Connecting with BiggerPockets Members
Saturday, October 31
This year I have had over 70 personal conversations with people on BP, not even counting the people who e-mail me outside of BP. I can’t imagine the stats for more active BP users.The most common themes are questions about low income landording, requesting a copy of my scoring system, and questi...
A Week in the Life with a Property Manager
Friday, October 23
Reminder that three of our units are now managed by a property manager, and five are still self managed. The five we manage have been blissfully quiet, hallelujah!Our property manager has had some work the last few weeks. In one of our duplexes, one side had a toilet blocked so badly that the pr...
One Simple Habit Wealthy People Practice Every Day
Friday, October 16
I always have my eyes peeled for information that contrasts the rich and the low income. Partly because I have a heart for the low income, I want to understand the issue to figure out how to improve it. And partly because I want to be wise and wealthy myself, so I want to study up on those habit...
Thoughts on tenant screening
Saturday, October 10
Things are quiet with the Fischer’s. Bruce did site a stripper pole in the living room of one of our tenants. I’ve been scouring airbnb for someplace interesting to spend a night closer to the next local BP meet-up. Not much news.So almost a month ago I saw this article by Mark Ainley on BP -...
A Peek into the Finances
Friday, September 25
I’ve been several months without rental financials. We had our credit cards compromised and reissued again, our bank got a new system that makes it difficult to import details into Quicken, and a refinance messed up several of our auto payments, so we’ve been in a whirlwind of sorting things out...
Spotlight on Mold
Friday, September 18
Living in the Pacific Northwest, mold is a constant threat. When Bruce and I moved into our first apartment together, we had mold growing on the walls of our bedroom. Ventilation issue. We have sure learned a lot since then.We have purchased properties with mold issues and have been able to co...