5 Things You Should Know Before Investing in a Turnkey Property

What is Turnkey Investing? At its core, turnkey real estate investing is where you buy already rehabbed, tenant-filled, managed properties that are producing positive cash flow. A lot of the extra work that goes into real estate investing is cut […]

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Dallas Makes Rules Tougher on Landlords with New Housing Standards

● Graham Parham ● January 4, 2017 ● Appraisal and Inspections Investor Loans Mortgage Topics Property Management Real Estate Investing Tenants and Landlords Turnkey Properties ● No Comments

Dallas leaders say renters will be less susceptible to slumlords after the City Council voted Wednesday to overhaul the city’s housing standards and require code inspections of single-family rental homes for the first time. The new minimum housing standards also […]

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Millions of Boomers Prefer to Rent

● Graham Parham ● July 3, 2016 ● Buying an Investment Property Real Estate Investing Tenants and Landlords Turnkey Properties ● No Comments

Earlier in June, Freddie Mac reported that the 67 million baby boomers and other homeowners over the age of 55 control two-thirds of the nation’s aggregate home equity and therefore are in a position to greatly influence the direction of […]

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The Delicate Art of Rent Increases

● Graham Parham ● May 8, 2016 ● Buying an Investment Property Property Management Real Estate Investing Tenants and Landlords Turnkey Properties ● No Comments

Rents seem to only continue to go up. Nationally, the median asking rent increased 5.74 percent in the third quarter of 2015, compared with the same quarter a year earlier. But while many landlords raise the rent whenever it seems […]

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Majority of Renters Plan to Stand Pat

● Graham Parham ● March 19, 2016 ● Buying an Investment Property Out of State Investing Tenants and Landlords Turkey Properties ● No Comments

Rents may be rising and consumers may be feeling the crunch when it comes to their personal finances, but 70 percent of renters still believe that renting is more affordable than owning a home and 55 percent of renters plan […]

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Here are the Fundamentals Driving SFR Growth

● Graham Parham ● January 10, 2016 ● Buying an Investment Property Real Estate Investing Tenants and Landlords Turnkey Properties ● No Comments

The single-family rental (SFR) market gained traction as a viable asset class with phenomenal growth in 2015. The homeownership rate fell to its lowest level in nearly five decades during the summer as more and more families and individuals chose […]

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Landlords: Forget Being “Nice.” THIS is the Key to a Good Tenant Relationship.

● Graham Parham ● November 4, 2015 ● Tenants and Landlords ● No Comments

Many landlord/tenant relationships end up being rather adversarial. I hear many tenants say that they are moving because their current landlord is not nice. I have even heard newbies who are just getting into the landlording business say that one […]

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