Road to Realty

Back in August, I shared where we were at with withholding on our rental income and the general “fingers crossed” strategy we were working with. Well, tax season is behind us now, and here’s how it turned out:We ended up paying around $8,000 to the feds and $4,000 to the state.So yeah, not exactly the…

It’s been a year since we started this journey. We have bought two of our eventual ten houses and it feels like we are on track to hit our long term goals. But the end of the first year also brought a new milestone: our first tenant turnover. Now ideally we would have tenants who…

I’m waiting to buy because I hear there’s a housing crash coming.  I’m waiting to buy because I’m waiting for interest rates to come down.  I’m waiting to buy it because I don’t want to lose my 3% mortgage.  Does this sound like you?  If so, read on… In this installment of “It’s getting interesting”,…

This week, I’m going to talk about interest rates. This is a subject that is constantly being discussed everywhere right now, which affects anyone considering buying a home, whether or not it is an investment property. I actually think interest rates matter less when discussing investment properties than primary homes, as I will discuss below.…

Somehow, we’re nearing the end of February and ramping into tax season. I know they say time is relative, but I didn’t know that meant it gets sucked into a black hole. If Schrödinger’s cat represented my energy level, it is most certainly dead right now. Why are things like this?! No energy, no time……

Last year, when I started this blog, I intended to write one post a week. After the first few weeks, it became clear that one every other week was the correct pace for our content. And then, in September, I became a zombie. Not actually, at least, I still think I have my whole brain.…

It’s been a few weeks since our last post. Close to a month actually. There’s no real reason other than a big schedule change in our professional lives that has disrupted the flow of our personal lives. Due to this change, time has no meaning anymore (or at least until the schedule reverts back).  In…

I got an email today saying we are cleared to close. This means the loan is ready to go so long as all the other contingencies have been met. I might have touched on this before but even if I have, we can all use refreshers every now and then.  For almost every real estate…

Things are moving along in the purchase of our next house. We are supposed to close on September 18 and we seem on track to do so. It’s funny how even though this is only our second property, I feel a lot more prepared going into this purchase. Most of this post will be an…

Say what you will about manifesting, but we started talking about our next house about two weeks ago, and we are already under contract. In this post, I will talk about how we got from point A to point B. My mind is still spinning about how quickly we got here but I do feel…