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Jun 20, 2014Mar 16, 2021 Ken Corsini

The 7 Actions to Take to Protect Yourself Against Run-Away Tenants

Every buy and hold real estate investor hopes for a long term tenant that pays on time and abides by the terms of the lease. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen…

Jun 04, 2014Mar 16, 2021 Drew Sygit

The Professional Tenant – Just How Painful Can Evicting One Tenant Be?

Let’s tell a short story. The Tenant from Hell Imagine a lovely little old lady in her ’70s wants to rent from you. Her application is flawless, her rental history…

May 12, 2014Jun 19, 2023 Eric D.

The Four Pillars Of Tenant Screening

There are four pillars to tenant screening, including: Credit score Income Rental History Criminal background. All four are important, but credit score and income are the main ones. Those two…

May 06, 2014Mar 16, 2021 Tom Sylvester

Landlords, Do You Have a New Tenant Packet?

Being a landlord is difficult. Unlike some other strategies in real estate (ex. wholesaling/flipping), you are responsible for the property and the residents of the property for the long-term. If…

Apr 30, 2014Mar 16, 2021 Drew Sygit

Things to Consider Before You Buy That First Multifamily Building: Analyzing the Property & the People

In this three-part series (Click here to read part one), we’re looking into factors that you need to consider before you purchase your first multifamily building to rent out. In…

Apr 16, 2014Mar 16, 2021 Drew Sygit

Things to Consider Before You Buy That First Multifamily Building: Finding The Perfect Deal

Purchasing a multifamily building or apartment isn’t as simple as buying a neat little home and renting it to a single person or family. It can, however, be extremely more…

Apr 14, 2014Mar 16, 2021 Tom Sylvester

My Experiment with RUBS Water Metering for my Multi-Family Properties

One of my biggest frustrations when it comes to multi-family investing (at least in my area) is the fact that the water bill must be in the name of the…

Apr 02, 2014Mar 16, 2021 Ken Horst

6 Tips to Turn Bad Tenants Into Great Tenants

If you are involved in real estate investing and closely manage your sites, you’re bound to run into a bad tenant or two. Hopefully with your interviewing and screening process…

Mar 24, 2014Mar 16, 2021 Kevin Perk

Considering Accepting Money after the Eviction? Beware!

I had an interesting question asked on one of my blog posts recently. That post examined the eviction process here in Memphis, Tennessee and the reader asked if a landlord…

Mar 21, 2014Mar 16, 2021 Marcus Maloney

3 Little Known Factors to Help Minimize Vacancy Rates

Gaining long-term tenants is a desire for any landlord. Securing a long-term tenant provides security for the unit along with a decrease in vacancy rate. These tactics are used to…

Mar 10, 2014Mar 16, 2021 Kevin Perk

What are Your House Rules?

As landlords, we have a set of house rules that go with our rental properties. They are an addendum to our lease and we sit with every new and approved…

Feb 21, 2014Mar 16, 2021 Brandon Turner

13 Rules Great Landlords (Almost) Never Break

I’d like to convince myself that it’s not my fault… but I’m a terrible liar. It is my fault. At least 99% of the time. I’m talking about my landlord…

Jan 20, 2014Mar 16, 2021 Kevin Perk

My Tenant Lost Their Job – Now What?

People lose their jobs. They can get laid off or fired. Companies can go bankrupt. There are a host of other reasons why someone might loose their job but a…