Real Estate

The Easiest Way Landlords Can Automatically Increase Rent (With Minimum Tension)

Every landlord wants to increase rent to at least keep up with inflation. However, regularly increasing rent is hard to do. Let me show you how you can increase rent with minimum tension. Recently, I received a surprise automatic rental increase from my newest tenants in the amount of $200. They pay electronically on the […]

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Paying Off Your Home May Not Provide The Joy You Expect

Thanks to reader feedback, I realized one financial move that was not included in my top financial moves to relieve stress list, was paying off your home. Even though I thought long and hard about what to put on the list, paying off your home didn’t get a dedicated bullet point, just an add-on. For

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Higher Credit Score Now Means Higher Mortgage Fees Or Rates

The higher your credit score, usually the lower your mortgage rate. Every time I went to apply for a new mortgage or refinance an existing mortgage, my mortgage lender would first ask for my credit score. If I said anything lower than a 720, they would politely tell me to look elsewhere. Before the 2008

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How Landlords Can Create Teachable Moments For Their Kids

I have a love-hate relationship with owning real estate because something always comes up. The more physical rental properties you own, the more problems you will have as a landlord. In June 2022, I decided to rent out a fully remodeled single-family home I had purchased in 2019 to a second family. We had originally

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Foreign Real Estate Investors Are Coming To Buy American Homes

Although COVID has been bad for many of us in so many ways, the pandemic did one good thing. The pandemic helped protect American homebuyers from a resurgence in foreign real estate investors. In a big way, the pandemic has throttled the demand from foreign real estate investors to buy American homes. Before the pandemic

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Fundrise eFunds: An Innovative Way To Invest In Your Future Home

If you want to invest in real estate, consider investing in Fundrise eFunds. Fundrise eFunds are private real estate funds that provide diversified exposure across America. Washington D.C. based Fundrise is one of the most innovative real estate crowdfunding platforms today. They were the first to create the eREIT, a real estate fund that uses

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How Long Will Rent Increases Last? Some Advice For Renters

One of my biggest fears for renters came true. Rents surged due to rising home prices, increasing household formation, and not enough inventory during the pandemic. The main question now is: How long will rent increases last? We shouldn’t feel bad for those who’ve been against homeownership for years. You can find plenty of them

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2023 Housing Price Forecasts: More Bears Than Bulls

2023 housing price forecasts from various institutions range from -22% to + 5.4%. There is no consensus as to which way house prices will go. However, the bias is towards the downside. There is also the issue of forecasting the national median home price and the price of your local housing market. While we care

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