Very pleased to announce I’ll be self-publishing another book on Amazon in the very near future! Collect Rent, Don’t Pay It: A Beginner’s Guide to Rental Property Investing will share the successes and challenges my wife and I have encountered in our almost 15 years as amateur rental investors. Over 150 pages packed with step [...]
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This week we closed on our first investment property build, ending a nearly two and half year adventure. Two and half years you ask? Please read on. Successful rental property investing like most things, is a math problem, it either works or it doesn’t. Fortunately, the math should work out on this investment in the [...]
If money is made in real estate when acquired, then no single factor is more important than where the property is located. I know its clichéd but it is absolutely true. Generally speaking, the same factors that drive up home prices are what impacts rental markets. When choosing a rental property, cheaper is not always [...]
Not only have we had a few tenant challenges with our rental business this summer, we’ve also had a spike in maintenance problems! The cost of repairs and maintenance must be included in the calculus when operating a rental property business. However, it is not an exact science. We budget a portion of our gross [...]
Owning real estate is an essential way for the average American worker to build wealth. I would assert real estate ownership is a financial truth! One thing is for sure, paying rent an entire adult life will make it difficult to build net worth. Why not get a return on rent money instead of improving [...]




