How to Find a Good (Investment-Minded) Real Estate Agent
Monday, December 28
Video on Finding Deals on the MLS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Ox_... If you decide to work with a real estate agent to find potential investments, you obviously need to find the right one. It's not just that some agents area good and some are bad. It's also that some agents have a mindset ...
Can You Still Find Good Deals on the MLS?
Thursday, December 24
The MLS is where real estate agents put all of their listings. It is by far the best place to find listed properties and, perhaps more importantly, assess the value of a property by comparing to other similar properties that have sold recently. Back in 2011 and 2012, the MLS was a great source f...
What to Do When a Tenant Calls at 2:00 AM | A Guide to Emergency Maint
Monday, December 21
Video on general maintenance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWwI1... Emergency calls from tenants are the scariest thing that any landlord or property manager has to deal with. Indeed, some people are frightened away from real estate investment entirely because they don't want to deal with suc...
Why We're Moving to California
Thursday, December 17
...Because we can't leave California unless we move there first. Yes, California is trending the wrong direction and doing quite bad in a lot of places (although it's still an economic juggernaut). So how bad is it and what happened? And should real estate investors invest there? Should they sell...
Doing Maintenance Right
Monday, December 14
Remember: Maintenance = Customer Service! Video on property management and managing the manager: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZJ9_... Maintenance is simultaneously boring and frightening. "Oh God, what do I do if an angry tenant calls?" Luckily, there are ways to prepare for it, no matter how...
Should You Manage Your Own Property or Hire a Property Manager?
Thursday, December 10
So you've gotten into buy and hold real estate, as you should. Now the question is whether to choose in-house management or outhouse management. Well, we'll run through the advantages and disadvantages of each and when we think you should do one or the other. For more, please subscribe to our ...