When you’re renting out a property for the long-term, you’re providing appliances that you know you’ll have to replace every few years during tenant turnover periods. When you’re renting out a property for the short-term, or as a vacation rental, the wear and tear on...
Estate planning isn’t something you necessarily want to approach at the end of your life. It’s actually going to serve you and your beneficiaries better if you start planning while you are healthy, well, and thinking about your current financial status and the wealth...
All indications point to an easing of inflation, but the interest rates have been slow to fall. We can hope that the Federal Reserve will usher in a rate cut to offset the historically high rates we’ve been dealing with for over a year now. Interest rates are higher...
Along the coast of Florida’s Gulf of Mexico region, we are rarely without a tourist season. Families come during the summer while the kids are off from school, leading to a busy set of months despite the fact that this is also our rainiest season and even the...
Unless you’re sitting on a lot of cash, you’ll probably need to borrow some money in order to finance the purchase of your first vacation rental property. Typically, it’s better to leverage other people’s money anyway when you’re investing. Why not hold onto your own...
Pets come up a lot when we’re talking to owners and investors about their rental properties. Some landlords are immediately willing to accept pets; it’s never even a question. Others are absolutely against the idea of having other peoples’ pets roaming through their...