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Camp Yahweh Did you know that there is a ton about real estate, and even real estate investing, written in the Bible? There sure is. For instance: The oldest recorded deed that I’m aware of is found in the Bible. Now I wrote to you about this a long time ago. As a matter of fact, it was in 2016. So just to remind you, the column was titled “The oldest recorded deed” and it was based on...
Run your own race Recently I participated in my second ever half marathon. Consequently, it was also the second one I have done this year. And if you don’t know, a half marathon consists of running 13.1 miles. Now you may be asking yourself, “Why in the world would he do that?” To that I would answer that I have no idea. Well, that is not entirely true. One of the guys in the race...
In-home interviews are powerful Paper applications can tell you a lot about a rental applicant. But landlording is a people business. And just using an application falls short on giving you a total picture of what kind of person your applicants is. Check out this video as we talk about the strategy we use that we believe helps us choose high quality tenant every time, and make sure we...
Should we keep it or kill it? How would you like to go over a real-life deal we are working on today? Would that be beneficial? Actually, you might even be able to help me with it. Because we are having a hard time deciding if we should keep it or kill it. I get the idea of “keeping it” versus “killing it” from Aesop’s Fable about the Goose and the Golden Egg. And if you aren’t familiar...
Don’t be a good-for-nothing wholesaler Boy I’m going to get some hate mail for that title. But read on and you will understand what I mean by it. Before we get started, I need to define what I mean by the term “wholesaler.” Wholesaling is a strategy in real estate where the basic idea is to get a house under contract for enough of a discount that you can mark it up some and still...