I have a photography and art background, so I'm not looking to hire anyone, but I want to do better than compact cams or a phone with a wide attachment lens.

Even in Texas, a very Pro Landlord state, we have properties that are in very liberal jurisdictions and the judges delayed granting our evictions to give residents more time to pay their balance.

Don't expect them to give you the benefit of doubt or take the more liberal approach to approving you for an equity line because they have less risky applications now in their pipeline that they need to get to and approve besides yours.

I was amazed at how well it works,” said Webb, whose rental rates range from $99 to $225 a night.During peak season, Airbnb hosts tend to raise their rates much like hotels do.Lupita Johnston, who’s been hosting since 2014, charges $300 a night during the gem show — more than double her usual $120 rate — but her guests don’t mind, she said.For roughly the cost of two queen beds at a four-star hotel during the gem show, Johnston’s guests get a 2,000-square-foot west-side house filled with art and antiques, with mountain views and sleeping space for nine people.Visitors come from around the globe, she said, rhyming off a list: “Panama, Holland, Germany, India, Japan, Finland, Denmark and all over the United States.

So if they send a check then do a RTS without opening it. 

Serious vetting/screening is an art form and is one of the things that can be a make or break point for a large number of landlords.

Banks have a vested interest in getting lowball appraisals in BRRRR situations, and if appraisers want to keep working for their main clients, those banks, they quickly learn to be well-versed in the art of giving the banks what they want, money-making lowball appraisals that screw you, the investor, and take money out of your pocket.An appraiser is going to come in with a point-and-shoot digital camera, or, in the worst case, use her/his phone.

Great arts here, the best beer, legal weed (if that's your thing), proximity to the mountains, and 300 days of sun.

It would be great to meet for lunch on a Saturday sometime.Bleu, you don't happen to be the art teacher at MHS, do you? 

I like to know exactly to the Finiest detail why my ARV is a conservative reflectIon of useful and competent comps and that my rehab is a liberal figure because I find it better for the customer even though the prices may not be as sexy for me to market