Breaking the "Ima Mentality"
Friday, March 12
As a young and fairly new investor I instinctively want to take on all the projects, personally check off every to-do list item, and generally have a stranglehold of control over my precious portfolio. As I jump between showing units, cleaning floors, installing appliances, and scheduling renewal...
Take good pictures, NOW!
Friday, February 19
If you have a vacancy take the time to hire a photographer and stage your unit! This is critical for so many reasons but one reason that is often overlooked.1. Good pictures lower vacancies, renters want Pinterest-looking units. Like Brandon Turner says, "every tenant watches and wants an HGTV ho...
Is the property management industry due for disruption?
Wednesday, January 27
We all know that technology and new ideas are disrupting industries left and right. Public transportation think Uber Department stores think Amazon Entertainment think Netflix Auto industry think Tesla Home sales think Zillow I can't help but think that property management is next. The classic m...
First year in real estate: 2020 is hindsight
Monday, January 11
In 2019 I stepped away from my job as a helicopter pilot in the Marines to become a real estate... agent, investor, landlord, flipper..... Ok so I didnt really know what I was jumping into but I was going in headfirst. We, my beautiful wife Rachel and I, chose a market and moved to Bryan / Colleg...
House Hacking: Be a good neighbor
Monday, March 02
"Wait he never paid January's rent!!!" My wife and I started house hacking a little over a month ago. The seller was a tired landlord who was having tenant issues. I suspected that he didn't do a thorough job screening tenants. As luck would have it, we inherited o...
How to prepare for the big change....Financial
Wednesday, October 23
I had a discussion with a young Marine yesterday. He is a year away from his own transition to the "real world". Talking with him I realized the most important, or "One Thing" that he could do to prepare himself is to gain control over his finances. That was and is the one thing I was able to do ...