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I’ve almost completed my third book, The Essential Handbook for Landlords, and I need your help.
I’m including a section of stories from other landlords and would love to include yours.
What are the first landlording stories that come to your mind? Are they funny, tragic, annoying, or maybe triumphant stories filled with love and help you were able to offer, or fortunate to receive, from the lives you’ve impacted.
Included, along with your story, will be your name, your company name, and a link to your blog or website. They can be published anonymously, if you prefer.
Have you read them yet? The Essential Handbook for Selling a Home is on sale right now through Amazon.com for only $9.34 rather than it’s cover price of $14.95. It will soon be available as an eBook.
The Essential Handbook for Buying a Home is available through Amazon in paperback for $9.95 or as an eBook for only $2.99.
We hand these buying and selling books out to our clients as gifts, and it is amazing to see their reactions to the sincere help we’re offering.
Consider giving these as gifts to your clients. It’s a very sincere gesture that sets you apart from your competition and helps create the customer bond we all need to succeed long term.
Please feel free to leave your landlording stories here in the comments section or email them to me: karen@karensperspective.com.
I look forward to hearing from you soon and, as always, to Your Success!
If you can’t trust what you see, and you shouldn’t always trust what you hear, what do you trust?
There are many ways to increase the value of an investment property, from cosmetic enhancements and landscaping to high end light fixtures and carpeting. But one of the surest ways to increase value and a property’s attractiveness to buyers or renters is a home security system.
A home security system is always a prudent idea to protect a dwelling, its contents, and the people who live in your property. But here’s an added bonus you may not realize: having a home security system can both significantly reduce insurance premiums and increase the value of your property.
Utilizing a security system keeps a home safe and secure and considerably reduces insurance premiums for the owner or renter. In other words, installing a home security system offers far more value to the consumer than any other single item added to an investment property. Home security is, simply put, a smart investment.
One of the best lists of crime prevention I’ve read. No wonder – it comes from a police department; talk about an experienced resource.
Thanks to my good friend Arminda Lindsay for forwarding this. It actually comes from Sergeant Butch Clark of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Hillsborough, NC.
Read and be safe.
1. Of course I look familiar. I was here just last week cleaning your carpets, painting your shutters, or delivering your new refrigerator.
2. Hey, thanks for letting me use the bathroom when I was working in your yard last week. While I was in there, I unlatched the back window to make my return a little easier.
On Monday, Warren Buffett said that single family homes are an attractive investment right now. He recommends that Americans buy them and rent them out. Buffett said he’d snatch up “millions” of single family homes if it were practical.
“Today there are more households being created than houses.”
His comments on real estate start about 5 minutes into this video. Enjoy!
Tom Henderson approached me about writing a guest post on how to ship a car when you move. Fascinating! I was intrigued because I would have no idea how to direct someone if asked this question. Thanks, Tom, for your article.
When people move long distances, it is sometimes smart to invest in a vehicle transport. This can save a lot on gas money and mileage. There are, in fact, times when one cannot drive their vehicle to a destination (i.e. moving abroad). The right car moving group will protect the vehicle and quickly get it from one place to the next. A car is a large and heavy item. Thus, it is smart to work with professionals who understand how to maneuver and safely ship a car long distances.
Following are some of the many things to consider when looking for a group to move your car.
I’m not sure why anyone would let tenants get behind in their payments, but I regularly get calls from students asking what they should do because it’s the 21st of the month and they still haven’t received the payment that was due on the first. “Why haven’t you done anything sooner?” I ask. “Well, they said they were going to pay.”
What other creditor does that line work with? The mortgage company? The gas company? Cable? Where do people learn this tactic? Apparently, with landlords who let them slide rather than responding as soon as the payment is late.
We have a set policy and we stick to it. Payments are due on the first and late after the fifth. In my world, payments are late after the first but the government, in their wisdom, decided that tenants should have five additional days to come up with their payment, so I have to wait until the sixth to respond to non-pays.
That doesn’t help anyone, as far as I can tell. Because of this, tenants don’t think their rent is due until the fifth and wonder why I’m upset when they want to pay after that. “I’m not even late, yet,” is their rationale. You were due on the first so, in my mind, I can assure you that you are very late on the fifth.
But, I digress.
On the sixth, we can and do file for possession in our clerk of court office. Why? Because I don’t want to get to the 20th when they still haven’t paid before I start my actions. By that time, they may decide to hang out and see how long it will take me to evict. Eventually, they could figure it’s cheaper to move than to pay me the, by then, two month’s rent that is due. I don’t want to give tenants that much time to build up debt or to plan alternatives.
As you might have heard, the government is planning to release some “packages” of real estate owned (REO) properties currently held by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the FHA. The release of these properties is expected to be only two to three weeks away.
This first phase of property release is targeted to smaller groups or local individual investors rather than to mega Wall Street hedge funds as in the past.
Interested in getting your hands on some of these properties? You must “pre-qualify” to establish your eligibility to bid.
Qualifying criteria include:
Hi everyone, I’m Jessica, a writer for Arcadian Lighting, the place for affordable light fixtures. Every day I get to write about inspiring interior designs and then share them with lovely bloggers, like Karen. Today’s post is inspired by bedrooms that have a rustic elegance. I love rustic interiors, especially during the colder months when all I want to do is stay indoors where its warm and cozy. I hope you enjoy these bedrooms!
This beautiful modern bedroom features a wonderfully unique headboard frame made of reclaimed wooden beams. The driftwood side table and dried branches add an extra bit of natural, rustic beauty to the room.
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May 15, 2012 5602 Plantation Dr.
May 15, 2012 3416 Langdale
May 11, 2012 2812 Pine Lake
May 11, 2012 1444 Whilden
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April 28, 2012 922 Silver Ave.
April 26, 2012 401 N. Mendenhall
March 14, 2012 5402 Greenough Way
February 2, 2012 4041 Tarrant Trace
January 6, 2012 1508 Elam
September 14, 2011 2105 Murray Hill