By Jeffery S. Watson Dear Anna, During a conversation with a friend of mine who has owned and operated title companies throughout northeast Ohio for the past 20+ years , he shared with me a couple of key points of which most real estate investors need to be aware. The goal is to make their experience with a title company faster and smoother. Instead...
Victoria Cowart Becoming Pet Passionate By Victoria Cowart, CPM, NAAEI Faculty Are you acquiring residential rental property and wanting to start on the best foot? Here's a question that will impact approximately seventy percent of your renters. How will you respond to pets in your rental properties? Will you prohibit pets? Will you become pet-friendly? Or will you push yourself and...
By Brad Beckett Today's graphic from the Visual Capitalist reminds us that when you add up the parts, every U.S. state plays an integral role in the country’s overall economy - to the tune of $20 trillion. Take a look at how each state's GDP plays its role in the nation's overall big picture -...
Your weekly news & updates Here is this week's "Weekly Roundup" from Real Estate Investing Today, the news & views site from the National Real Estate Investors Association. Visit our Website Pending Home Sales Up 0.3% in June The National Association of Realtors is reporting that pending...
By Brad Beckett Playground equipment provider AAA State of Play reminds us that childcare can be notoriously expensive here in the U.S. They say the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services considers “affordable” childcare to cost less than 7% of a family’s income. Interestingly, data shows that only in 2% of counties in the...
By Brad Beckett A recent chart from the U.S. Census Bureau illustrates the unmarried ratio of men to women. The unmarried ratio is the number of unmarried men per 100 unmarried women for the population 18 and over. Rations greater than 100 indicate more unmarried men than women wile rations less than 100 indicate more...
By Jeffery S. Watson Dear Anna, Given all the different stories in the news, I’m not sure if you’ve seen the announcements regarding multiple progressive U.S. Senators introducing a bill called the “Stop Predatory Investing Act” which is designed to remove certain tax deductions for interest expense and depreciation deductions for property owners with 50 or more single-family homes. The way this bill...
Your weekly news & updates Here is this week's "Weekly Roundup" from Real Estate Investing Today, the news & views site from the National Real Estate Investors Association. Visit our Website Biden Administration to Take on So-Called “Junk Fees” in Rental Housing The Biden Administration announced that...
By Brad Beckett Citing Census data, Statista says demographic change has accelerated in the United States over the past 10 years - especially among those in the 65+ category. Stay safe and have a Happy Friday!!
In this Update, we will focus on maintenance issues very common to rental property owners, and highlight a couple of landlord discussions on faucets, drains, and tubs. In the first discussion, a landlord asks other rental owners how should he or she handle a resident who calls about a broken knob on the kitchen sink and a clogged drain in the...