08.08.14 Maximizing my BiggerPockets membership
Friday, August 08
I’m guessing there are as many way to use BiggerPockets as there are ways to invest in real estate.Here’s my strategy to get the most out of the site:Spend a little time on the site every day. I used to stay on BP until I could find one topic to post on. Now I spend a bit more time and a few mo...
08.01.14 Bullet Dodged with Rental Agreement Interpretation
Friday, August 01
OK, I’m guessing I might take some flak for not having a lawyer regularly review my rental agreement. I know, I know. But I like to tinker. I find something I like somewhere else and incorporate it. I’m also very committed to keeping the rental agreement in plain English as much as possible; ...
07.26.14 Analyzing Tenant Turnover
Saturday, July 26
I took Josh Dorkin’s advice and dug into my treasure trove of market research data.For over 4 years, I’ve been documenting rentals available through Craigslist and the local paper in my target neighborhood. I grab several data points, but relevant to today’s post are address, bedroom count, date...
07.19.14 My Podcast Experience
Saturday, July 19
On June 5th Jaren at Bigger Pockets sent me a private message entitled “Interview on the BiggerPockets Podcast?”. I didn’t know there was a Jaren at BiggerPockets, and my first thought was that this was a prank.I took awhile to respond, even after I decided it was legit. I’m a quiet person, the...
07.11.14 Confronting the "Slumlord" Next Door
Friday, July 11
One of our tenants called us last weekend. We went over there and they told us their 18 month old is in the ER with an undiagnosed all over rash. They were concerned it was from flea shampoo thrown into their yard from the neighbors, and listed enough other complaints about that neighbors that ...
07.04.14 Book Review: Money or Your Life
Friday, July 04
I recently re-read Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez. My husband and I read it in the mid 90’s and it changed the trajectory of our lives. Sometimes it is easy to get sucked into buying t...