Archive for landlording
Determine real estate rental rates quickly and easily – rentometer.com
I came across a website called http://www.rentometer.com/ that is designed to give you the “going” rental rate for a specific type of rental property anywhere in the U.S. When I first visited the site back in February I was seriously disappointed at its performance. I typed in a couple addresses of places… and NOTHING CAME [...]
Cool time and cost saver for landlords – Quick change locks
I was browsing some fellow real estate blogs and came across thelandlordblog.com written by Anesia Springborn. She wrote a nice post about a cool lock system that makes changing out locks a whole lot easier and cheaper. I thought this lock system was so cool that I decided to write up my own little posting [...]
Landlording 101 – The problem with renting to people you know
If you own a rental property you have undoubtedly heard this before… … DO NOT RENT TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW! Ya, sure renting to one of your buddies or your cousin billybob may sound like a good idea. You know them already, you know that they have a job, and you are pretty sure you [...]
Quick lesson in increasing cashflow on your rental properties
Here’s a quick lesson that I just re-learned last week on how to quickly incease cashflow on my rental properties without increasing rents on my tenants. Last week I just got a $30/month “raise” just by doing a yearly audit of my expenses. Ya, $30 isn’t enough to change your life… but when combined with [...]
