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How I do an in-home interview
How I do an in-home interview This week I saw a feed where someone had asked the question “what three things people look for in potential tenants?” That got me curious because we don’t look for three, but four things in a potential tenant. As I read the responses, people listed things like credit scores they prefer and job stability. One said they were looking for someone who does not have an...
Land lording
Working on your Retirement
Right now it’s 5:38 a.m. My back, hands and neck hurt, and I’m not the alert morning person I normally am. Straight up: I didn’t get enough sleep. I worked on three different rentals yesterday. It was a full day. Rental No.1: We had a busted pipe. When I got...
Pay or quit
Rent is due on the first and late after the fifth for most rental properties. See if this scenario sounds familiar. It is 5p.m. on the fifth and you get a frantic call from a tenant. They’re giving you every reason under the sun for paying late. They say...
Ripley’s lessons in land lording… believe it or not.
Ashley and I recently took our toddlers to the Ripley’s Aquarium in Gatlinburg, Tenn., for the first time. Boy did we have a time. Notice the omission of the word “good” in that last sentence. The time we had was stressful and not fun. My three-year-old...
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Real Estate Investing
Invest in yourself
Invest in yourself I wonder if we, as real estate investors, get so caught up in flipping and landlording that we don’t take time to focus on what the word “invest” really means. One definition of investing is to devote one’s time, effort, energy or money to a...
All work and no play
All work and no play As I write this, I’m sitting at The Feast of Tabernacles, also just called Sukkot. If you aren’t familiar with The Feast of Tabernacles, that’s where Yahweh commanded the children of Israel to live in temporary dwellings for seven days....
What I learned at Magistrate Court
What I learned at Magistrate Court Yesterday I got to do something that all landlords are forced to do at one point or another. I had to go to court over a dispossessory that we had filled on a tenant due to non-payment. We’ve been blessed. We’ve...
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