4 Steps to Reduce Your Rental Property Expenses by $100 per Month
In case you haven’t heard about the $100 Expense Reduction Challenge, let me bring you up to speed. In March 2013, I dared BiggerPockets Nation to reduce their rental property…
Managing & Scaling
3 Ways for Real Estate Investors to Succeed With Postcard Marketing
Postcard marketing is a great tool for real estate investors to use to grow their businesses. It operates on 3 simple strategies that, when perfected, can generate consistent leads and…
Are You Following Your Passion?
As my youngest son was heading off to Los Angeles to follow his dream in filmmaking and I was attending the Equity University Networking Conference and the BiggerPockets Meet Up…
Nine Easy (and Stupid) Ways to be a Terrible Landlord!
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,…
How To Survive When Your Spouse Doesn’t Believe In Your Dream
Let’s face it – most of the people who jump into real estate investing are dreamers. The vast majority of investors pursue this profession because at some point, for one reason…
Why Pets Are a “Head-Scratcher” (Hey-Oh!) for Landlords!
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…
Tenant Turnover: The Biggest Killer of Your Rental Cash Flow
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…
Eviction Education: My Cost – $3403.99, Today’s Special – Free!
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,…
Patience and Real Estate Investing: My Story of Getting Started with Rental Properties
If you are anything like me, when you get excited about something… you want it right now! When I first decided investing in Real Estate was the best route for…
Rent to Section 8 or No?
This question comes up a lot – and a year or less ago if you had asked me if I wanted Section 8 tenants I would have adamantly said “no…
How Many of These Traits of “The Millionaire Next Door” Do You Share?
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result” – Tony Robbins Some books are worth reading once a year. One of…
The Detective Real Estate Investor: Six Steps To Find Property Owners
Being a real estate investor can at times feel like you are really a private investigator. This is because making the deal happen can require many “detective” type skills. And,…
Eight Tips for Dealing with Evil 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…
