Throughout history, the metrics that define success have evolved to reflect the values and priorities of each era. The human experience parallels this trajectory as it plays out on a smaller scale throughout our lifes...

To get the brain thinking during the holiday season, here are some oxymorons from a book I read once probably by Robert Kiyosaki:

1. Job Security - no one is safe.
2. Saving Money - Savers are Losers.
3. Safe Inve...

My family has been in the farming and grain storage business. We quit farming and focused on the grain storage business. The problem is all the farmers are getting too old and there is no new farmers coming in so the ...

So I have a great off-market deal on the line, but have run into a head-scratcher.The seller owes 75k on the property to a private lender. We've agreed on a price of 150k. However, she's on social security and can't h...

In my 8 years of landlording, I have relied heavily on background and credit checks. But now I have a vacancy and an applicant who is a foreign student at a local college. He does not have a social security number, bu...

I am converting what was going to be an AirBNB property to a mid or long tern rental. What are ways to protect myself from the possibility that people may be looking to get into a place that for the foreseeable future...

I have another landlord who contacted me to do a landlord reference. They initially sent the reference form to the wrong email and not to me. I eventually got the form but noticed the tenants personal info is on it in...

My brother's family owns a few very nice homes in a resort market that he rents out. The rentals are primarily during the summer season as that is when people visit the town. Of course, they are having a harder time w...

I admit it, I'm a lazy guy at heart and have to work hard to overcome this inclination regularly kicking myself in the pants. I thought I would share this Reddit thread I came across. Those who struggle like I do migh...

Please help with advice from an experience investor/landlord. I have a tenant with an ill child( sickle cell). She has used his health as an excuse for 6 months now to delay her past due payments. Can I send the 5 day...