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Jarnell Porter
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The Tenant Who Made A Change
We as landlords all hate the word “vacancy”. It means time to take a risk, time to fix up the unit, time to be a little lighter in the pocket. This feeling over my real estate career isn’t new, but the decision I recently made to solve this problem was drastically different. I needed a …
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5 Real Estate Investing Lessons My Mother Taught Me
Over the years the most influential and loving person we as humans will be around is our mother. My Mother, Elva Mae Porter, was a heavy component in my life, and that remains even after her death which occurred last March in 2017. She decided to become involved in my business and it was a …
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Water…Water…Let’s Talk About Water & Losing $Cash Flow$
I’m fully aware that this site and those who visit the site frequently are doing so because of real estate investing. Cool! However, it is the small things that add up and kill our bottom line as Landlords. So in this article I’m really talking about my water bill, loss of monthly cash flow profits …
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My Perfect Tenant Left Me! What do I do Now???
Today, I can say I stand among my fellow landlords in a gloomy mood. My best tenant has moved on. The tenant that pays on time, never complains, and the one you hope will stay with you forever, but we know will leave us one day. What’s next? How do I replace the perfect tenant? …
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Taking Action as a Real Estate Investor
Success in Real Estate is taking action. Taking the necessary steps we as real estate investors and professionals can take to progress along our road to success. In order to obtain true success it is always important to understand where you are in accordance to your road to success. Are you at the beginning, middle, …
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Landlording 101 – Why Tenants are Like Children
Ever wonder why each child is different? Do you ever wonder why one child grows up to be the President of the United States and the other one just got out of the County jail for the fifth time LOL? Well the same could be said about your Tenants. Each tenant that you rent to …
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Fitting in the Missing Pieces to a Successful Real Estate Business
Real Estate is a business with many different parts. Utilizing these different parts effectively can also lead to many different ways to make money. However, it seems that a large number of investors are only focusing on one aspect of the business which leaves a lot of money on the table and not in their …
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Blue Collared Real Estate
America is built off the notion of hard work and getting what you want and accomplishing dreams. The idea that the average person can live the American dream of one day have a house, two or more cars, two kids, a husband or wife, and live life happy ever after. However, does this truly happen …
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Landlords Can Have Pocket Listings Too!
Hello fellow Landlords! Let me start off with a question, “Do you have a pocket listing?” Many of you may be familiar with pocket listings and some of you may not. A pocket listing is a property a realtor has not put on the market or MLS, but is offering it to a specific group …
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Rental Business Tip: They Would Live Like That Anyway.
One day as I was at a rental property doing a repair a tenant had requested. I heard one of the smartest thing a person could tell a current or prospective landlord or property manager. The plumber told my mother, “Mrs. Porter if they owned his house they would live like this anyway.” As me …
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