The 7 Dirty Truths of Landlording (Like ‘Em or Not!)
It’s not always fun and games when you are a landlord. Landlording is not always making large banking deposits and Caribbean vacations. Sure, around-the-world trips often come with owning real…
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Okay, so You Just Got Your First Inherited Tenant – What Now?
Investing in rental properties often means inheriting existing tenants. Inherited tenants bring both positive and negative attributes to the transaction. What to do with Inherited Tenants: What you as the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
