How do you get your listing from good to great? You take your shot… And then you take it again. I’m talking about pictures! As a real estate investor, I’m always surprised by the photos that agents, or other investors, choose to include with their property listings. Dirty mirrors, pet food bowls, and broken swing sets are just some of the eyesores that you see when you look at as many listings as I do. First impressions aren’t just for people… They’re for properties, too. Now, if you’re selling a fixer-upper, looking for an investor buyer, you can get away…

Before finding your why, building a business is just work… But once you find your WHY, the work has purpose. Around here, we talk a lot about finding freedom. For some people, freedom is their why. They just want to be free of many different things… their job, their boss, their time deficit, their financial restrictions. But for most people, finding freedom is just the beginning. If you became a real estate investor to find freedom, what is it you want to be free from?If you can’t answer that question right away, you haven’t found your why… Yet. Once you figure out your why, your whole life changes.…

A home owners association (HOA) is an organization that is put together by a real estate developer when planning a new development project. This management organization sets the rules and regulations of a community and is in charge of the upkeep of common areas within a development such as pools or landscaping.  As a real estate investor HOA fees are something you have to account for in your holding cost estimates and there may be additional regulations you have to follow when rehabbing the property. For example, some HOA’s have rules when it comes to the types of exterior colors…