Read the Covenants and Restrictions!
You’ve done all of your ground work. You’ve found a fixer-upper at a price below market value comps in an established subdivision where values seem to be appreciating at a good pace. Based upon your...
View ArticleSchool Districts – The Flaw In The Hedge Fund Buyer’s Approach
Over the past 16-18 months, I’ve started my day by running the “hot sheets.” A set criteria that I’ve entered as a template generates the homes that have had status changes in the past 24 hours. The...
View ArticleChoosing a Tenant- Why Credit Isn’t King
“Extension of Credit by Instrument” – Dr. Michael Burry In short, it was the reason for the collapse of our economy and the sharpest decline of property values since the Great Depression. These...
View ArticleThe Road Less Traveled…But More Traveled
One of the criteria the funds are using to cull properties is road frontage. If the subject property fronts on a road with a double yellow line, a number of the fund buyers “cull” it. If you’ve been...
View ArticleEviction=Denied…Not So Fast
Rental History- in my opinion it is the single most important component of a rental application. There is no better indicator of what kind of tenant your prospect will be in the future than what kind...
View ArticleIntroducing Return On Rent’s Market Absorption Reports
I’ve spent the last week analyzing rental market data for counties on the South side of Atlanta. Using GAMLS as a source for the data, I’m able to create spreadsheets that I can use to study market...
View ArticleGoogle Is A Friend You Shouldn’t Ignore
“stigmatized property” a property which buyers or tenants may shun for reasons that are unrelated to its physical condition or features.[1] The state of Georgia is a “caveat emptor” state, which...
View ArticleA Rough Zestimate
Whether you’ve been house hunting or not, you’ve probably visited Zillow, Trulia, Redfin, and any number of other sites designed to attract house hunters. I can distinctly remember when the most...
View Article“Here We Go Again”
Recently, I was chatting with two friends of mine that have been involved in the construction business for a combined 80 years. We were discussing the rebound in home prices in pockets of our market...
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