To do rentals or to not do rentals, that is the question? Post 220


Coach Mitch’s REFLECTIONS™   In a recent forum discussion within MrLandlord.com the topic was: Who won’t you rent to… ? Question: Other than the obvious (can’t afford, eviction history) are there any groups/career fields you won’t rent to? And why? There were lots of answers, here’s a list. 1. Property manager 2. Military 3. Parents of […] . . .

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Coach Mitch's Lease/Option with Rehab. Post 219


Coach Mitch’s REFLECTIONS™ Editor’s Note Recently, a new student got his first property. He got his list, mailed a few letters and one response he got back was from a desperate seller just prior to the tax auction. This highly motivated tax delinquent seller said, “Just take the property.” The student gave her $1 for […] . . .

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How To Increase Your Rate of Return. Post 216


How Do You Increase Your Rate of Return? http://kclau.com/investment/increase-return/ ******************** Coach Mitch’s REFLECTIONS™ Editor’s Note: I commented on this article about increasing yield. You started to allude to where the real returns within investment are, in your own business. Businessmen know that the best return is created when they invest in themselves, e.g. their knowledge, their […] . . .

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Why don't wannabe real estate investors invest? Post 215


Coach Mitch’s REFLECTIONS™ Aside from winning the lottery or marrying into money, investing in real estate seems to be thought of as a way that the average American can gain wealth. They are correct! Most people I speak with are fascinated by the idea of being real estate investors, but only very few actually do […] . . .

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62,000 Tax Foreclosures in Detroit. Post 214


Mass Tax Foreclosure Threatens Detroit Homeowners AP March 30, 2015 Homeowners sit … waiting for their cases to be heard to avoid foreclosure from tax debts in Detroit on Jan. 29. This year, Wayne County officials sent out 62,000 foreclosure notices to city homeowners behind on property taxes. In Detroit, tens of thousands of people […] . . .

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Coach Mitch's "Golden Rule" for real estate investing. Post 213


[Ed.] This is part of a story from the Lubavitcher Rebbe Imagine a group of people contemplating a piano. They have never seen or heard of a piano in their lives, nor, for that matter, any other musical instrument – they live in a world in which the very concept of music is unknown. “It’s […] . . .

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Coach Mitch's Best Landlording Ideas. Post 212


Coach Mitch’s REFLECTIONS™ I read Mr. Landlord. Recently a good question was posed: What changes have you made in your rental business in the last three years? I list my suggestions first and have cherry picked many of the others. There’s a lot of good stuff here. When I ran a large Real Estate Investors […] . . .

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Rental Certificates hurt taxpaying landlords. Post 210


Schenectady Gazette Letter to the editor ~ March 24, 2013 In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, despite a city claiming that these inspections are for health and safety conditions, warrantless inspections of rental units are unconstitutional and violate landlords’ Fourth Amendment rights. Since 1981, New York courts have consistently ruled that cities and […] . . .

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Bill Cosby says: Take responsibility for your life. Coach Mitch agrees. Post 207


Coach Mitch’s REFLECTIONS™ [Editor’s Note: Coach Mitch agrees with Bill Cosby.] ********************   Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift. And life isn’t fair, but it’s good!! I’m 83. Except for brief period in the 50s when I was doing my National Service, I’ve worked hard since I was 17. Except […] . . .

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Use notes to buy tax sale property. Post 206.


Coach Mitch’s REFLECTIONS™ [Editor’s Note] A student asks about structuring a promissory note. Coach Mitch, Hypothetical scenario, when a tax delinquent homeowner agrees to transfer the property’s responsibility to me, title included, how should a promissory note be structured? Should the amount of the note be the tax amount that has been paid by the […] . . .

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