Buying Rental Property and Controlling the Tenant Experience

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I’m obsessed with everything Apple. I own a MacBook Pro laptop, an iPhone, iPad and two Apple TV boxes. The family desktop computer is an iMac. My daughters both have iPad minis. My wife also has an iPhone and iPad. It’s not just Apple's intuitive design and ease of use that I love. What I appreciate most is the look and feel of their devices. They’re perfect. Last week I finished reading th...
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The Floor Plan: When Buying Rental Property Should You Care About It?

It was a deal killer. I knew it as soon as I walked through the front door. On paper, the charming single-family house in West Allis met our location and purchase price requirements. The remodeling needed was significant, but certainly not costly enough to scare us away. Unfortunately, there was virtually no living space and no way to expand what little there was inside the home. When we...
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The 2 Nearly Unsolvable Investment Property Problems

They say there’s no problem price can’t fix. This is true for just about any product. Even the most hideous shirt on the rack will sell if it’s priced right. So what about when it comes to real estate? Is there a price so ridiculously low that regardless of a property’s size, condition, location or functionality that someone will buy it? The answer is yes. But the problem with this concep...
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An Out-Of-Towner’s Guide to Milwaukee

For the record, I don’t consider myself an out-of-towner to Milwaukee. I’m more like a commuter, a very long-distance commuter. Since 2012 I’ve traveled from our office in Gilbert, Arizona to Milwaukee approximately 50 times (click here to see why our firm chose to invest in the Milwaukee real estate market). Because I usually stay at least three nights while in town that equates to over 15...
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