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The quality of tenants placed in rentals—and how those tenants are managed—can make or break an investment.
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As landlords, we hope to avoid costly (and stressful) tenant evictions. In reality, sometimes evicting a tenant just comes with the territory. If you’ve found yourself wondering how to evict a tena...
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Want higher ROI on your rental properties? Easy—slash your turnovers to the bare minimum. Turnovers mean vacancies, during which you’re not bringing in rents,...
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On today's episode of the BiggerPockets Podcast, we cover a huge range of really important topics with real estate investor Mike Sherwood, including investing while holding a full time job, working...
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I can already feel the heat from a lot of you prospective out-of-town investors and existing out-of-state investors, but nonetheless, I still want to talk to you about why you should not invest in ...
I partnered with a family member the first time when I was 10 years old. Together with my big brother, who was 11, we sold candy to the neighborhood kids out of his bedroom. To be clear, I do mean ...
My partner and I have acquired and leased hundreds of rental units. As co-owner at my organization, I still have the final say on approving rental applicants. As much as I want to delegate the task...
I used to think that I knew what nightmares were. Then I became a landlord. I’ve seen so many types of nightmares since I began this landlording journey, things I did not even know could exist. I’v...
All of the stories below are about people in my hometown. They are real, but the names are not. There is a certain stewardship that comes with being a landlo...
Most tenants are fine, don’t get me wrong. But some of them can be an enormous pain. Tenants, like just about everything else in this world, follow the Pareto Principle: 20 percent will cause 80 pe...
G’day, everyone. On a daily basis, I speak to people who are caught up in living the “American Dream.” The story line goes something like this: Finish colleg...
There’s a big debate amongst real estate investors regarding whether it’s best to invest in your home market (even if it’s very pricey) or to buy in less expensive markets out-of-state. I generally...
Tenants are the lifeblood of any landlord. Therefore, attracting and keeping quality tenants is one of the major keys to a landlord’s success. Attracting and ...
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My partner and I have acquired and leased hundreds of rental units. As co-owner at my organization, I still have the final say on approving rental applicants. As much as I want to delegate the task...
Last week I told a happy-go lucky, sunshine-and-puppies story about real estate success in multifamily investing. Unfortunately, not all such stories have happy endings. So this week we will embark...
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Recently, I was at a real estate summit in Philadelphia, when a guy in a Hawaiian shirt slipped into a nearby row. He had a beer in his hand, though it was only about 10:00 a.m. (if I recall). He l...
Our company is a big fan of the BRRRR method real estate investment that Brandon Turner coined and BiggerPockets so helpfully made a calculator to help analyze. In this post, I wanted to give an in...
Real estate investors see and hear a lot of ridiculous and downright humorous things. We are probably exposed to more sheer lunacy than virtually any other profession. I wish I had recordings from ...
