Landlord Hack 3 of 10 Pet Rent and Pet Fees
Friday, December 26
I got an email from a tenant late Christmas Eve. We are getting a cat let us know what we need to do. While I must admit there is a bit of fear and trepidation there was also a smile. The smile comes from the following.I will collect $150 in pet registration fee and an addition $25 per month in p...
Landlord Hack #2B of 10 - Automatic Rent Increases.
Saturday, December 06
Along with my last blog of Automatic Lease Renewals is Automatic rent increases. This is pretty straight forward.I would have to say that it's a pretty universal that prices increase. Can't really think of one thing that's cheaper now than it was 10 years ago. Everyone knows that and pretty much...
Landlord Hack #2 of 10 - Automatic Lease Renewals
Saturday, November 22
First of all my apologies for the loose use of the word hack. According to Urban Dictionary Hack means (among other things) "a clever solution to a tricky problem" for example to hack is to mod or change something in an extraordinary way. That is the nature of my use of the term. Anyway my attemp...
Top 10 Self Managing Landlord Hacks - Part 1 of 10
Sunday, November 02
This is an installment of my experience as a self managed buy and hold investor.My favorite landlord hack is an ETF. No an ETF is not an exchange traded fund but an Early Termination Fee. Here is how it works.Everyone that owns rental properties has had this happen if they have owned property for...