Being a landlord comes with a heaping pile of responsibility. There are toilets to fix, rent to collect, and painting to do. There’s one responsibility that comes before all those others, however; and I bet you can guess what it is… The safety of your tenants....
Did you ever want to fly to Mars as a child? At some point in our lives, most of us Earth-bound terrestrials have considered what it would be like to live on a different colored ball—ya know, something besides this blue-and-green one. Once upon a time there were 9...
In just a day or so burgers will begin flying off the shelves, a tent will appear in the Wal-Mart parking lot, and ketchup will be worth’s it weight in gold. That’s right, folks. It’s almost the 4th of July! In my article last year, I gave some firework safety tips...
Rent is the energy that makes your landlording machine run. Imagine a hamster on a wheel running around and around in circles, powering your every-day operation. Maintenance needs to be kept up with. Repairs need to be made. Empty units need to be advertised, new...
Most of the time, you’d love it if your rental property passed from the hands of one capable tenant into the hands of another. Most of us aren’t looking to leave our property vacant for long periods of time. All the same, sometimes it’s necessary. Maybe you’re going...
After the Christmas decorations have been put away and the mushy-snowy-slush of mid-February sets in, it can be hard to keep your spirits up. You’re in the full swing of work or school with no end in sight. It’s dull. I know. Seasonal depression is a real thing, not...
