Archive for the 'Real Estate' Category

Looking At Options for a Home

We have been looking for a place to call home for awhile, and we have a little nest egg set aside for it.  Though we have been renting for some time now,  we have always dreamed of having our own home, and we have finally made it to the point where that will be a […]

Finding Who I Am

I will be finished college this spring and have accepted a teaching position in a small town, starting this coming fall. I am completely nervous to move away from home, but I am also excited to spread my wings and set some roots for myself. It will be a great growing experience, considering that I […]

Looking for a Good Painter

A friend of mine recently purchased a rental property in Phoenix and they wanted to renovate the house before they rented it out.  We had a number of contractors lined up to do all the work, but we were having difficulty finding a Phoenix house painter.
We tried calling the numbers listed in the phonebook under […]

Redoing The Bathrooms

I was looking through a catalogue the other day, at different types of bathroom suites. My husband and I are in the process of flipping our first house and the bathroom definitely needed a lot of TLC. I wanted it to be nice, as it would help in the resale of the house when we […]

Back in the days of being a Landlord…

It seems that it has been years since I was a landlord.  I had the opportunity to manage a 50 unit apartment complex for a couple of years, and I learned a lot about property management. 
Some of the biggest lessons I learned dealt with property repair, time management and outsourcing.  At that time in […]

Surefire Way to Get Rich

One of the easiest ways to generate wealth without working 80 hours per week.  It is something that is really simple, and it is all around you.  Any ideas?
Well it is simple - it is real estate.
You see by doing rental property investment, you will increase your passive income.  For those of you who don’t […]

A Real Estate Site You Can Rely On

There is a real estate place that you can go to on the web and look up pretty much any city to find out what is on the market. It is a very handy site if you are moving to another city and don’t have the opportunity to be there to look at houses right […]

A Little Home Insurance

I recently purchased my first home and I am very proud of it. It is definitely something that suits me just perfectly and I am excited to make it uniquely me. Owning a home, I found out, has a lot of responsibilities that go with it. One of those is purchasing home insurance. I went […]

Time Will Tell

I was recently looking at mobile homes for sale. I move around a lot and it would be nice to just pack up and take my home with me, rather than always looking for a new house. All I would need this way, is a lot. It would make it a lot easier for packing […]

So Hard To Say Goodbye

We are making a move this summer and I am really stressed out about it. My husband received a job offer that we really can’t refuse, but I am sad, as I have lived here my whole life. It will be very hard to say goodbye to my lifelong friends and our families, but I […]