would like to explain the breakdown of $1 dollar of re...

When you experience it in your life, you just want others to experience it in theirs. Help send a child to camp. https://bhamnow.com/2020/02/03/ymca-camp-cosby-change-life/ 

It's Turkey Day! For the past 20+ years we been providing turkeys to our tenants who been renting with us for 10 years or more.  Just a kind gesture of appreciation for their tenancy.  If you got a letter from us earlier this month, make sure to bring it to the...

Changes are coming to Holler & Dash. The fast casual breakfast chain - of which our Homewood location was their first store to experiment with - will be rebranding following an acquisition over the weekend by parent company Cracker Barrel. Cracker Barrel Old Country...

FYI... If you work or live downtown within this 100 block district (it's basically all of UAB campus and Hospital District), you can no longer light up or vape outside.  Private owners can only provide up to 200 sq ft of "smoking zones" on their property.  ...

In Homewood?Looking for a great place to get a haircut or style?Then checkout Sciascia's Salon & Boutique on 18th Street in historic downtown Homewood!   . . . And for the guys, their beard game is on point too!https://bhamnow.com/2019/09/13/sciascias-in-homewood-5-r...

Changes in the law that could affect your lease with your property managers: "Starting Sept. 1, there will be a criminal penalty for those who misrepresent a pet as a service animal or animal-in-training in public spaces or when seeking housing accommodations in Alabama...

We'd like to thank Marian McKay Rosato for all her years of tenancy and keeping the music playing.  If you're looking for a hard to find record, head to Charlemagne Record Exchange and let them know. The vinyl network they've created is amazing. They'll find ...

This last decade has been about changes for the betterment of a city and the people who make it. And it's not going unnoticed. New mass transit system, new hotels, new hospitals, new restaurants, renovated convention center and brand new sports stadium. By the time the World ...

Soho Retro was one of the first tenants to setup shop in the newly renovated spaces.  We had just finished a major renovation on the corner units in Homewood for our client, stripping several units to bare bones; and Steve's been there ever since.  We just want to t...