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Can you wrap your head around this strategy? Buying and holding good cash flowing rental properties long term is the goal when it comes to real estate investing. But is owning a property as a rental the only way to produce a good cashflow? If you don’t know the answer, that’s okay, because today we’re going to talk about a strategy that allows you to have passive income without the joys...
Issue the pay or quit Do you know what the first step should be for you as a landlord if you did not receive payment from your tenant this month? The answer is: issue the pay or quit letter. Landlords in our area typically have their residential leases set up so rent is due on the first and late after the fifth of each month. Our leases are not that way. In our contracts, rent is due on the...
Paperwork is a memorial Peter Fortunato, one of the greatest real estate creative deal structures I know, always says that your paperwork is a memorial of the meeting of the minds. What he means by that statement is that when you make a deal with someone, you are both making a set of promises. And your contracts, notes, leases and other paperwork are meant to memorialize what the two of...
The price of doing rehabs We just spent $100,000 on a rehab that we thought would cost $60,000. That means we went over budget $40,000. How do you like them apples? To be honest, we were shocked that we went over this much, especially since at the time we calculated our offer to purchase I was thinking I overestimated the rehab. This house was a three-bedroom, one huge bath...
Fat deals looking slim Being able to track your rehab numbers is a crucial skill as a real estate investor. The reason for this is if you don’t know how much it will cost to fix the house, you can’t make an accurate offer. To show you what I mean by that, let’s talk about a real deal that we have on the table right now. This particular lead came in from an agent whom I’ve...