On a vacation to Whistler this past week I managed to read Rich Dad, Poor Dad (in between shredding the slopes) and thought that it was an interesting read. The concept of the rich buy assets versus buying liabilit...

Hi All,My first tenant in my first ever rental is nearing the end of their 1st year lease. I currently have a PM in place, and their procedures are to ask the tenant 30 days prior to end of lease if they would like to...

Hi guys,

I was just speaking to my brother via skype a few minutes ago.
He's in Australia.

I tell him Im planning on doing a road trip to Cleveland to check out some properties.

I explain to him that there are pro...

Whew!  It took me 2 days to send the email.  It felt like I was making a family homeless.  I need to grow a set for this business.  I'm usually a tough cookie, but this real estate landlord business is not for the sof...

Do you ever run across individuals that just have "it"? It's the "it" factor that some people just walk around with, conduct their business with and operate their life with. My question is what is "it"? Is that years ...

Hello BP! I'm in contract with my first property and wanted some suggestions on the kitchen. Is it a good idea to keep the cabinets/countertop and just repaint? or Should I just replace the whole thing? It looks like ...

Hello my Santa Clarita Valley People!I wanted to see who lives in the SCV to start a network program if possible.And if you are from the valley area (Granada Hills, Sylmar, North Hills, etc.) feel free to reach out!Ho...

I received a question about profitabilty of being a PM. I thought about it. I've had PMs at times 10% of rents. I'm thinking around here average rents are probably $500, that's $50 bucks plus first months rent.

$110...

Bear with me. These things are always a bit complicated. Our rental is a triplex in California. We had a new tenant move into the middle unit about a month ago. Tenants on either side have lived there for 7+ years. Te...

My wife and I both work and have no kids. We live in Seattle, Washington, where the market is really hot right now. We started looking for our own place back in October, but have yet to land anything. We've put in som...