by Al Williamson | Nov 12, 2018 | Call to Action, Ideas to Reduce Expenses
Imagine if you could buy an inexpensive gadget and turn it into a money-making asset. Well it’s possible… and I’ve been trying to uncover those types of opportunities for you. Here’s the latest… Credit-Worthy Devices Smoke/CO detectors...
by Al Williamson | Aug 14, 2018 | Call to Action, Ideas to Reduce Expenses
I hate working under a sink. The older I get the less willing I am to deal with plumbing. But I also hate having to pay a plumber… It’s time to rethink this. Rethinking Old Assumptions If you think of plumbing as your rental’s digestive track, then a...
by Al Williamson | Apr 4, 2017 | Call to Action, Ideas to Reduce Expenses, New Income Streams
Being a landlord sucks. Shortly after I started, in 1996, I found this to be true. Now, I’ve gone to the Mr. Landlord training… I know how to operate efficiently… that’s really not the issue. Here’s the problem with being a landlord...
by Al Williamson | Dec 26, 2016 | Call to Action, Defining Ideas, Ideas to Boost Equity, Ideas to Reduce Expenses
This may be so obvious that you’re missing it. We real estate investors talk a lot about buying more properties. But we fail to talk about optimizing what we already have. That’s possibly because the topic isn’t exciting. But I’d argue that it...
by Al Williamson | Dec 17, 2016 | Call to Action, Ideas to Reduce Expenses
Don’t you love it when you can buy something that saves money? Like a TV that allows you to cut your cable bill? Here’s how you can do it. Something snapped when I got a $200 cable bill I grew up watching broadcast TV for FREE and I enjoyed it. Now it’s...
by Al Williamson | May 9, 2016 | Ideas to Reduce Expenses
I was getting snarky… Snickering at rental owners who clearly weren’t reading the listings that they were posting. Many are still posting online “for rent” ads as if they are writing for newspaper print. Remember newspapers? I thought I should...