Peter is an active and successful real estate investor in the Baltimore Maryland region for the past 8 years and is one of the founders of The Club Mastermind a real estate investing coaching program focused on local coaches helping investors to perfect their game.
Peter has written 87 article(s) for the BiggerPockets Blog.
Real Estate Investing by Peter Giardini | May 24, 2012 
What if your tenants aren’t on your agenda? What if your tenant(s) fight you at every turn: paying rent late, always complaining about the condition of the property, involving friends and relatives to pressure you, and so on? What do you do in these and other situations to get them back on the wagon? It [...]
Read the full article → Landlord Tenant by Peter Giardini | April 26, 2012As landlords we know that one of the most critical jobs we have is screening and selecting tenants. We know that if we get this part correct that our relationship with our selected tenants will be a profitable one. So, imagine that you have done your tenant screening job well. You collected references (landlords and [...]
Landlord Tenant by Peter Giardini | April 22, 2012It does not take a genius to realize that the relationship between landlords and tenants can sometimes become strained. In fact there have been times when tenants have managed to get me so riled up that I am willing to pull my hair out just to end the frustration — and, I don’t have a [...]
Real Estate Investing by Peter Giardini | April 6, 2012 
Sorry for the delay in getting this lessons learned post about the BiggerPockets Real Estate Summit, but I took a trip through the North Dakota oil patch after leaving Denver and was overwhelmed with the possibilities! As I look back at what a great experience participating in the BiggerPockets Summit was, I keep coming back to [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Peter Giardini | March 2, 2012 
I find the “art” of negotiating to be a truly fascinating experience, and find myself often times spending as much time assisting investors to learn the business as I do helping them to understand effective and execute negotiating techniques. The fact is negotiating is something we do everyday. From our personal relationships (negotiating whats for [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Peter Giardini | February 19, 2012 
One of the greatest joys for me is to watch others succeed as real estate investors. I am always amazed how some investors jump in and can create profits from almost any deal, while others seem to struggle with each step they take. Over the course of my investing career I have tried hard to [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Peter Giardini | January 19, 2012Yes I know, I am treading into a debate which in all likelihood would cause a real brawl if discussed over a few beers, but that is not my intention. My intention is really simple. Is today’s market a better market to be investing for appreciation or for cashflow? In some markets the answer might be BOTH, [...]
Commentary by Peter Giardini | January 6, 2012First and foremost… Happy New Year! I hope that 2012 will be one of great prosperity for you and your family. As we get started in the brand new year, there are very few things that we can count on. Of those things, the most prominent is that we will continue to see changes in [...]
Landlord Tenant by Peter Giardini | December 4, 2011 
Now, I have to admit that there have been several times where having the ability to “help” myself to an eviction, especially while using a forklift, might have crossed my mind, but better judgement seemed to always prevail. The first question that should be crossing your mind is: “Is this even possible”? The short answer [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Peter Giardini | November 19, 2011 
As a real estate investor you know that you can never have too much cash. What if I could present an argument to the contrary. An argument that demonstrates that real estate investors, especially new investors who have ready access to cash, almost always earn fewer profits then an investor who is not so cash rich. [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Peter Giardini | November 4, 2011I am always amused by the responses I receive from real estate investors when I ask them when they had last inspected their properties. It is obvious from their contorted facial expressions that they most likely have never “formally” inspected their properties. While preforming “safe and clean inspections” during a tenancy is important, ensuring that “move-in” [...]
Real Estate Investing by Peter Giardini | October 20, 2011 
I have to admit that the words Property Manager cause my heart to skip a beat or two. Since the beginning of time, the landlord/property manager relationship has been one of trial and tribulation, punctuated by moments of true cashflow actually getting to the landlord. For first time landlords who choose to use a property [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Peter Giardini | September 30, 2011 
It is getting so that I don’t even want to read what is going on in our economy or our housing market. Story after story seems to only want to reinforce the risks in our economy and the latest trends (all presented as negatives) in the housing market. I would provide appropriate links, but there [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Peter Giardini | September 16, 2011 
My last article titled A Call To Action, discussed a program the Government is planning to implement that would allow very well funded and connected large businesses the opportunity to purchase bulk REOs owned by various Government organizations –effectively cutting small real estate investors out of the REO market. At the conclusion of that article [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Peter Giardini | September 4, 2011There seems to be a new business model that has developed in the past 5 years or so, especially amongst financially large or well-connected corporations and financial institutions. I am sure you have heard or read about this new method of managing risk and ensuring profits; it goes something like this: Profits are privatized and remain with [...]
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by Peter Giardini | January 6, 2012First and foremost… Happy New Year! I hope that 2012 will be one of great prosperity for you and your family. As we get started in the brand new year, there are very few things that we can count on. Of those things, the most prominent is that we will continue to see changes in [...]