Renting to students used to be a landlord’s worst nightmare. All night parties, police raids and trashed properties made anyone except shadier landlords steer clear of college areas renters. But as the rental market continues to heat up and demand for properties...
The Federal Reserve’s decision to postpone – indefinitely – the planned taper-down of its massive mortgage securities buyup is good news for the hard-hit housing industry the stimulus plan was designed to help. But even as mortgage interest rates will likely remain...
In the first half of 2013, about 1800 people opted to give up US citizenship. In the second half to date, another 1100 or so have turned in their passports. In view of the country’s overall population, that doesn’t seem like much. But compare those numbers to the 932...
Keeping properties rented is the key to building wealth in income property. High turnover in tenants costs money in several ways, from loss of income due to vacancy to the expenditures of preparing a home for rent and advertising for new tenants. In a previous post we...
Building wealth with rental property depends on good tenants – stable, long term renters who keep the monthly payments coming and don’t trash the property or create other problems for you and the neighborhood. While it’s easy to just put an ad online or in the paper,...
