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I see a lot of talk about the importance of hiring a property manager (PM) rather than self managing. For 20 years I have managed my own properties so I wanted to offer some thoughts on the advantages of self managing...
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I have $400,000 to invest for my mother. She is older and would like to have an opportunity to have higher returns on her money at this point in her life. We were initially looking to flip homes, which would potential...
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This is just a minor vent session but I got my first taste of real world landlord work this past weekend. And not the good kind. Not the "retire by 40 and travel the world" kind but more of the "your tenant will try a...
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So right now I work in the back office of a bank, financial processing. Pretty boring, all day I'm buried in excel. Very unexciting. Every day is the same. I feel like a drone, very little decision making. It's cushy ...
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Current situation, I rented a duplex out to a single mom with kids two months ago. She's on section 8. Section 8 pays 100% of the rent. I received a letter from section 8 saying that she got married so she'll need ...
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Hello everyone ,
Thanks so much for the great positive feedback that I'm getting on my podcast appearance episode #331 . I really appreciate everybody that has reached out to me and I promise I will be returning all...
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Are we still singing the same old song? "Prices won't come down!" I hope not, remember folks there is a lag between rate increases and falling equity prices. We are still running on comps from late 21 / early 22. If y...
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