How to Get Started in Investing
Thursday, January 08
Being an active and experienced real estate investor I always get investors asking how to get started in investing. No one really knows what that first step is. First thing you want to do is you want to create a plan. I can say this because I started with no plan and I was on a quick road to disa...
Reasons Investors Fail With Rental Properties
Friday, December 26
#1: Landlord’s are the highest sued people in Real Estate. They are watched by more government agencies than anyone else in Real Estate. Fair Housing, Discrimination, the IRS, Texas Property Code, and you have a whole litany of people that are watching you along with the Texas Real Estate Commis...
How Investors Deal With Problem Tenants
Monday, December 22
How investors can deal with problem tenants and ways to avoid legal pitfalls. One of the biggest mistakes I see owners make time and time again is that they do not treat their rental properties like a business. The IRS says you’re a business, Fair Housing says you’re a business and here in Texas ...
How Much Should You Spend on a Make Ready?
Monday, December 22
How much should you spend on a make ready. Most owners would like to have a good ball park number, depending on the property they are buying. Everybody obviously has different opinions or thoughts of what they should do in a make ready. Remember it is a business and you are not living in the pro...
Speaking Topics from Empire Industries Property Management
Sunday, December 07
Investor PitfallsAgent Alliance 20/20 ProgramSure Fire Ways to Lease Your Property FastFair Housing LawsTenant LawsSo What Does a Property Management Company Do Anyway?
A Visit to Gary Greene Spring
Sunday, December 07
We had one more speaking opportunity last week. Empire Industries Property Management of Houston had the opportunity to bring breakfast to Gary Greene Spring. Here, we met many Agents, answered questions, handed out marketing materials and planted the seed for the future. We want to thank Gary Gr...