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Rental Application Procedure The way we take rental applications has changed over time. When we first started, we would take lots of pictures, a video tour and then upload all that material to a website that we could advertise on for free that would also syndicate to other sites like Zillow and Trulia. We would then put hand-painted red signs in the yard of the property listing all the...
Find a routine We got back from a weeklong stay at the beach at 10 p.m. last night. That’s kind of late for us. But we got everything in the house and were in bed by 11 p.m. so I could get up and be at the gym this morning by 5:30 a.m. Now, I’m here to tell you, it felt really, really good to be in my bed last night. I slept better in those 5 1/2 hours before my alarm went off than...
Foreclosure Tidal Wave I watched a pretty cool TED talk on how tidal waves are formed recently, and I learned some really interesting stuff I would like to share with you. The first thing I learned was that the name of tidal wave is a little bit of a misnomer because they have nothing to do with the ocean tidal system. Then I learned about the term tsunami, which is a conjunction...
It can be exciting and scary We went to dinner recently with a group of investor friends over in Dawsonville, Georgia. Some Ashley and I have known for years, and others we had just met that day. As we sat around the table, we discovered that one of them had recently made the move to become a full-time investor. When I say recently, I mean three months ago. Ashley asked him how he...
Should you go to a REIA? When Ashley and I got started in on our real estate investing journey we had no idea where to go or who to turn to for education — or guidance in general, for that matter. The first course we took was on creative financing. We overpaid, maxing out our credit cards to get the $12,500 class with a big-name investing education company. That $12,500 at a 28%...