Educational Articles for Landlords and Investors

How to Finance a Multifamily Investment Property: Our Top Tips

Multifamily properties can be great investments, as they offer tons of benefits for investors. You can enjoy a steady cash flow, the opportunity to increase your portfolio overnight, and relatively low risks. Not to mention, multifamily properties can skyrocket in value, as long ...

The Power of Vision and Core Values in Building a Successful Property Management Business

Creating a successful property management business is no happy accident. It starts with clearly defining vision, values, and goals and comes to fruition with systems designed to create cohesion within an organization. In the property management space, it’s easy to get start...

How Multifamily Investors Can Use Curb Appeal to Increase Interest and Drive Down Vacancies

For multifamily investors, the performance of a property can make or break the bank. Having a half-vacant property is not ideal when the cost of the property, maintenance, and upkeep is typically much higher than a single-family investment. One way to keep this scenario from beco...

Accounting and Tax Prep Checklist for Property Managers

Filing taxes for your property management firm can be stressful. The tax code is complex and always prone to change. If you’re like most property managers, you hardly have time to handle your taxes in addition to every other aspect of running your business.That, of course, ...

Taxes for Single-Family Investors: Our 5 Powerful Tips

Tax season is around the corner. Real estate investors have many taxable assets to consider, from rental income to the property itself. However, there are tax deductions for rental properties. Investors have laws at their disposal that serve to save them money during tax season. ...

Tax Season for Multifamily Investors: Our 5 Powerful Tips

Tax season is fast approaching. Due to the rules, complexities, and money involved, many multifamily investors may feel overwhelmed. The good news is that there are tax strategies that real estate investors can take advantage of, and there are several tax benefits of owning a mul...

What Does a Multifamily Property Management Company Do?

If you’ve already started dabbling in real estate investing by way of purchasing and renting single-family homes, then a multifamily property investment is the next step in building out a robust, high-earning portfolio. A multifamily property includes everything from duplex...

Interested in Multifamily Investing? Here’s How to Buy Multifamily Homes

Interested in Multifamily Investing? Here’s How to Buy Multifamily HomesMultifamily investing offers a nice compromise between single-family and commercial investment properties. You get the increased cash flows and revenues of commercial properties with the simplicity of s...

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Your rental investing education starts here. Created for investors, by investors. Over the years, we've written a good amount about topics like rental property investing, property management, being a successful landlord, and more. In order to help you navigate it a littl...

5 Ways a Property Management Company Can Cost You Thousands Of Dollars

5 Ways to Lose Tens of Thousands of Dollars On a Property Management CompanyIn 2015, Spencer, our Director of Marketing, got a call from an Oregon-based landlord who had bought some out-of-state properties in Alabama. This landlord told Spencer they were having trouble with their...