What is A Good Vehicle For A Landlord? Landlords have different needs based on how many rentals they have, the type and frequency of work / repairs they perform themselves, and what type of rentals they have. Pickup trucks
Kids Kids: What Is Interest? It is two days after Halloween and you have been really enjoying all of the candy you collected trick or treating. You've eaten chocolate, gummy bears, peanut butter cups, and
60 Quick Tips For Landlords Stick to your leaseScreen TenantsDon't be Nice, Be Fair and FirmDon't get involved with tenant's personal affairsDon't give tenants a 3rd chanceAvoid renting to friends and familyTreat your rentals like
Kids What Is A Loan? A loan is when somebody gives an item or money to somebody else for them to use for a certain period of time but expects them to give it back.
How To How Do You Track Real Estate Expenses? Know What You Can ExpenseBefore doing anything else you should become familiar with what counts as an expense. Knowing what is and what isn't a tax deductible expenses might change
Explained Do Landlords Work On Weekends? Sooner or later you will have to work on the weekend as a landlord, but how much and how ofter depends on these 12 things. Emergency RepairsYou can't decide when
Explained 5 Reasons You Should Be Consistent It Allows For MeasurementWith many things in life it's hard to judge the results of a single action. If you do one workout can you measure how much weight you
Kids Kids: What Is A Bank? In our previous story we learned about Money. Neighborhood kids were trading with candy and paper notes. Imagine you have traded some of your toys for candy. You also helped
Kids Kids: What is Money? You have a shiny red toy truck. You've had it for a while and had fun playing with it but now you don't really want it anymore and you'd rather
Kids Introducing the Kids Series Short stories you can read to your kids to help give them an early start to understanding money, finance, and investing.
How To Be Good To People Being a landlord isn't easy. You will have people lie to you. You will have people destroy your property. Some people will waste your time, call you names, treat you
Interesting Reads Pick Your Own Path The internet is full success stories and true or not it's easy to compare yourself to them. Maybe you want the same success, or think you can do better, but
Interesting Reads How Rental Data Is Relational And Why It Matters To You Relational = the way in which two or more people or things are connected. For Example:You own a property, the property has units, the units have tenants, the tenants and
How To 5 Powerful Time Saving Strategies For Landlords Carry Basic Tools With YouThis varies for how much DIY work you do and how often you visit your rentals but it can be a real waste of time if
Interesting Reads Why All The Required Fields?! I've tried out a lot of different property management software and one thing that really irritates me is how many fields are required to just get something in the system.
How To Furnishing Your Rental With A Backup Plan If you're going to try something that you're not sure about, think about what you can do to minimize your losses if it doesn't work out. For example, say you
How To Why You're Not Documenting (And What You Can Do About It) Documenting, or keeping records, is not a marvelous and uplifting event. It's usually quite the opposite. It takes up your valuable time and it can be flat out boring. It
Interesting Reads Welcome To The Blog! Hello, my name is Billy and I started GovernRent. My Wife and I are real estate investors and landlords. We work a lot and solve problems every day. Some personal,
Interesting Reads You Better Get Back Up! Life is hard. Relationships are hard. Real Estate Investing is hard. Managing your own rentals is hard. Think it's going to be easy to do them all together? You're going
Interesting Reads Why Do People Rent? Here are some common reasons, in no particular order. Houses Are Expensive. Sure they vary from place to place but for most homeowners a house will be the most expensive
Explained What is The 1% Rule? Lots of real estate investors talk about the 1% rule. It is worthwhile to know but it isn't really a rule and it might not apply to you. What It
Interesting Reads Good Debt Vs Bad Debt When I was in my early teens I saw this stereo I just had to have. It had all the pieces; dual cassette, 5 disk CD changer, FM/AM Tuner,
How To Find Your Data in GovernRent Finding your data in GovernRent is different than most other systems. Find out why it works so well.
How To Help Button in GovernRent The help button is located in the bottom right of every page in GovernRent. It is a quick way to send us a message. What should it be used for
Interesting Reads Psychology of Real Estate Investing Delayed GratificationIt's just human nature to want to see the results of your efforts as soon as possible. You pick an apple and you instantly get to eat something sweet.
