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Designing Your Toledo Rental Home To Appeal to Tenants

Image via Pexels As an investment property owner in Toledo, OH, you want to ensure your home is appealing to renters. The goal is to find quality tenants who will take care of your property and pay their rent on time. To do this, you must ensure your home is up to par regarding repairs, features, amenities, and design. Consider these...

Check out this week’s Weekly Round Up!

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 LA County California Extends Eviction Moratorium According to U-Haul’s annual Growth Index, Texas, Florida and the Carolinas were the preferred destinations of one-way U-Haul truck rentals during 2022, ranking as the top growth...

Are More Fed Rate Hikes Ahead this Year?

As expected, the Fed hiked its benchmark Fed Funds Rate by 25 basis points at its meeting last Wednesday. The Fed has now hiked the Fed Funds Rate eight (8) times since last March, bringing it to a range of 4.5% to 4.75%. The Fed Funds Rate is the interest rate for overnight borrowing for banks and it is not the same...

The Super Bowl Census

By Brad Beckett This Sunday, February 12th, the super deluxe happy fun bowl (aka Super Bowl 57) will be played in Glendale, Arizona.  The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will battle it out to claim the top NFL crown.  Today's graphic from the U.S. Census Bureau asks if someone from your hometown is playing in the "big game."  It simply...

Check out this week’s Weekly Round Up!

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 2.5% in December The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was down 0.1% in December, 2022. However, the all...

2023 Top Negotiating Skills

I was talking to an old friend who is now an aspiring entrepreneur. He made a striking comment that he finally had the "un-glamorous revelation". Meaning that he finally realized that all the best lifestyles are NOT from people with good high paying jobs, they are from people who own their own business....... And the business they own doesn't have to be glamorous....

Your “Weekly Round Up” from National REIA

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 Existing-Home Sales Drop 1.5% in December The National Association of Realtors is reporting that existing home sales were down 1,5% in December to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 4.02 million (down 34% year...

Remember this when multiple applicants want to apply for your rental

by David Pickron A landlord looking for a tenant loves to see multiple people interested in their property. It's critical to follow this one rule when you have an application come in for your vacant property. Rent Perfect President David Pickron explains what to do to keep out of trouble when you start accepting applications. The Rent Perfect system helps investors become...

Rent…On time Every time

by David Pickron History is littered with what, at the time, were considered “game changers.”  Those game changers have become commonplace in our current world; when was the last time you marveled at the technological breakthrough we know as the wheel?  Or the lightbulb?  Or even the fact that we fly in airplanes all around the world?  The likelihood is we...

Your Weekly Round Up from National REIA

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 Inflation Up 6.5% Over 2021 The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was down 0.1% in December, 2022. However, the all items index...