investment: My education was so expensive that I don’t want to use it - 03/02/16 07:09 AM

Have you ever heard this one? “We used to have a rental but we had a bad experience and we never wanted to go through that again so we sold the property.”
 
To me that is the same as saying, “My education was so expensive and stressful that I don’t want to use it so I ripped up the diploma.”  Essentially, the expense and stress of any situation is just like paying tuition for some education.  Now that you paid for an education you should use it.  Ask yourself things like what went wrong?  What should I have done different?  How can … (1 comments)

investment: Rental Applications need Ninja Reflexes - 02/29/16 04:14 AM

Has anyone ever heard of or experienced this, “I submitted a rental application to this other place over a week ago and still haven’t heard back from them”?  One of my best tenants, a little old single lady with perfect credit and stable income said this right before she signed a lease with me.  Actually, I hear comments like this all the time from people looking for a place to live.
 
I’m always baffled by these comments because I can’t think of many things that would have priority over filling a vacancy.  A vacant home is one of the the biggest expenses … (0 comments)

investment: Do you ever get exhausted from all the Hats you Wear? - 02/22/16 04:01 AM

 
*Ring, Ring*
 
"Hello? This is the property manager, Realtor, plumber, accountant, attorney, handyman - speaking”
 
Owning investment property can mean you'll be wearing a lot of hats, but not if you plan on being successful at it.  I come from a "do it yourself" home and have been raised that you work hard to get places in this world.  Those lessons have been valuable in bringing me some successes but there is also a level of working smarter that needs to be mixed into the formula.
 
When I first started investing in real estate I had to decide what my vision of the future … (30 comments)

 
Jeff Stinson (Kasteel Property Management - Property Manager)

Jeff Stinson

Springville, UT

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