Should I allow pets in my rental property?

As an experienced professional rental property manager I’ve had lengthy discussions with a large portion of my clientele about this very topic. There is no one simple answer to the question, but there are some guidelines and a lot of … Continue reading →

What is Rental Property Management and how much does it cost?

Rental property management may not be a familiar term to you, and honestly there’s no clear cut definition of what a property management company is or does. For the purposes of this article I’m speaking about a company that handles … Continue reading →

Is there a difference between being a real estate investor and being a landlord?

My Simple Rules for Owning Real Estate

Investing in real estate sounds really complicated, especially because there are so many ways to do it. In this article I’m going to focus on the most straightforward way that most people are familiar with, single family homes. To a … Continue reading →

Buy it in cash, or finance it?

I hear it all the time: “I just don’t like debt” or “I want to get these properties paid off as quickly as possible” and honestly, I totally understand.  I had a very similar mindset not that long ago, and … Continue reading →