Showing posts with label Landlord. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Landlord. Show all posts
Thursday, April 14, 2016

I Keep Trying to Get Back on Track.......

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I've been spinning my wheels now for more than a year. With the time pressures of a more than full time job, baby, husband, landlordin...
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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Aspirational Housing

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Great article by author Michael Lewis of The Blind Side fame regarding the perils of expensive housing.  Even a very rich man like Michael...
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Cash Money

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We have new tenants in Rental # 3 and they prefer to pay their rent in cash. The upside of cash is that it is cash.  I know there is not g...
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

What Would You Tell Your Younger Self?

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Over at  Get Rich Slowly  April Dykman posed the question of what would you tell your younger self regarding personal finance.  Below is my ...
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Friday, November 15, 2013

The Upside of the Real Estate Crash

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I was on Zillow today, poking around looking at a home that was recently listed a couple of blocks away. Of course, I had to look up our h...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Time for 2014 Goal Planning

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Since it is November, it is time to start thinking about our 2014 annual spending plan and our 2014 savings goals. First on the list, 20...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Progress on Debt

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Updating our  networthiq.com numbers today and I was pleased to see we have less than $540,000 in debt (all real estate debt).  We have pai...
Monday, October 7, 2013

Investment Property Debt

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Hit a milestone this month with our investment property debt, at present we owe less than $300,000 on our investment properties.   Feels ...
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Friday, September 27, 2013

2013 Savings Goals - October Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $24,981 (71%)  (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $10,631 (97%)    (goal is $11,000) (3) Add to e...
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Remote Check Deposit

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Between the collection of rent checks and reimbursements from work, I can find myself at the Wells Fargo ATM depositing checks multiple time...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Insurance Homework - Follow Up

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Six months or so ago I posted about how we were in the process of obtaining life insurance.   And in September, I posted information about...
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Monday, November 5, 2012

2012 Savings Goals - November Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) - $31,379 (92%)(goal is $34,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) - $5,829 (58%)(goal is $10,000) (3) Add to e/r fund - $8,400 (84%...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Happy Days

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Good news, I  received a 5% raise yesterday at work.  And further good news is that the raise is retroactive for a few months.  Whoo-hoo! ...
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Rental Update

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Earlier, I  posted that two of our rental properties were vacant . Rental #2, as I indicated before, has rented with an increase of the mo...
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Friday, September 7, 2012

More on Insurance Home Work

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As I previously posted, Mr. Sam and I are working on  obtaining term life insurance , we met with our insurance agent last night and complet...
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Friday, August 31, 2012

Tax Time

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It is that time of the year and we have just received the notice of proposed property taxes for our various properties in Florida. Florida...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Lease Break

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Ugh, one of our tenants has decided to break her lease.  Our tenant has a job opportunity that is requiring her to move and its an opportuni...
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