Shocked Again!
Monday, February 02
Just when I thought I'd seen EVERYTHING that you can see in the rental property business, I was absolutely SHOCKED today! Here's the story.A couple of months ago, I rented an apartment to a 19 year old girl. Although her boyfriend was not on the lease, she disclosed that he would be living there ...
More Storm Damage
Saturday, January 31
The storm damage continues to increase, even though the big ice storm has been over for a couple of days. Last evening, I received a call from a neighbor of one of my other properties to report that one of my trees had fallen on his shed and was pulling down his electric line (and his lights were...
Home from the Road
Friday, January 30
I arrived home from my trip last evening. All in all, it was a nice trip. My wife had a good time at her conference and we had some fun time also. My wife and I ended up seeing Gran Torino on Wednesday night. It was a good movie, but I would have enjoyed it more if Clint Eastwood would have done ...
Long Distance Landlording, Part Deux!
Thursday, January 29
I'm still on the road with my wife at her conference. Today, I would just like to provide an update on my long distance landlording experience. As anyone knows that has watched TV the past few days, we had a significant (once a year) winter storm go through the area. The storm dumped a few inches...
Long Distance Landlording
Tuesday, January 27
I'm practicing my long distance landlording skills while I'm on the road this week with my wife. She has a business conference for her business and I'm taking a little mini-vacation just to relax as she attends her conference. Unfortunately, the weather in the midwest is HORRIBLE! Today started w...
Business is Picking Up!
Saturday, January 24
I am happy to report that all of our houses are now rented! In addition, all of our two and three bedroom apartments are rented and the only thing I have left is a single one-bedroom apartment! That doesn't happen very often, but just shows the growing demand for rentals, due in large part to the...