01-23-15 Personal Social Media Strategy
Friday, January 23
We talk on Bigger Pockets about using social media to vet tenants. But how much energy are we spending on managing what others could be seeing when they try to vet us?When I google my name, not much pops up about me. I share a name with an actress/singer, so that muddies the water, and it is ju...
01.16.15 Our Vacation Rental Christmas
Friday, January 16
I’ve mentioned that we’ve been staying in vacation rentals while we travel, as research for a potential vacation rental in Seattle in our future.So, my parents were travelling up from California for Christmas, and our extended family Christmas Eve party was 3 hours north of us. Sounds like a per...
01.08.15 Real Estate Goals for 2015
Thursday, January 08
The new year is another opportunity to take inventory and set specific goals to move in the direction we want to go. A time to resolve to lose that same last 10 pounds, every year for the past 5 years. A time to work on improving ourselves and our lives. A time to dream about the future, a tim...
01.01.15 Year End Results for 2014 Goals
Thursday, January 01
2014 is over, time to reflect on the year and set goals for 2015.My 2014 goals relating to real estate:More visits to properties, perform 8-12 maintenance inspections, and be more proactive to reduce move outs or at least expensive move outs. Success is hitting 10 CAP instead of 9.5-9.7. RESULTS:...
12.26.14 Book Review: Buy and Hold Forever
Friday, December 26
The book I read for November is Buy & Hold Forever: How to Build Wealthy for the 21st century by David Schumaker. I think I really liked it, because I keep suggesting that people on the forums read it. It is a bit of an older man ranting about politics, the economy, and other issues, and I ...
12.18.14 Story of a Water Leak
Thursday, December 18
I think I’ve mentioned below that we tend to get bad rental news when we travel. So, this year at the end of our Thanksgiving trip, we got the photo above texted from a tenant. We recognize this; the walls had water under the paint… at another unit we were seeing a similar effect a few days bef...