t's been a minute (or 3,250,634 minutes) since I've published a post. After sharing my blog space with a few friends, I became encouraged to start posting again, so I thought I would check in with everyone and give you an update of where I am with my real estate investments and my learnings. Since my last post, I've learned a lot about negotiating with tenants and operations of both the retail and...
Why I'm finally paying attention to "Days to Pay" Over the past ten years of owning and managing small commercial properties, I’ve had four tenants go bad. In each case, the ending looked different — some moved out quietly, others required eviction — but the financial result was nearly identical. I lost roughly $2,000–$3,000 each time. Painful, yes, but not catastrophic. And that’s...
As this is my first blog, let me begin this post by qualifying myself. I am new to real-estate investing as a profession but not new to the idea of investing. I’ve romanticized endlessly, like many of you, about becoming an overnight real-estate tycoon. After nearly 20-years of living the dream inside Corporate America, I decided to finally do something about...