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Maintaining Your Investment Property
You can often tell from the curb which landlords maintain their investment properties and which do not. As both an investor and a real estate agent, I am actually concerned more about the “deferred maintenance” of all the little items than the major ones.
The dozens of minor repairs can be more concerning […]
The Tricks to Rehabbing Houses
Are you addicted to those shows in which people are buying run-down houses, fixing them up and reselling them for huge profits before the first mortgage payment is due? Wow!
What’s more, these people claim they did it in their spare time and made more on that one house rehab than you made all last year! […]
How To Raise The Rent At Your Investment Property
Being a landlord requires management skills, sales skills, and negotiation skills as you are constantly working with people (your tenants). One sensitive subject for both the landlord and tenant can be “How much is the rent going to be?” Once the tenant is living there, raising the rent is important but can be […]
How to Become a Real Estate Investor
I can remember what it was like looking at the investment properties for sale on the internet. It was quite intimidating and a little overwhelming. It felt like being a freshman on the first day of high school! With any new venture, hobby, or career those initial nervous days will pass. […]
What To Do When Tenants Won’t Leave Your Investment Property
You have decided not to renew a particular tenant’s lease for any number of reasons (late rent, noise complaints). Immediately after notifying them that they must be out by the 31st, they stop returning your calls and are very cold when you do see them.
You never hear from them again, but you […]
How to Take Vacations When You Own Investment Property
Landlords: When you are on vacation, who do your tenants call when the furnace stops working? Do you take your phone with you, hoping you will have cell phone coverage? Who would get the call if you had a fire?
With some simply planning, you can easily get out of […]
