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The legend of Pati - part II (The inspections)

Monday, September 21

Mistake number one: And I thought this was smart... I’d always used a local handyman for my rentals. Great guy, honest, hard-working and cost-effective. In fact I use him to this day. But this was far too big a project for one guy. Luckily somebody was doing a fix-and-flip right in my own neighbo...


This is the Legend of Pati, the BRRRR that almost wasn't.

Monday, September 14

Part One: I’m happy. I’m happy because I got to the bank before they closed. I’m also dripping sweat from running from Walgreens, after picking up my prescription for pain killers, to the bank (I figured that was faster than getting back in my car, and I had minutes). Now I’m standing in the bank...


Analysis paralysis? Or is discretion the better part of valor?

Monday, August 03

So I promised stories of bad landlording and I’ve got 16 years of it under my belt. So while there should be (and is) plenty of material to draw from, I think it would be wise to juxtapose these with stories of the present. Also, I thought briefly of changing the name of this blog to “mere morta...


My name is Marvin and I'm a Bad Landlord...

Wednesday, July 29

Hello everybody. My name is Marvin and I’m a bad landlord. (everybody: hello Marvin…) It’s my hope that with this blog I can accomplish a few things for our Bigger Pockets community. First of all, we’ve all been hearing on many podcasts from super-overachievers. Nothing against this; they have a ...