As a landlord who did a post-mortem pandemic review, I’ve come to realize renters also won big once the lockdowns began. I’m not talking about the renters who decided to stop paying rent even though they continued to be gainfully employed. Many mom-and-pop landlords got hurt by these non-paying renters since the landlord’s expenses still

So you’re thinking about buying a vacation property. I’ve owned a vacation property since 2007 and don’t recommend doing so. However, let me introduce a vacation property buying rule to follow so you don’t get in financial trouble. The vacation property buying rule to follow is to buy a vacation property for lifestyle first, income

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

I currently have an opportunity of upgrading homes but am unsure whether it’s the right move. Maybe you’re going through this dilemma as well and need to talk things through. The house I wanted to buy a year ago failed to sell because it was listed too high. Then the S&P 500 corrected by 19.6%