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From changing lightbulbs to fixing leaky toilets, every property needs routine servicing to stay in rentable condition.
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Deferred Maintenance – the practice of postponing maintenance activities such as repairs on both real property and personal property in order to save costs, meet budget funding levels, or realign ...
Two weeks ago I called six different contractors to come take a look at a small repair job on my personal house. Every single one went to an answering machine or voicemail. Okay, understandable. Th...
One of the biggest complaints I hear among fellow investors is how difficult it is to find a good contractor. Even contractors recommended by other people seem to fall short. Someone thought they w...
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On this episode of the BiggerPockets Podcast, we're going to talk about a unique strategy that combines the power of house flipping with the benefits of home ownership. You'll meet Mindy Jensen and...
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In the summer between my junior and senior year of high school, I spent a few hours working at a local strip club. But don’t worry, Mom. I was just helping my plumber boss fix a leak. And it was cl...
Some people work so hard to make money in real estate. They flip dozens of homes, deal with hundreds of tenants, and are always trying to put out a fire somewhere. Sounds exhausting, doesn’t it? Bu...
Watch the video or read the post that follows! How would you like to work 168 hours a week, never travel anywhere, and spend your days dealing with the ungrateful, entitled, lowest common denomina...
A little over four years ago, my brother and I walked into a ugly house built in the 1800s that had an obsolete floor plan and over a century of deferred maintenance. That junky old house was the f...
What is the “right” source for you to study? Where do you find the best real estate knowledge? Let’s explore several of the most common learning methods you can use to obtain knowledge about the pa...
I really like small multifamily properties, and I talk about them an awful lot. Several months ago, I wrote a post called “How to Make a Million Dollars in Real Estate” which was designed to show t...
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This year has been full of amazing surprises, challenges, joys, and yes, frustrations too. This week was no different. We had the sale of two new turnkey properties. We’re starting another four to ...
One of the most important aspects of property investment, particularly for fix-and-flip-type investors (but useful for everyone!), is the ability to assess how much you’re going to have to invest i...
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Fully 68 percent of American households own pets—definitely something to consider when formulating your pet policies as a landlord. Over two-thirds of the population is a huge swath of tenants to e...
The quality of your renters determines the quality of your returns. In over 15 years of landlording, I’ve found that to be true time and time again. And while there are plenty of good Section 8 ten...
Due diligence may be boring, but it’s absolutely critical to get it right. Here we’ll take a deep dive into what is perhaps the least fun but most indispensable part of real estate investing: the d...
Recently on the BiggerPockets Podcast, I asked airline pilot and real estate investor Steve Rozenberg to tell listeners a story about his son that I thought was just fantastic. It’s so good, I want...
Just a few years ago, I was completely against real estate. I wanted nothing to do with it. I thought that in order to qualify as a real estate investor, you had to pass this unofficial test to pro...
Learning how to invest in real estate is overwhelming. From finding deals to running the numbers to financing to legal entities and asset protection to tax strategies to property management to work...