Brace yourselves for another yarn from Cubert today. A trip down memory lane, where I share a tale of home improvement woe so YOU can avoid the same mistakes. The costs of homeownership are often a cascade of comical … [Read more...] about The Money Pit 2.0: Our Home Improvement Adventure
Real Estate Investing & Landlord Skills
Learn how to build wealth with planful and smart real estate investing! Learn how to be an effective and prosperous landlord. Learn how to find and set up rental properties. Then, optimize your rental business by improving your handyman skills and tenant screening tactics.
Real estate rentals can be hard work in the beginning, but with the right choices up-front, they become passive investments that save you time and reap significant wealth.
Using Cash on Cash to Determine Real Estate ROI
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 … [Read more...] about Using Cash on Cash to Determine Real Estate ROI
The 10 Commandments for Landlords
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 super low vacancies in a market with very high tenant demand here in … [Read more...] about The 10 Commandments for Landlords
Save Big Bucks With DIY Plumbing Skills
A big chunk of our hard-earned money ends up in the greasy, grimy hands of plumbers, electricians, heating and air conditioning technicians, etc. Owning a house comes with maintenance (e.g., plumbing!) costs that can amount … [Read more...] about Save Big Bucks With DIY Plumbing Skills