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Home Buying Tips That People Never Tell You!

I would like to talk about home ownership, in particular, mortgages. Now everyone tells you that home ownership is better than renting. Some people would say renting is better than home ownership. I...

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How I Almost Got Cheated out of 650 bucks

So as you all may know we recently purchased our 3 rental property. I did a lot of talking about in the following posts. We Have Officially Purchased Rental Property #3 Rental Property #3 Numbers...

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Are you a victim of foreclosure fraud? You can get $125k!

I’m creating a full length post about this… but this is time sensitive. DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 2012 Foreclosure fraud victims can be compensated up to $125k. This is issued by the federal reserve and...

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HOW WE HANDLE RENTAL PROPERTY VACANCIES

Welcome to the real estate property update: the project manager edition. Many people get so caught up in the work that they fail to step back and analyze the work, which was completed. In the past...

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LLC vs Personal – HELOC – Reader Question

I received the following questions as a comment within the article… How we title our real estate properties I answered the questions, but then I realized this was better suited for it’s own post.   YFS...

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I Almost Got Cheated Out of 650 Bucks – Updated

I received a phone call from my attorney today concerning the $650 dollars the prior owner of property 3 owed me. I wrote all about it here: How I Almost Got Cheated out of 650 bucks See what had...

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2 Home Buying Tips That People Never Tell You!

I would like to talk about home ownership, in particular, mortgages. Now everyone tells you that home ownership is better than renting. Some people would say renting is better than home ownership. I...

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5 Steps to Getting Your Loan File Reviewed if You Were Foreclosed on in...

**UPDATE – All Requests for Review Forms must be submitted online or postmarked no later than December 31, 2012. ** The period after the collapse of the housing market and automotive industries was one...

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2 Chainz On The Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction

I was chilling listening to the most lyrical person ever.. Twoooooooooo Chainz…. Then I was suddenly hit with the inspiration to write my next article. 2 chainz was blowing my mind with his deep...

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Where Should I Put My Money For A Down Payment

Today we are going to answer a question from a reader. This reader was on twitter and I received the DM asking, “hey Dom! Where do I put my money for a down payment if I am saving for my first home?”...

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We have over 400k in debt and I love it

At the start of 2012 our net worth was $246,756.54. I talked about it in this post here “Our Networth Increased by 125k in one year” From 2011 to 2012 we gained over 100% in net worth gains or 125k!!!...

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A Landlord’s Guide To Understanding Government Subsidized Housing in 5...

My entire out-of-state rental property portfolio consists of government subsidized housing. When you hear government subsidized housing, you probably immediately think of section 8. However,...

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How To Make 3641 Dollars in 5 minutes

This is a random picture, don’t hate I know I haven’t spoken about my rental properties in a while, the honest truth was: I was busy having a daughter. I was busy releasing a book on improving your...

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We Purchased Rental Property Number 4 For 20k

So we saved up a nice little cash reserve and the money was literally burning a hole in my pocket. However, instead of our typical deal, where we buy, fix, and rent. I wanted something a little more...

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No You Can’t Pick My Brain. It Costs Too Much

I felt compelled to post a link to this amazing article on Forbes after posting my last real estate update. In my last article, (click here to read it) I broke down the latest real estate purchase. As...

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Should I Pay Down Debt or Buy Another Rental Property?

I think I finally found a way to talk about my finances without throwing my numbers all up in your face. If you haven’t noticed… I don’t talk about my specific monthly budget on my blog. I don’t talk...

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April 2013 Rental Property Report

My amazing property manager sends me very detailed reports around the 5th of every month. Since, we get paid in 30 day arrears (1 month behind), we get paid last months rent the 5th of this month and...

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Negotiating for property #5 funny story

Negotiating on rental property #5 is getting hilarious. So this property has 4 co-owners based in the UK and they owe a nice chunk in back taxes. They listed the property for 26k.. I low ball at 18....

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Negotiating Rental Property #5 Update – They sent a repair sheet – Dumb Move!

So the other day I told you about the funny negotiation story for property #5. Well… they sent over a list of stuff they did to the place that justifies a 5k mark up in price. Here is everything they...

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Rental Property #4 Issues. The Seller is delaying the closing

As many of you know I’m under contract and anticipating closing of rental property #4. I talked about it in the following article.. Should I pay down debt or buy another rental property . What you may...

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