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Top 5 Real Estate Investing Books
Give a quick listen as I talk about my top 5 Real Estate Investing books. These 5 books really helped (and still do help) me in my real estate investing career. Then stop by the Smarter Library and order a copy for yourself. Don’t see your favorite on the list? Drop me a comment and let me know what your favorites are.
Podcast – Why Invest in Real Estate
Check out my latest podcast where I along with Jo Garner and Richard Scarbrough discuss why you should invest in real estate. Originally aired on AM 600 WREC on 12/3/2011.
Featured Posts
Dealing With Tenant Drama
Tenants are the lifeblood of a landlord. Their rent payments keep us up and running. Tenants, being human however always bring some drama along with them. Many times they want to involve you, the landlord, in that drama. Sometimes it is just petty BS. “My roommate is driving me crazy and she needs to move out! Make here leave.” “My roommate did not pay me for this month’s rent so I only have half of the rent.” Other times it is more serious. “We are…
Pets or No Pets?
Everyone has different feelings about pets. Some can’t live without them. Some can’t stand pets. There are dog lovers and there are cat lovers. You know the drill. No matter your own personal feelings on pets, should you allow them in your rental properties? That depends upon your own feelings as well as an examination of the pluses and minuses on allowing pets. On the negative side: Pets will cause more wear and tear on your property. Untrained dogs like to chew on window…
Pick A Place To Farm
No, I’m not talking about for growing corn, but for growing your real estate investments. If you want to be a successful and smarter real estate investor, you should find a particular area and farm it for real estate deals. It just makes good real estate investing sense. Just as you would not try to scatter your corn crop all over the country or your particular city, you should not scatter your real estate investments all over the country or even all over your particular…
Rents Are Up, Housing Still Down
Rents are starting to go up. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: Rents are starting to accelerate. Rent of primary residence rose 3.1 percent in December, and has risen 3.5 percent over the past six months. Owners’ equivalent rent (OER) rose 2.2 percent in December and is up 2.3 percent over the past six months. Interestingly, all but one of the regional OER components we use to compute the median CPI posted an increase near 3.0 percent in December (the median component was…
Fewer New Households Being Created
Since the Great Recession began in 2007, the United States has witnessed a drop in the number of new households being created. Moody’s Analytics estimates that there are about one million less households in the United States than there should be based on current demographics What’s a household you ask? A household is simply persons who occupy a housing unit, such as a single family dwelling, an apartment or mobile home. Households are normally created when children grow up and leave the nest. Children go…
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