landlord: How to document your rental property condition - 01/16/17 05:59 AM
If it's not in writing, it doesn't exist!If you want to protect your rental property, you must keep strong documentation. How should you do that? You could use a printed checklist. This is a simple way to walk through the rental, with or without the tenant, and document what you find. Here's a sample:
 
 
There are a couple reasons I don't like this. First, it's time-consuming. Second, you have to keep track of the paper. Third, it's not easy to read words on a page and correlate that to what you see with your eyes. I provide a paper checklist to all my … (6 comments)

landlord: Is Property Management worth it? - 12/13/16 03:41 PM
Am I throwing my money away?
I recently read a lengthy article about all the reasons why Property Management is like throwing money down the drain. The author shared a large number of reasons why managers are cheats and just too expensive. What's interesting is he never addressed a single reason why a manager may be necessary - or even good - for an investor.
I can't go over every pro and con in one article, so let me just focus on a few primary reasons why someone might use a property manager:
Distance. Many investors are unable / unwilling to live and … (4 comments)