Book Review: 40 Ways to Increase the Net Income of your Rental Propert
Sunday, June 07
Al Wiliamson and I share a passion for proving leadership to support neighborhood revitalization in the communities we invest in.I felt so honored when he sent me a copy of his latest book, 40 Ways to Increase the Net Income of your Rental Property. He even marked some pages that I might be part...
Tenant Screening: Negative Attributes to Screen Out
Tuesday, June 02
As I said in my last post, it is never too early in the process to figure out what you’re looking for and what you will not accept.Here are some attributes we screen out: Pets or people beyond policy. We have established occupancy for each unit, normally two people per bedroom. We also have sor...
Tenant Screening: Positive Attributes to Screen For
Friday, May 22
Seems like I’ve been weighing in a lot on tenant screening forum topics lately.It is never too early in the process to figure out what you’re looking for and what you will not accept.Here are some attributes I’m looking for: Enough income to pay rent. Verifiable income. A source of income that ...
A Blissfully Quiet Few Weeks
Friday, May 15
Took a week off the blog, last weekend we were having family time in Seattle. Life is good.I was listening to the BiggerPockets podcast with Chris Clothier this morning. He says several times that a consistent investment of an hour of time on BiggerPockets each day is a great way to grow in rea...
Another week in landlord news
Sunday, May 03
Caught a cold, so have been laying low.But landlord fun continues regardless. As does rent collection, love the first week of the month!This past week we had two different tenants request to move in a roommate. Our policy is that the applicant needs to fill out a full application, someone needs...
This week in landlord news
Friday, April 24
Puppies are so darn cute! Could something so cute chew up our woodwork and pee on our carpet?!? We approved little Dexter to move in at the end of the month, we’ll see how this goes. They wanted to make a payment plan for the additional pet deposit. I told them they can pay whenever they lik...