No matter how long ago you started your career, it’s never too early — or late — to start thinking about retirement. Along with the traditional savings method your bank or workplace will provide, you should also consider more lucrative ways to improve your finances, so…
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Learn how to build wealth with planful and smart real estate investing! Learn how to be a good landlord and how to find and set up rental properties. Recognize how your own choice of domicile contributes to your long term wealth.
How to Become a Small-time Landlord
Ever wondered what it would be like to personally manage a handful of real estate rentals, or how to be a landlord? Today, we’ll peer into the mystical realm of the small-time landlord. (Cue Game of Thrones theme song.) For those not familiar with some past…
READ MOREWhy I Prefer Single Family Homes for Rentals
Single family homes generally aren’t typically what most think of with successful real estate investing. Most often we’re led to believe it’s the duplexes, quad-plexes, and small apartments or commercial space that are bragged about. Our rentals are all single family dwellings. They’re all stand alone…
READ MOREThe Hidden Benefits of Being a Landlord
The latest round of texts from my tenant at Rental A, a single mother of three, prompted this post. The hidden benefits of being a landlord are many, especially when you manage your own rentals. I frankly didn’t expect I’d become a more patient and compassionate…
READ MOREDoes Your Business Need an LLC?
If you think your business might just need an LLC, this post is for you. If you’ve ever tried learning a subject in earnest, only to wind up more confused than when you started, this post if for you… Both were true with yours truly and…
READ MOREHow to Evaluate Rental Properties
Let’s travel back for a moment to the world of spreadsheets that I quite enjoy. Away from the sea of social media cheese where you can easily get distracted from the cells and formulas that truly make the world turn. Read on to unravel the mysteries…
READ MOREThe Successful Landlord Ten Commandments
A key part of our strategy to reach an early retirement relies heavily on the income from our four single family rental homes. We’ve been fortunate to have a rental market that continues to be smoking hot for several years running here in Minneapolis. Now, I’m…
READ MORERetire Early With Real Estate Rentals!
If you’ve been following the presidential race and know anything about Donald Trump, you probably know that his family business is built on rental property investing. Well, it’s really more of a clever name-marketing scheme. But there’s no denying his real estate businesses have savily applied…
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