The 10 Most Common Lease Compliance Issues You’ll Encounter
A lease compliance issue is just that—when the tenant doesn’t comply with the rules outlined in their lease. Here's the mot common you'll see.
Managing & Scaling
How Not Setting Goals Allowed Us to Buy 157 Units in 2015 and 123 Units in 2016
Overall, the system-based model is something you should focus on. Systems are much more effective than just having arbitrary goals to aim for.
How to Prepare for Your First Ever Note Investment
My best advice for starting out in notes besides learning as much as you can and joining groups is to start out slow & easy until you have more experience.
How to Build a Highly Effective Real Estate Team
With real estate, as with most things, it is critical to form a competent and effective team. In fact, it will be critical to form multiple of these.
What a Mattress That Caught on Fire Taught Me About Self-Managing vs. Hiring it Out
I get this question a lot: When is it time to shift from self-managing your rental properties to hiring a property manager? The answer is not simple.
9 Weekend DIY Projects to Boost Rents & Home Values
I love stocks, don’t get me wrong. They’re completely passive, they’re easy to diversify, and they make a great counterbalance to real estate investments. But here’s the thing—you can’t say,…
The Unsugar-Coated True Story of What it Takes to Succeed as an Entrepreneur
We hear inspiring success stories about investors & entrepreneurs often. What we don't see is stories of the struggle & sacrifice behind that success.
How to Motivate Yourself and Others With an Internal Locus of Control
There are broadly speaking two ways to see the world. These are what psychologists call the "external locus of control" and the "internal locus of control."
What to Do When You Hear the Words, “Your Rental is a Meth House.”
Brian was stunned. He hung up the phone and began Googling “remediation of meth house.” What he found shook him to his core.
How to Take the “Work” Out of Networking (Even if You’re Nervous & Inexperienced)
It really is simple. If you want to significantly increase your chances at being successful, you need to build trust through networking. Here's how.
12 Insane (But Completely True) Real Estate Facts and Events
There are some CRAZY things that have happened (and continue to happen) in the real estate business. Check out these fun facts and you’ll see what I mean!
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How to Continually Improve as a Landlord by Using a Move-Out Survey [With Sample!]
The more we can improve our business, the more efficient we become, the happier our tenants will be, and the more cash flow we can potentially produce.
11 Problems Only Property Managers Have
OK, maybe plain ol' landlords have a few of these problems as well—but that won't keep us property managers from getting a good laugh over them!
