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A Beginner’s Guide to Postlets.com: Part 2

January 12, 2016 by Kathryn Sneed 1 Comment

Postlets.com

Author's Note: I put together this resource hoping it would help after seeing many questions on Postlets.com. I am not affiliated with the company nor is this legal advice. All information within this post is my own based on my personal experiences and what I have seen over the years belonging to various forums. As always, my goal is for you to have the most successful landlording experience as possible. One of my absolutely favorite places to … [Read more...]

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A Beginners’ Guide to Postlets.com: Part 1

January 11, 2016 by Elizabeth Bennett Colegrove 3 Comments

Authors Note: I put together this resource hoping it would help after seeing many questions on Postlets.com. I am not affiliated with the company nor is this legal advice. All information within this post is my own based on my personal experiences and what I have seen over the years belonging to various forums. As always, my goal is for you to have the most successful landlording experience as possible. One of my absolutely favorite places to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: I am a Reluctant Landlord, I am a Small Time Landlord, I am an Empire Builder, Self Management

What’s For Dinner? Hello Fresh: Dinner for Two

January 10, 2016 by Elizabeth Bennett Colegrove Leave a Comment

What's for dinner

Authors Note: My New Year's resolution is to solve the biggest ulcer-inducing part of life. That's figuring out what's for dinner every night! I am sure I am not the only one, so follow me on this adventure as I discover different ways to answer this question. Please note that this include an affiliate links when you use my coupon code to save $40. While it is at no cost to you, I do appreciate your support. As a millennial DINK couple one of … [Read more...]

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How I Placed a Tenant While Vacationing in Fiji

January 9, 2016 by Elizabeth Bennett Colegrove 2 Comments

How I place a Tenant While Vacationing in Fiji

If you are a returnee and have been following my exploits on Facebook and this website, you will know that I am a huge believer in being transparent. If you are new, welcome. I am a huge believer in sharing the good and bad about being a self-mananaging landlord. While vacationing in Fiji, celebrating the holidays and my birthday (28 feels years young of course), I posted this Facebook post to the military landlord Facebook group I am a … [Read more...]

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Is it Worth Buying a House if You Move Every Two Years?

January 8, 2016 by Elizabeth Bennett Colegrove 8 Comments

Is it Worth Buying a House if You Move Every Two Years?

If you are in the military or another industry that moves often you probably have this question, "Is it worth buying a house if you move every two years?" As a military spouse whose husband is active duty, and as someone who has moved four times in six years, my answer is it depends. We have bought seven houses in four years. Four of the houses have primary residence and the other three were bought as rentals from day one. We didn't buy at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buying or Selling Real Estate, Military & Real Estate

10 Ways to Optimize Your Time as a Self-Managing Landlord

January 7, 2016 by Elizabeth Bennett Colegrove Leave a Comment

10 Ways to Optimize Your Time as a Self-Managing Landlord

"Someday changing filters, fixing light bulbs, and answering phone calls for plumbing issues at 2 a.m. will cause you to exit self-management." "I tried to add up all the hours I worked on my properties but gave up after six and I was only talking about my renovation." As a non-shy 27-year-old investor who proclaims loudly of my self-managing and Empire Building status, I hear those and more comments often -- if not daily -- and they make … [Read more...]

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What to Put in a Tenant’s Welcome Basket

January 6, 2016 by Elizabeth Bennett Colegrove 6 Comments

What to Put in a Tenant's Welcome Basket

Many landlords like to give a little something to a tenant who's moving in. The small, personal touch can create a great foot forward at the beginning of the landlord-tenant relationship. For that reason, many landlords put together a tenant welcome basket. While I personally no longer provide welcome baskets for my tenants, after a bad experience. Still there are many more landlords who are huge believer in Welcome Basket's as they feel they … [Read more...]

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Why New Service Members Should Rent, Not Buy Furniture

December 22, 2015 by Elizabeth Bennett Colegrove 2 Comments

Why New Service Members Should Rent not Buy Furniture

CORT was gracious enough to sponsor this post but all the opinions and experiences are my own. My husband loves to brag that before he married me moving was much simpler. It truly was, since all of his stuff fit in into his two-door sports car. His first two moves from school and then to Pensacola was easy compared to the moves with 7,000-plus pounds that almost six years of marriage brings along. I still hear today about how life was so much … [Read more...]

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9 Commonly Asked Questions Regarding the 2016 BAH Rates

December 15, 2015 by Elizabeth Bennett Colegrove 10 Comments

9 Commonly Asked Questions Regarding the 2016 BAH Rates

Today, as with every mid-December, the 2016 BAH rates were released. If you have not checked your rates for next year you can find the calculator here. For some this is great news, but for others it may not be so great news. It all depends on if your rates have increased or decreased. Today, as I was noticing tons of comments and questions about the 2016 BAH rates, I realized there were a lot of common misconceptions and questions. Over the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buying or Selling Real Estate, How to Hire a Property Manager, I am a Reluctant Landlord, I am a Renter, I am a Small Time Landlord, I am an Empire Builder, Military & Real Estate

Multiplex Versus Single Family Homes

November 25, 2015 by Elizabeth Bennett Colegrove 10 Comments

Multiplex Versus Single Family Homes

The question comes up often. Which is better -- to buy a single family home or a multiplex? Unfortunately, the answer is not that easy. As always when investing in real estate it is a very personal question that depends on YOUR personal dreams, goals, resources .... As an empire builder, my next foray into real estate investment will be a multiplex. My dream at our next duty station is to live in one unit and rent the other units out. As the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: I am an Empire Builder

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