5 Keys to Making the Most of Student Renters

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...

5 Moves to Keep Good Tenants

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...

5 Keys to Recruiting Good Tenants

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,...

Rental Insurance Protects Investors

You’ve worked hard to start building wealth with rental income property. You’ve followed Jason Hartman’s recommendations to educate yourself, diversify and take out a fixed rate mortgage, and now you’re ready to get rent-paying tenants into your new investment. But...

The Renter Tsunami—Good News For Investors

They’re calling it the ‘renter tsunami” – a wave of Americans choosing tot rent rather than buy homes that’s fueled by two key demographic groups: millennials and the newly retired. Although these two groups may not appear to have much in common, their desire to...