Life of an Investor Archives: February 2009
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23 February 2009
Half Full! (or Half Empty?)
We successfully filled 2 out of the 4 units available in our building. We are very fortunate to have had both of the tenants move in during the same week that they viewed the units. I have also contacted a couple of other potential tenants who seem interested, so things are looking up. [...]
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16 February 2009
Update on our vacancies
I guess I forgot to mention this to you, my loyal readers.
We do have one tenant who moved in last Saturday. One down, three to go. Actually I also showed one of the units to a young couple last Saturday who said that they would let me know this week and then [...]
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16 February 2009
To rent to friends and family?
Today I think I’ll take a look at a few pros and cons of renting a property to those closest to you. In an ideal world, everyone would be trustworthy and reliable. If this were the case, there would be no difference between renting to a brother or a complete stranger. Unfortunately [...]
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9 February 2009
The words I use
My brother just posted a cool little picture that shows the words most used on his blog. The bigger the word, the more it is used. Here is my picture. You have to click the picture to see full size:
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4 February 2009
Our first tenant application
Woo hoo. Right now, I’m feeling a tiny sense of excitement and stress reduction. Our property management company just called and let me know that we have an applicant who wants to move into one of our units in 2 days. That was completely unexpected. I don’t know all of the [...]