Buying a Rental Property - Step 2 of 8
Tuesday, March 11
This is the third blog article in my series following up Brandon Turner's guide on the steps to buying a rental property. My first article was an overview of the 8 steps Brandon outlined, and a list of some questions that a "newbie" to real estate investing might ask. My second article wa...
Buying a Rental Property - Step 1 of 8
Monday, March 10
This is a follow up to my last blog article which was about Brandon Turner's blog article on 8 steps to buying a rental property. (Great, now I feel like an episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" -- a spin off of an original series.) Read more here
Questions newbies ask about buying rental property
Sunday, March 09
Brandon Turner just posted a great article on a basic outline for how to buy a rental property on the Bigger Pockets blog. This is great as a basic outline, but I can imagine the types of questions newbies are thinking because real estate investing is a complex topic when you dig down deep i...
My favorite thing about being a landlord
Tuesday, February 25
Okay, so of course everyone says that there are good things and there are bad things about being a landlord. The bad things always seem to involve toilets or plumbing problems -- leaky faucets, leaky sinks, clogged drains, sewer issues, etc. But, of course the best part of it all is wh...
Great debates on BiggerPockets
Tuesday, January 21
If you've been around Bigger Pockets for a while, you've been able to experience the depth and richness of knowledge on the site. One of the benefits is that real estate investors are here from all over the USA and even other countries. Because there is such a wide variety of individuals,...
Making offers sight unseen
Sunday, January 12
I do not make offers sight unseen. I want to see a house in person before I make an offer so I can see anything that needs work, smell if there is any bad odor that would tell me of problems (pet urine, anyone?), and hear if there is anything I should be worried about (mice scurrying about, ru...