First Half Progress Toward 2017 Goals
Friday, July 07
June recently ended. Half of the year is over. Hard to swallow, but time to check in on progress on my 2017 goals.I embraced the word ENOUGH for this year. There are a ton of things I’d like to do, but my W-2 job continues to suck the life out of me, so small steps are going to be enough this y...
Review: The Book on Managing Rental Properties
Friday, June 30
Finished up Brandon and Heather’s book, The Book on Managing Rental Properties.One of my favorite things was seeing his website, www.brandonturner.me. I’ve been considering something similar, so it was great to see something in practice.I like their lease example, it looks really clean. And thi...
7 Things to Include in a Rental Lease Agreement
Saturday, June 17
Zillow has been sending me more e-mails lately. Houses for sale nearby. Estimated values of our properties. Articles.This article, 7 Things to Include in a Rental Lease Agreement, caught my attention.It has a lot of basic stuff, but it triggered some thoughts.PROPERTY ADDRESS. I once read tha...
Calculating the Cost of Downsizing
Friday, June 02
Contemplating getting ready to move by the end of the year.Many know I’d love to move to Seattle and rent out our primary residence. Last week I saw a local rental listing and thought “why wait”.Our house has four bedrooms plus a small den. It is half a block from a nice lake. I think it could...
Five Weeks Later, Checking In...
Sunday, May 28
It has been awhile since I posted a personal blog post.Life has been busy, I’m working way too much at my W-2 job.My goals progress has slowed way down, but still making slow forward progress.Trimmed a tree at one property, nagging people to get a bid to remove a tree at another property. Planni...
Rules to Follow for Landlords
Friday, April 21
I finally finished Brandon’s book on Rental Property Investing! And at the very end I found a gem of a link in his bio – Brandon has his own website. I want one! Seriously…While I was exploring Brandon’s site, a few articles caught my attention. One was 13 Rules Great Landlords (Almost) Never ...