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A teachable moment

A teachable moment

On a recent workday, I walked out of the door of a house we’d purchased the previous week and got into my truck. To quote Peg from the PBS show my kids watch, “Peg + Cat,” “I’m free-e-king out!”     When I arrived at the house, we found it was still completely full – as in, the seller hadn’t moved yet.   You see, they’d had until the day before to have all their personal property...

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A strong fence makes for good neighbors

A strong fence makes for good neighbors

A strong fence makes for good neighbors:   The prospect of renting to friends and family is something that comes up from time to time. Some people like to steer clear of that practice because of the potential damage it can do to relationships. I’m normally one of those people because our relationships are too important to put in jeopardy. That being said, we’ve done it in the past – both...

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Contract terminations

Contract terminations

Contract terminations   Pete Fortunato has a wonderful way of defining contracts. He says a contract is a memorial of the meeting of the minds.   Isn’t that poetic?   For us real estate investors, our paper work tells the story of what happened when the buyer and the seller had a meeting of the minds and agreed to a deal.     Sometimes I think we lose the simplicity of...

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