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Having a short term rental (such as a vacation rental) versus a long term rental (such as a traditional lease) can have both pros and cons. Some potential advantages of having a short term rental include: Higher potential income: Short term rentals can generate higher income per unit than long term rentals, as they can... Read More
How To Win In Multiple Offers
Ok so you found a property that you love and it just so happens everyone else does too. It’s the Rachel McAdams of homes. Theres not one thing you can say bad about it… She is perfect- I mean, it is perfect. So what are some strategies you can use to make sure you offer... Read More
3 Best and Worst ROI Repairs When Selling
So you’re thinking of selling your house. And you’re a pretty normal person so you want to be able to sell it and make the most amount of money as humanly possible… And you want to know what you need to do to fix or improve your house to do just that. Maybe you need... Read More
How Interest Rates Work
Interest rates are an important component of buying a home. Interest is the cost to take out a loan to purchase a home. It is paid in proportion to the loan and typically expressed as an annual percentage of the loan. Taking out a loan allows you to start paying off a home monthly instead... Read More
Buyers or Sellers Market?
You may be thinking about buying a home and started asking around about what’s happening in the housing market. You want to be sure you aren’t making the wrong decision at the wrong time. And maybe you’ve heard different opinions or terms being tossed around that are a little confusing. Below are a few definitions... Read More
2007/2008 Lessons
I wanted to give you some context on what happened during the 2008 housing and financial crash as I understand it and what we can learn from it. Following the dotcom bubble, values in real estate began to creep up, fueling a rise in homeownership among speculative buyers, investors, and other consumers. A perfect storm of... Read More
Real Estate Bubbles
School sucked. I have never in my life used the quadratic formula since I learned it 10th grade math. It’s too bad school didn’t teach us more… like how to do our taxes, how to create a budget and follow it and oh yeah… how the real estate market worked. Now were adults and its... Read More
The Advantages of Owning Over Renting
“Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate. More money has been made in real estate than in all industrial investments combined. The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate.” -Andrew Carnegie The truth is, you’re already paying a mortgage. Its just not your own. Also... Read More
Top 10 Book Recommendations
Top 10 Books Recommendations from Brett Belknap 1. Rich Dad Poor Dad– Robert Kiyosaki’s book on financial literacy was life changing for me. I was in college trying to figure out what I wanted to do and I stumbled across this. I resonated immediately with the differences in mindsets between his poor dad (his actual... Read More
What is Earnest Money?
So you did that home search thang and made and offer and got that bad boy under contract! Congrats! Depending on your state contract, you will be required to turn in a deposit on the home. Earnest money is a negotiated term in the offer that is then deposited in an escrow account after an... Read More
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