Choosing good tenants is the key to sleeping well. Sleeping well is fantastic!!

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Let’s face it. Tenants pay the rent. Tenants are helping you to pay down the mortgage, if you have one. Tenants are providing a nice extra income as well. Tenants pay the associated bills with the rental property. As long as the Tenants pay the rent everything is generally smooth sailing. Good Screening of Tenants…

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Is Trulia Correct? The data suggests otherwise. I think they are full of it

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  Its ironic that one business journal picks up on this crap and buys it hook, line and sinker. http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/real-estate/2014/10/austin-homes-most-overvalued-in-the-us-report-says.html http://www.trulia.com/trends/2014/10/bubble-watch-q3-2014/ Now, one must wonder about the data. How did they arrive at that analysis? They say that they look at price-to-income, the price-to-rent ratio and prices relative to their long term trends. That all…

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