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This is my story about how I bought a 12-unit apartment building with money raised from private individuals. This deal closed against all odds and then nearly bankrupted me. Don’t…
Investors who own and operate income property, whether it’s single family homes or small to mid-market multi-family buildings, tend to fall into two categories when it comes to feeling a…
As a landlord, my lease is perhaps the most important document I use. It is the legal agreement between me and my tenant. An attachment to that lease, and therefore…
Sometimes despite your best efforts, despite your best screening techniques, despite firmly laying down the house rules at move in, some tenants will go bad. These tenants appeared fine at…
I’m going to say something a bit dramatic here: I believe 99% of the problems that landlords face is NOT because of the tenant, but because of the landlord. Yes,…
Most people can agree that cats and dogs are pretty awesome … most people, that is, other than landlords. When I began owning rental property, pets morphed from something that…
I have said it before and I will say it again, positive cash flow is king in the landlording business. My goal as a buy and hold investor is to…
Your mistakes are your tuition. Eiji Toyoda Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder. Mason Cooley If you are a landlord, no matter how well you screen for tenants,…
Beware! Evil tenants are real! If you read my post from last week, entitled “Seven Tenants I’d Never Rent To” – you know the kind I’m talking about. We can…
I call it my “Hell Month.” I’ve just had the worst month as a landlord since I began leasing property almost seven years ago. I can’t explain exactly why –…
There was a recent post in the BiggerPockets Forums on whether it is smart to hire a professional home inspector. There were many arguments for getting the home inspection done…
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I get asked quite a bit what I look for when I’m shopping for a rental property to buy. How do I know what I want or what qualities to…
