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... and Landlord! Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast

57 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratings

Husband, Father, Entrepreneur, Realtor... a long list of other titles and descriptions... and Landlord!

Welcome to the... and Landlord Podcast - with Jonathan Taylor ("J.T.") Smith... Following a road-map to financial Freedom through residential rental real estate. Here you'll learn how adding "... and Landlord" to the litany of titles and descriptions that speak to who you are and what you do may be the greatest opportunity to achieve financial freedom available to the average person today. Where someone else pays the bills (the Tenant) and someone else provides 80% or more of the money (the Bank) and where you get 100% of the cash-flow, all future appreciation and the tax benefits. All on an asset that's insured against loss, and that cannot be worth ZERO short of an Alien Invasion or the Zombie Apocalypse, ultimately resulting in a FREE HOUSE for YOU (the Landlord) - that will kick out cash-flow for the rest of your life and beyond! You try getting any of that from the stock market or your 401K. So be all that you are... and Landlord!

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Episodes

Change Of Schedule Due To COVID-19 | Ep. #55

April 21, 2020 08:00 - 10 minutes - 13.2 MB

CHANGE OF SCHEDULE DUE TO COVID-19... That's not just the title of this episode, but also an announcement. Because I'd rather not talk about Corona-virus week after week (and some other reasons) - I'm temporarily changing the schedule of the show from a weekly Tuesday release, to be a little more flexible and random. For the next month (or few), I'll still be releasing episodes, but maybe not weekly (at least once per month) - and not always on a Tuesday.

Now It's All About The Home | Ep. #54

April 07, 2020 23:25 - 19 minutes - 22.1 MB

In this episode of the... and Landlord Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast - I talk about the home, and how it has become the center of our universe. And then what that may mean for the future. What does it mean to be a Landlord in a time when it seems the government has positioned itself to start covering the expenses (including RENT) for those who now cannot work due to no fault of their own? And what will this mean for the future once this concept takes hold? Well, that's a bit politic...

Can Your Tenants Pay Their Rent? | Ep. #53

March 31, 2020 08:00 - 23 minutes - 26.4 MB

Today is March 31st... One day from now is April 1st, when RENT IS DUE in the USA. But on this Aprils Fools Day - will Tenants even be able to pay their rent? People have largely been unable to work for the last two weeks. And more people than you may be aware are working from paycheck to paycheck. And those government relief checks have yet to arrive. So what's it going to be between April 1st to the 5th?

Section 8 vs. AirBnB | Ep. #52

March 24, 2020 08:00 - 15 minutes - 17.9 MB

April Fools Day is a little more than a week from now. But what that day means to me, is the same as any 1st of the month... It's the day RENT is due. But on this April 1st - the joke may truly be on me (and all Landlords)... Because there may be no rent coming in due to COVID-19. But this episode of the... and Landlord Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast is about how half of my rental units are occupied by Tenants who have Section 8 Vouchers. Thus, a portion of my monthly rents come dire...

The Rich Buy Assets, While The Poor Buy Toilet Paper | Ep. #51

March 17, 2020 08:00 - 17 minutes - 20.5 MB

When the Coronavirus hit, as with most things, I had jokes... I posted on FB the question of if this might be the Zombie Apocalypse virus or maybe the Planet of the Apes virus - and what should be my primary weapon of choice in either case. For instance, should I go with a crossbow or the shotgun to take out the resulting Zombies or talking Apes. Jokes aside, while this is not that level of crisis, it is a challenging time none the less - and we could be on the verge of an economic recessi...

Do You Think Your Market Is Too Hot? | Ep. #50

March 10, 2020 08:00 - 15 minutes - 20.4 MB

Do you believe your local market to be "Too Hot" to start investing in Real Estate? No deals to be had where you live? If only you lived "there" - where deals are plentiful, because prices are low and rents are high - there. But where you live... Nope! Sucks to be you... Your Real Estate investing dream will have to wait for another day - when it's not such a "seller's market". Or at least, that's what I hear... My local market is Durham, North Carolina. I'm both a Durham Realtor and an In...

Let's Talk... Business, Finances & Wealth | Ep. #49

March 03, 2020 09:00 - 19 minutes - 23.5 MB

Let's Talk... Business, Finances & Wealth. But not just in this 49th Episode of the... and Landlord Podcast. I'm now ready (and now have the location) for an in-person local meet-up. So here I announce that starting on April 6th (and the 1st Monday of each month thereafter) - we'll have a monthly meet-up to talk about (among other things)... Business, Finances, Wealth Creation, Mindset - and so much more about MONEY. The location? It will be at Rivals Barbershop in Downtown Durham, North C...

Do You Require Renter's Insurance? | Ep. #48

February 25, 2020 09:00 - 15 minutes - 18.4 MB

Owner's Property Insurance is not the only type of Insurance that you need to consider... Another is Renter's Insurance. And do you / should you require your Tenants to obtain Renter's Insurance? That's the question being asked and answered (from my point of view) in this episode of the... and Landlord! Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast. Here I go into details as to some of the ways you're protected by having Tenant's obtain their own coverage in the form of Renter's Insurance. Not leas...

The Note Closers Show Podcast Host - Scott Carson | Ep. #47

February 18, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes - 33 MB

I LOVE owning Rental Real Estate and being a Landlord - however, maybe it's not for you... But that doesn't mean you cannot be a Real Estate Investor - as there are ways of doing so without having to buy Real Estate and becoming a Landlord. One such means is Real Estate Note Investing. And so who better to have on the show than Scott "The Note Guy" Carson - to cover the basics of Investing in Real Estate by obtaining the Note. Scott Carson joins us for an episode of the... and Landlord Ren...

Marketing For Deals | Ep. #46

February 11, 2020 09:00 - 23 minutes - 30.2 MB

The cover-art for this episode has multiple paper airplanes flying - but one is a different color and is soaring higher than the others. You could consider that one to be the successful attempt at flight; whereas the others failed. Well, this is what Marketing for Deals is like. Each paper plane represents a different marketing method, channel, message or attempt - and you may have no idea which one(s) will take off and soar high into the air with success; versus which will fall to the groun...

LLC Obsession... Protection or Paranoia? | Ep. #45

February 04, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 27.6 MB

One of my favorite quotes is... "Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get me!" - so I'm primed to be one who is paranoid about and fears the risk of proceeding in business (especially Rental Properties) - without having an LLC in place for liability and asset protection. "What if someone slips and falls (or otherwise gets hurt) on one of my properties?" "What if there's a fire?" "What if there's an issue with CO2 or Radon?" "What is someone dies!?" If you're a...

Rents Are On The Rise In Durham | Ep. #44

January 28, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 25 MB

In this episode of the... and Landlord Podcast, I speak about RENT increases here in Durham, North Carolina. And one example I give is that of my own... The 2 Bedroom Duplex unit that I lived in for 4 years when I was last a renter myself (from early in 1998 to the start of 2002), where my rent was $625/mo (increasing to $645 in the final year). Well now here 18 years later, that exact same 2 Bedroom Duplex unit (of ~1,000 SqFt), is suggested by Zillow and Rentometer to have an average re...

Optimism Can Be Profitable | Ep. #43

January 21, 2020 09:00 - 14 minutes - 16.7 MB

This 43rd Episode of the... and Landlord Podcast is about Optimism versus Pessimism - and how a person with an Optimistic outlook over the past decade (since 2010) had a much better chance of profiting financially than did someone with a Pessimistic eye towards the future. I go into some of the many reasons a person might have legitimately had for being a Pessimist. But how resisting that tendency could have been very profitable - especially in Rental Real Estate Investing, or even Stocks....

Are You Late To The Party? | Ep. #42

January 14, 2020 09:00 - 14 minutes - 18.3 MB

People have been getting rich on #RealEstate for decades - really going back hundreds and even thousands of years (before the current crop of humans on this planet even existed). But the #EconomicCrash of 2008 / 2009 might just have created the best Real Estate buying opportunity of our lifetimes. Now as humans we tend to suffer from "recency bias" - thinking that what we've experienced is the best (or worst) that anyone in history has ever dealt with. True or not - in this episode of the ...

2020 Vision | Ep. #41

January 07, 2020 09:00 - 12 minutes - 16.9 MB

Yea, I've got #2020Vision - in more than one way. So in this Episode #40 (the first of 2020) of the @andLandlord Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast - I'm engaging in the New Year / New Decade pastime that pretty much everyone else is as well... Goal Setting! What's your 2020 Vision? For that matter, what's your Vision of 2023, 2025 and all the way out to the end of this / the next decade - 2030!? That's what we discuss in this episode of the... and #LandlordPodcast - We'll be setting gra...

Level Up! Problem? What Problem? | Ep. #40

December 31, 2019 09:00 - 15 minutes - 19 MB

OK, so there was a time in my life when I spent a LOT of time playing video games - which is then kind of ironic that it now annoys me that my 12 year old son does the same (even more so that I was the one who first introduced him to video games). But for the most part I left that behavior in my teens; however, whenever I'd allow myself to get sucked back into a given game, I could easily blow 6+ hours before I even realized it. I really LOVE playing video games, but I have no time for pla...

Rental Rehabs (Part 2) - Tenant Proofing | Ep. #39

December 25, 2019 02:30 - 16 minutes - 23.2 MB

The cover image for this episode shows your rental property flooded and infested with water fowl. So maybe you can't Tenant Proof against flood and fowl - but this exaggerated scenario (and birds) aside... You can certainly do somethings upfront (during the rehab) to protect your rental property against the more typical hazards - including pets (but hopefully not penguins). So in this episode of the [... and Landlord!] Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast - I'm going over some of the thing...

Rental Rehabs (Part 1) - How Nice Is Too Nice? | Ep. #38

December 10, 2019 23:47 - 15 minutes - 19.3 MB

Rehabbing distressed properties into rentals is a balancing act... You must watch your budget, because every dollar spent on the rehab lowers your ROI - and depending on how you choose to fund your rehabs, it can also lower your cash-flow (at least initially). And you want the resulting property to be nice, plus you also want everything to be durable - so that you're not likely having to replace everything all over again at each tenant turn. Finding that right balance between price / cost,...

Be All That You Can Be... and RICH! | Ep. #37

December 03, 2019 05:34 - 23 minutes - 30.7 MB

Might there be a "Super" version of yourself inside - just waiting to get out? Or stated another way... Are you currently the best possible version of yourself? Might there be another possible version of YOU - who is capable of doing things that could make you RICH. Or do you think it more likely that you'll somehow develop super powers and fly before you'll ever become RICH? The book Rich Dad Poor Dad puts forth the idea that being RICH is a choice. But the opposite is true as well... B...

Be All That You Can Be... and RICH!| Ep. #37

December 03, 2019 05:34 - 23 minutes - 30.7 MB

Might there be a "Super" version of yourself inside - just waiting to get out? Or stated another way... Are you currently the best possible version of yourself? Might there be another possible version of YOU - who is capable of doing things that could make you RICH. Or do you think it more likely that you'll somehow develop super powers and fly before you'll ever become RICH? The book Rich Dad Poor Dad puts forth the idea that being RICH is a choice. But the opposite is true as well... B...

VA's (Virtual Assistants) & Your Rental Real Estate Business Team | Ep. #36

November 26, 2019 21:24 - 21 minutes - 25.9 MB

I was a one-man business machine. 16 hour days were nothing for me. I often worked to 3AM, slept to 7 or 8AM, and got back up to do it all over again - like it was nothing. If something needed to be done, of course I did it myself - as I wanted it to be done right. And surely no one else could do anything right, but me - right? That worked well enough in my late 20's and early 30's... But not so much once I reached 40 or so. At 40+ if I'm up to 3AM, I'm not getting out of bed before 10AM...

Credit Card Points Hacking... Your Rental Properties Can Allow You To Travel for FREE! | Ep. #35

November 19, 2019 18:41 - 18 minutes - 22 MB

Do you like to travel? Would you do more of it if you did not have to pay for your airfare and could fly for FREE? And do you have a business? Having Rental Properties IS a business... So, if you've answered "YES" to each of these questions, then you need to learn about Credit Card Points Hacking. Your Rental Properties (and other businesses) can earn you FREE travel with points! I travel a LOT (over a dozen flights this year), and I've yet to pay a single penny for airfare (other than a c...

Starting Your Real Estate Business | Ep. #34

November 12, 2019 09:00 - 17 minutes - 24 MB

On the main image for this episode you see a roof logo silhouette, the words "Real Estate", and then a reference to "Slogan Here". When you're starting your Real Estate Business, you'll certainly come across stock logo templates like this, and any designer you're likely to hire will almost certainly come up with something along these lines for your review and approval. You'll spend time going over all the samples, drafts and mock-ups of what will become your Real Estate Business logo. You'...

How Do You View Money? | Ep. #33

November 05, 2019 09:00 - 22 minutes - 31.5 MB

This episode of the [... and Landlord!] Podcast is asking the question, "How Do You View Money?" - Because that's where it all starts. How you view (or think about) money, will determine how you treat it. Because things you treat badly won't stay around for long, if they come around at all. Here I relate some of my challenges with my own view of money - my thoughts and the books I read that lead to me changing that view. And best of all, how money started to flow my way along with opportun...

Focus! And Make 2020 Your Best Year Yet. | Ep. #32

October 29, 2019 08:00 - 30 minutes - 43.6 MB

2020 is only 2 months away... How has your 2019 been? But more importantly, what are your prospects for 2020? I've never done New Year's Resolutions, but I do set goals, and I'm very excited about what 2020 is likely to hold for me and my family - and business should be very good. And I believe I owe this outlook on what's to come for me in 2020 to the focus of action and highest / best utilization of my time that I've put into place since 2015, and especially here in 2019. In this 32nd ...

Private Lending - Be The Bank... You Can Also Invest In Real Estate As The Lender | Ep. #31

October 22, 2019 08:00 - 28 minutes - 40.1 MB

Have you ever noticed that many of the tallest and most impressive buildings in the Downtown areas and throughout most Cities have the names and logos of Banks at the top? This is because Banks make money from money - and not just when the tellers are open from 9 to 5 Monday to Thursday and to 6 on Fridays. They make money from money 24 x 7 x 365... A ton of it! But have you ever considered that YOU can do the same thing? The rich get and stay rich by investing in assets - assets that crea...

Becoming / Being A Landlord With (Hopefully Not In Spite Of) Your Spouse | Ep. #30

October 15, 2019 08:00 - 31 minutes - 44.1 MB

Real Estate Investing is a team sport, and its hard to win the game when you're not playing as a team. My teammate is my wife. So how do you get your spouse to even want to join you in this particular game of being a Rental Real Estate Investor... and Landlord? In this episode of the [... and Landlord!] Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast, I relate how my 20 years of entrepreneurial endeavors have benefited from (and were made possible by) the unwavering support of my wife - starting befo...

Making Deals With Lease Options - How I've Done It | Ep. #29

October 08, 2019 08:00 - 30 minutes - 42.7 MB

I am a "Transaction Engineer" - Which is my way of saying that I engineer (or create) transactions of Real Estate deals, using whatever means or tools are at my disposal. Lease-Options are one such tool in my belt that I've used to great success. So in this episode of the... and Landlord Podcast, I relate my story of having used Lease-Options to successfully acquire 3 Rental Properties - essentially for FREE! Now yes, I did have to put some money into each property - at least initially. Ea...

The Investor's Realtor - Announcing Blue Chariot Realty & Working With Realtors | Ep. #28 - Special

October 01, 2019 17:39 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MB

So this is another special announcement episode - this time announcing Blue Chariot Realty! You may remember previously (in Episode #12) I announced Professional Property Management Services from Blue Chariot Management. Well, now I'm announcing my North Carolina Licensed Realty Firm (Blue Chariot Realty) - of which I (Jonathan Taylor Smith) am the Licensed Broker-In-Charge. Further, Blue Chariot Realty has joined with eXp Realty - so its "Blue Chariot Realty, Brokered By eXp Realty". More...

Are You The Owner? No, I’m The Property Manager. | Ep. #27

September 24, 2019 08:00 - 20 minutes - 29.3 MB

"The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything.” - Nelson Rockefeller So last week in Episode #26, I spoke on the need of Landlords to treat this profession seriously and run their Rental Properties like a business. Well, this week I speak on why you should avoid the title of "Landlord" and being known as the property (business) owner entirely - own nothing, but control everything. But for me, its a matter of pride that I own over a dozen Rental Properties - so my defau...

The Business & Tools of Rental Real Estate Investing & Being A Landlord - Ep. #26

September 17, 2019 08:00 - 17 minutes - 24.9 MB

Are you a Landlord? If so, did you know that being a Landlord and owning Rental Properties is a business? If not - that's the problem I discuss in this episode of the [... and Landlord!] Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast. You see, there are a lot of Landlords out there who SUCK at being a Landlord - often because they fail to treat their Rental Properties like a business. Your Rental Properties are both your product and your service, and your tenants are your customers. But this is one ...

The Business & Tools of Rental Real Estate Investing & Being A Landlord | Ep. #26

September 17, 2019 08:00 - 17 minutes - 24.9 MB

Are you a Landlord? If so, did you know that being a Landlord and owning Rental Properties is a business? If not - that's the problem I discuss in this episode of the [... and Landlord!] Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast. You see, there are a lot of Landlords out there who SUCK at being a Landlord - often because they fail to treat their Rental Properties like a business. Your Rental Properties are both your product and your service, and your tenants are your customers. But this is one ...

Rental Real Estate – The I.D.E.A.L. Investment | Ep. #25

September 10, 2019 08:00 - 14 minutes - 20 MB

The acronym is I.D.E.A.L. - where I = Income; D = Depreciation; E = Equity; A = Appreciation; & L = Leverage. These are the benefits of Rental Real Estate Investing and how you make money in multiple ways. This is how it's not unheard of to make a return of something like 50% with Rental Properties (or more); whereas you may be lucky to make 5% with other investments. Even if you are making 10% or 15%, even 20% with other investments - you can often do twice as good with well purchased, well...

Rehab Lending: Down Payments, Appraisals, Reserves & Credit Scores | Ep. #24

September 03, 2019 08:00 - 19 minutes - 27.8 MB

Funding Your BRRRR Deals... BRRRR investing often requires Rehab Lending, be it from Private or Hard Money Lenders. In this episode of the [... and Landlord!] Podcast, I cover the typical requirements of working with Rehab Lenders, and the things you need to be on top of... These being: Down Payments; Appraisals; Reserves; & Credit Scores. When working with Rehab Lenders, you'll almost always need to put some amount of money into the deal ("Skin in the Game"), as your Down Payment. This wi...

Do You Have The Right: Mindset; Attitude; Vision; Passion? | Ep. #23

August 27, 2019 08:00 - 18 minutes - 25.3 MB

By the end of this episode, I just put it out there... Something I've struggled to admit for most of my adult life. This episode of the [... and Landlord] Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast speaks on the subject of our: Mindset; Attitude; Vision; (and what I come to admit) - my Passion - TO BE RICH! But in the process I give insight into the books on the www.andlandlord/books page that have aided me greatly in expanding my Mindset; improving my Attitude; focusing my Vision; and refining ...

What's Your Why? | Ep. #22

August 20, 2019 08:00 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MB

What's your WHY? Your reason? Your purpose for getting up every day and going to work? Whether it be at a job where you're employed; or a business you own (self-employed) - why do you do it? Is it just to pay the bills? We all need money, and so is your current endeavor just the way you have of getting it - until some better way comes along? Or is it a means to some greater end? Is there a method to the madness? Or are you just keeping busy (because its what you're expected to do) - until ...

Give Me A Mountain Of Debt - With Rental Properties Going All The Way To The Top | Ep. #21

August 13, 2019 08:00 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MB

How do you feel about debt? I LOVE DEBT! GOOD Debt that is... Debt that benefits me, while being paid back by someone else (my tenants). I don't want debt that I have to pay back - that's BAD debt. In this episode of the [... and Landlord] Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast, I express my thoughts on debt and explain how and why I want to obtain at least $4 Million of additional debt (against cash-flow positive Rental Properties) in the coming 2 to 3 years. Real Estate is the only asset...

Stock Day Trader, Realtor, Real Estate Investor... and Landlord - Chad Kastel | Ep. #20

August 06, 2019 08:00 - 31 minutes - 45.3 MB

Episode #20 of the [... and Landlord] Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast features an interview with Stock Day Trader, Realtor and Real Estate Investor / Landlord - Chad Kastel. This is only the second interview on the show, and the longest episode so far, as Chad had lots of great information to share. I met Chad earlier this year in Denver, at Joe Fareless' Best Ever Conference. Chad was one of many people I talked to at the event, but I was intrigued by his being a Stock Day Trader pri...

Self Managing Landlords - 10 Things You Need To Stop Doing! - Part 2 | Ep. #19

July 30, 2019 08:00 - 22 minutes - 34.1 MB

This is Part 2 of "Self-Managing Landlords - 10 Things You Need To Stop Doing!" - which features #6 to #10. See last week's Episode (#18) for #1 to #5 on this list of 10 things you just need to stop doing (if you're a Landlord). So in this 19th Episode of the [...and Landlord!] Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast, I continue to speak on Self Managing Landlords - completing my list of 10 Things You Need To Stop Doing! Last week's episode got a little long, so I decided to split it into two...

Self Managing Landlords - 10 Things You Need To Stop Doing! - Part 1 | Ep. #18

July 23, 2019 08:00 - 26 minutes - 39.3 MB

In this 18th Episode of the [...and Landlord!] Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast, I speak on "Self Managing Landlords - 10 Things You Need To Stop Doing!" But it got a little long on time, so I actually ended up splitting it into 2 Episodes, with this Episode #18 being Part 1, featuring #1 to #5. And Part 2 will be Episode #19, featuring #6 to #10. The first 5 of 10 Things That Self-Managing Landlords Need To Stop Doing - covered in this episode, include... 1. Stop Collecting Rent Li...

My First New Build House In Partnership With Garrett White | Ep. #17 - Interview

July 16, 2019 08:00 - 22 minutes - 37.7 MB

My first guest! In this 17th Episode of the [... and Landlord!] Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast, I welcome my first guest to the show - Garrett White. And we talk about our first ground up construction / new build house and our partnership, along with some challenges we encountered along the way. Garrett is someone I first met a few years back when he reached out to me on BiggerPockets.com. We met shortly thereafter for coffee and found that we had a lot in common. Garrett was a relat...

Where To Get The Money? Using Other Peoples Money (OPM) For Real Estate Investing Success - Part 2 | Ep. #16

July 09, 2019 08:00 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MB

Continuing last week's discussion from Part 1 (Episode #15) on [Where To Get The Money?] - this week we focus on Private Lenders. Having your projects funded 100% by Private Lenders is the best method of [Using Other Peoples Money For Real Estate Investing Success]. This form of OPM may not be available to you on your very first project (I mention friends and family as a possible exception to getting Private Lender funding right from the start) - but as you successfully complete each proje...

Where To Get The Money? Using Other Peoples Money (OPM) For Real Estate Investing Success - Part 1 | Ep. #15

July 02, 2019 08:00 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MB

What are your thoughts on money? How do you feel about debt? Are you a person who thinks in terms of "I can't" or "how can I"? The difference between rich and poor (or middle class) may very well exist in the distinction between those two mindsets. Most people would LOVE to be a Real Estate Investor. I've yet to meet the person who says they would NOT want to own Real Estate. I've met people that would rather not be a Landlord, but everyone wants to own Real Estate. But most people will di...

BRRRR Might Be The Best Method Of Building Your Rental Property Empire | Ep. #14

June 25, 2019 08:00 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MB

Have you ever heard of the BRRRR method of Rental Real Estate Investing? BRRRR Stands for Buy, Rehab (or some may say Renovate), Rent, Refinance, (and to add yet another R) - Repeat. I've used the BRRRR method for all of my rental properties, buying each at some level of distress. And then rehabbing them into cash-flow positive rentals, before refinancing to pull out my invested cash, plus a nice profit - at least for most of them there was profit. Now the idea of buying a distressed prope...

Avoid Becoming A DIY Landlord | Ep. #13

June 19, 2019 00:19 - 27 minutes - 38.5 MB

Back in 2016, I found myself clearing my first (AND LAST) toilet clog in a rental property. It was my 4th property, but numbers 4, 5 and 6 came to me in a very short amount of time. And by the time I got #7, I was officially out of the DIY (Do It Yourself) Landlord life. No more would you find me clearing tenant toilet clogs. I was done handling jammed garbage disposals. I was finished with pest control. NO future maintenance and repair tasks would involve ME - doing anything directly. Ove...

Elevate Your Real Estate Investment - Introducing Blue Chariot Management | Ep. #12 - Special

June 11, 2019 14:00 - 12 minutes - 19 MB

Blue Chariot Management is here! #12 is a Special Episode of the [...and Landlord] Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast, titled "Elevate Your Real Estate Investment - Introducing Blue Chariot Management". Effective Property Management is an essential element of having a profitable Rental Real Estate Investment Property. This Special Episode serves as the official announcement of Blue Chariot Management. Professional Property Management by Blue Chariot for Single-Family and small Multi-Fami...

Make Sure Your Lease Protects Your ASSets | Ep. #11

June 04, 2019 08:00 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MB

So let's talk about your rental lease... Where did you get yours? Did you download it from some random site on the Internet located by searching Google for keywords like "rental lease agreement"? Did you buy it at Office Depot or Staples? Or did you go the professional route and pay an attorney to create a custom lease specific to you and your rental property? First, I don't recommend going the random Internet search route. I also wouldn't buy or use a lease from anywhere, unless it is ind...

Should Landlords Avoid Section 8 Tenants? | Ep. #10

May 28, 2019 13:25 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MB

So let's talk Section 8! There's an Eight Ball on the cover image of this episode for a reason. All too often Landlords effectively "Black Ball" Section 8 voucher holders. When a person with a Section 8 voucher calls to inquire about a listed rental home and they begin to ask that question of the Landlord... "Do you accept Section 8 vouchers?" - All to often, it may seem to the prospective Tenant as if the Landlord barely waits for them to finish asking the question before beginning to respo...

Rental Property Advertising - How To Make Your Rental Home Stand Out From The Crowd | Ep. #9

May 21, 2019 08:00 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MB

This (9th) Episode of the [... and Landlord] Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast is titled "Rental Property Advertising - How To Make Your Rental Home Stand Out From The Crowd". So in this episode, I go into things such as posting enticing pictures (lots of them), and making sure that your main exterior and kitchen (or kitchen and living-room) pictures are amazing. These can be taken with a SmartPhone, but you need to know what you're doing and have proper lighting - otherwise, go pro and...

Don't Let Vacancy Kill Your Rental Cashflow | Ep. #8

May 14, 2019 08:00 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MB

In this, the 8th Episode of the [... and Landlord] Rental Real Estate Investing Podcast, I discuss how vacancy kills rental cashflow; and therefore how to avoid vacancy. On this topic of avoiding rental vacancy, I discuss such things as making sure that your existing tenant leaves on terms that are favorable to your finding a new tenant BEFORE they're gone. This includes having a requirement of 45 days notice to end tenancy (not 30 days unless mandated by law). Also, having it stated in yo...