Listen Up: These Are the Top 9 Podcasts for Real Estate Investors
Don't spend your commute cursing at traffic. Or waste your bus or train ride fantasizing about how to punish the passenger eating egg salad. Or rupture your eardrums with death…
Managing & Scaling
Top 5 Books to Launch Your Path to Financial Independence
Having more knowledge isn't (always) the answer. You need the right knowledge, at the right time, to craft a plan to execute. Then, far more important than continuing to consume…
5 Simple Steps to Systemize Your Business (Work Smarter, Not Harder!)
Systemizing your business is imperative to succeed. It gives an organization and its members a clear overview of their respective roles and how to perform standard operating procedures (SOPs). With…
6 Mindset Shifts to Make Today to Become Successful Tomorrow
When you look around at people who are ultra successful in some way—whether it's their fitness or their finances or their friendships—it's not that they're any smarter. It's not that…
Pet Horror Stories: 5 Reasons to NOT Allow Pets in Rentals
Should you allow pets in rentals? On one hand, you open up your property to more tenants. On the other hand, you'll have to clean up dog poop. These horror…
The No. 1 Way to Drive Business Growth in 2020? Build a Solid Online Presence—Here’s How
In the digital age, it's no longer suggested—but instead a necessity—for real estate agents (and investors alike) to establish an online presence and create content to help answer their prospects'…
Landlording Best Practices: How to Show Problem Tenants the Door
Have you ever had difficult tenants who can’t seem to settle in and be happy? You can’t respond quickly enough to requests to satisfy them. They hate their neighbors. They hate the neighborhood.…
How to Obtain Real Estate Professional Tax Status
What is real estate professional status (REPS)? How do I qualify, and how will it save me money on taxes? CPAs Amanda Han and Matt MacFarland answer all your questions…
What Being a CPA Has Taught Me About Becoming a Millionaire
Being a CPA has allowed me to peer into the financial lives of many successful real estate investors. Though I’m not a millionaire myself, I’ve identified habits, mindsets, and logic…
8 Reasons Student Rentals Make Good Investment Properties
Are student rentals (aka student housing) a high-risk real estate investment? Many people assume you'd just have teens and 20-somethings trashing the place. And if you're not careful, that can…
3 Productivity Books That Changed My Life
When I read a book, I don’t internalize it line by line. It’s too overwhelming to try to retain every bit of wisdom packed in the pages. Instead I take…
5 Lessons I Learned From a Real Estate Partnership Gone Bad
Learn from my mistakes! This article details the story of my first real estate partnership—and the lessons I learned from a relationship gone bad.
How to Boost Your Business by Asking Tenants for Testimonials
Obtaining positive reviews and testimonials from your best customers on a consistent basis is important but rarely done in our industry. Consider automating the process to ensure it gets done…
