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Category: Home Ownership

  • Favorites, the Landlord edition

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    Tweet I thought I’d buffer my landlord horror story post with just a brief description of why being a landlord is good. My cousin currently has a 3 family building as well, but 2 of the units are sitting empty because she does not want to deal with the hassle of tenants.  She also has…

  • Bad Tenant Incidents and Lessons Learned

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    Tweet Sandy over at Yes I’m Cheap just launched a new website called “My Tenant from Hell” and I’m wishing her great success.  Fortunately for her and unfortunately for many of us, there is no shortage of material to fill up her site. Babci lived in a 3 family house and occupied in one of…

  • 8 Unusual Tips to Research your New Home

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    Tweet Last week, Everyday Tips, published a nice article on 10 Tips for buying a new home. It got me thinking of the crazy things I’ve done to research and negotiate a property. Don’t worry, I didn’t go and consult any psychics or anything, but now that we have a couple of houses under our…