Quick tip for Microsoft Word
Thursday, April 04
If you are building a website or formatting a letter and need some blocks of text to fill in space for layout purposes, here is a little-known quick tip to get dummy text without typing "the quick brown fox" several times:1. Open Microsoft Word.2. Type =rand() and press enter.Voila! Several bloc...
Relationships gone bad
Wednesday, April 03
Unfortunately in real estate investing, sometimes you find that you have the opportunity to make a profit from someone else's misfortune. Sometimes this is due to a foreclosure, or a loss of job, or a medical issue, or even a relationship gone bad. The upside is that you get to help that person...
Koi pond in the basement
Tuesday, March 26
I recently had dinner with another landlord in the area. He has just one rental property and he told me the story of some tenants who decided to become entrepreneurs. They decided to raise Koi fish and sell them. Well, what he found is that they didn't just decide to fill up a kiddie pool in t...
Six-figure gross rental income in 2.5 years
Monday, March 25
When I got into the buy-and-hold market in Milwaukee, I knew that I wanted to be successful. And in the last year and a half, I've found that I have been successful in what I've done. I truly like being a landlord, and have found good tenants that so far are relatively long-term. I've made a f...
Marie Forleo
Thursday, March 21
If you haven't heard of Marie Forleo, she is (self-described) "part business strategist, part marketing maven and part spiritual ass-kicker with a side of hip-hop swagger."She appeals mostly to women, as she writes a blog and has video posts (called "MarieTV") geared toward women, assisting with ...
Well what do you know?
Wednesday, March 20
I was intrigued by the idea of "yellow letters" and wanted to try something new so I decided to send out my own version. I sent out 6 blank greeting cards to certain non-owner occupied properties (all I had time for immediately) with a short message and my phone number. I had my eye on one prop...