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Matt Mainini How to overcome emotionally difficult tenants?
12 January 2020 | 44 replies

I knew this would happen eventually, but I still don't know how to overcome it mentally.  My goal is to grow my business (currently 3 rental properties) and work on systems and whatnot, yet I'm deeply troubled by one ...

Doug W. My first flip - I broke even
7 August 2015 | 78 replies

I thought I would share my story with the hope that it inspires someone to start the home flipping adventure and/or saves someone from making some of the (costly) mistakes that I made. Note that I'm purposely not incl...

Joey Budka Decreasing Incentive to Attend Universities
10 April 2011 | 42 replies

I have been noticing a trend. And the trend goes like this: the return on investment for those attending 4-year universities is decreasing substantially. For the amount you pay to attend college, it is in many cases n...

Joel Owens TINY houses... Fad or here to stay??
20 June 2016 | 50 replies

Tiny housesPeople are living in these 150 to 350 sq ft mobile houses. I think it's a lifestyle thing because mass America wouldn't live this way.I would rather increase my income then have to live in such a small spac...

Lloyd Segal Economic Update (Monday, February 8, 2021)
8 February 2021 | 1 reply



Economic Update(Monday, February 8, 2021)
Have you ever wondered who originally handed out area codes? For example, why did Vermont get 802 and Southern California 213? Listen closely because the a...

Kathryn Schauer Drainage Issue - Need advice!
6 August 2021 | 34 replies

I'm having a drainage issue at one of my rentals.  If they get a heavy rain, one side of the yard is holding water up against the house, and it's seeping inside the home.Last year the PM installed an outdoor sump pump...

Michael Davido Analyzing a rented duplex
17 October 2020 | 15 replies

This is a deal that the BP calculator seems to make work.  It would be my first investment property.  It is about 1 hour and 15 minutes from where I live.Purchase Price:  $139,900Closing Costs:  $6,300 (I went with 4....

Nat C. ​Disaster tiling job
27 September 2018 | 82 replies

I hired two professional tilers to tile one of my properties.Their quote was $500 more than another estimate I received but I felt like they were professionals who I could trust to do a good job.Indeed they have been ...

Lindsay Wilcox First Tools to Buy?
20 November 2013 | 41 replies

I'm about to go straight from renter to triplex owner-occupant. I'm an exceptionally fast learner and have at least average coordination, so I love the idea of learning to do as many things as possible myself.

If I w...

Larry Moore If you can't convince them, call them stupid.
25 November 2010 | 90 replies

I guess we'll see how that tactic works in November:

Speaking on health care Monday, Senator Diane Feinstein said, "I've gotten 90,000 emails and faxes on the health care bill and over 85,000 of them are against it. ...