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Kevin Perk

Expertise: Landlording & Rental Properties, Real Estate Investing Basics, Flipping Houses, Business Management, Personal Development, Mortgages & Creative Financing, Real Estate News & Commentary
210 Articles Written
Kevin Perk is a full-time buy and hold and fix and flip real estate investor with over 15 years of experience. He and his wife Terron operate Kevron Properties, LLC, a boutique real estate investing company in Memphis, Tenn.

Experience
Kevin was a past president and is a current board member of the Memphis Investors Group. He's also a blogger and writer who has authored hundreds of real estate investing articles on BiggerPockets and his own blog, SmarterLandlording.com, some of which have been featured on The Motley Fool and MONEY: Personal Finance News & Advice.

Kevin is also host of the SmarterLandlording podcast.

Originally from the Washington D.C. area, Kevin moved to Memphis to attend graduate school at The University of Memphis. After receiving his master’s degree in City and Regional Planning, Kevin climbed the planning career ladder to eventually become planning director of a county in the Memphis metro area. He “retired” from planning in 2003 to pursue real estate investing full-time.

Since “retiring,” Kevin’s main real estate investment strategy has been to buy and hold, otherwise known as landlording. Generally working in historic Midtown Memphis, Kevin is also known to fix and flip grand, historic homes when the right opportunity presents itself. He and his wife Terron (who is the principal broker at Perk Realty) have participated in dozens of real estate transactions in the Memphis metro area.

Kevin has the heart of a teacher and believes in helping others through education. An instructor of college-level geography for over 25 years, Kevin also regularly participates in seminars and panel discussions at such forums as the Memphis Investor’s Group and the Single-Family Rental Summit.

In addition, Kevin has been interviewed in publications such as the Memphis Commercial Appeal, the Memphis Daily News, and the Foreclosure News Report.

Education
Kevin earned a master's in City and Regional Planning from The University of Memphis.
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Flipping Houses Nov 23, 2015

The 6 Fundamental Stages of Any Major Rehab Project

By Kevin Perk

Properties that are in need of a major rehab can be some real money makers. Over the years I have learned that the wor...

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Flipping Houses Nov 16, 2015

How to Quickly Estimate a Rehab: 13 Items to Note on a Property’s Interior

By Kevin Perk

In my previous post, I discussed what to examine on the outside of a property ...

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Flipping Houses Nov 09, 2015

How to Quickly Estimate a Rehab: 10 Items to Note on a Property’s Exterior

By Kevin Perk

Being able to quickly and accurately estimate a rehab is one of the skills every real estate investor should have. When a potential deal comes along, you have to be able to move quickly with your analysis because someone else is often right on your tail. Many times you will need to go to the Read...

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Business Management Oct 26, 2015

7 Activities Every Real Estate Investor Should Add to Their Weekly Schedule

By Kevin Perk

The dream of every newbie real estate investor is getting out of the rat race and getting the...

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Real Estate Investing Basics Oct 05, 2015

5 Achievable Steps to Get Started in Real Estate With Little Money or Experience

By Kevin Perk

Real estate is “sexy” again, and lots of people are again dreaming of the good life by getting into real estate. Problem is, many of these folks have little money or credit and even less real es...

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Business Management Sep 30, 2015

4 Steps for Getting Your Finances in Order BEFORE You Quit Your 9-5 to Invest

By Kevin Perk

I made the jump to full time investor just over a dozen years ago. I can tell you that it was perhaps one of the most exciting and scariest things I have ever done. Once I got the real estate bu...

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Real Estate Investing Basics Sep 22, 2015

6 Basic Steps to Get Your Real Estate Business Up and Running

By Kevin Perk

So you have decided to get into real estate investing and you want to be a landlord, wholesaler, or perhaps the next version of the Property Brothers. Congratulations on taking the plunge and st...

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Real Estate Deal Analysis & Advice Sep 14, 2015

5 Crucial Questions to Ask BEFORE You Buy That First Rental Property

By Kevin Perk

Getting into real estate investing and buying that first income property can get people pretty excited. They imagine how their lives will change once all of that easy money comes rolling in. And...

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Real Estate Deal Analysis & Advice Sep 09, 2015

6 Key Steps For Fearlessly Negotiating Great Real Estate Deals

By Kevin Perk

The prospect of negotiating with sellers is perhaps one of the most dreaded parts of the real estate investing business. It is so full of unknowns that it stops many a person dead in their track...

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Real Estate Investing Basics Aug 31, 2015

4 Areas Newbies NEED to Master For Real Estate Investing Success

By Kevin Perk

When I first got the idea for this post, I thought it would be about technical items—items like a contract or lease, a marketing letter or property analysis spreadsheet. The more I thought about...

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Real Estate Marketing Aug 24, 2015

8 Tips to Find Great Deals When You Keep Getting Outbid on the MLS

By Kevin Perk

I think the following scenario may be all too familiar to many of us. You search and dig on the MLS, and you find what could be a potential deal. After a bit of due diligence and analysis, you m...

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Real Estate Investing Basics Aug 17, 2015

3 Things Newbies DON’T Need to Complicate Their Startups With (& 4 They Do)

By Kevin Perk

When starting out as a real estate investor, it can be very easy to overcomplicate things. There is so much advice and so many products out there that it can sometimes be difficult to know what ...

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