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Podcast 171: What to Do With Abandoned Property in Your Rental

#171 Abandoned Ashes!?!?

I was on a landlord thread recently where a property manager explained how he ended up with his former tenant’s ashes. His story was the reason we decided to rebroadcast episode 11 of our podcast on abandoned property. Listen to Cory’s unique story and then Steve & Jeff’s take on abandoned property….
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Podcast 170: How to Deal with Emotional Support Animals

#170 ESA Troubles? Meet Jaime Michelle Cain

Emotional Support Animals are all the rage these days for landlord or perhaps we should say that they enrage landlords. It’s a tough subject and we’ve found a great ally to help push back on bogus ESA claims. Jaime Michelle Cain is an attorney with the Boylan Code Law Firm and she specializes in Landlord-Tenant…
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Podcast 169: A New Landlord's Journey

#169 Community Member Shares Her Landlord Journey

Stephanie DeLeo is an active landlord in our Facebook group and she asked plenty of great questions. We reached out to her and asked if she would be willing to talk about her journey of being a landlord. In this episode she gives a great perspective on some of the things that can trip up…
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Podcast 168: Old Dawg's REI with Bill Manassero

#168 Old Dawg’s REI Podcast Interview

  Bill Manassero of Old Dawg’s REI podcast is our guest this week. He shares with us his experience of picking up real estate later in life and everything he’s learned from jumping into the deep end of real estate investing. Listen in as he talks about managing rentals from afar and all he’s learned in…
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Podcast 167: Best Landlord Advice Part 2

#167 Best Landlord Advice Part 2

We’re continuing to read through a post from our Facebook Group where 30+ landlords chimed in to give us their best landlord advice. This is part two of a two part podcast. You can read the full post by clicking here and requesting to join the group. Just be sure to answer our three screening…
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Podcast 166: Best Landlord Advice Part 1

#166 Best Landlord Advice Part 1

Recently a landlord asked our Facebook group for their best landlord advice. The 59 comments that rolled in are priceless in our opinion. This week’s episode is part one of two podcasts where we go through these comments and share our perspective on these words of wisdom. You can read the full post by clicking here…
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Podcast 165: Short Term Rentals with Al Williamson

#165 Short-Term Rentals With Al Williamson

Our guest Al Williamson is a former engineer and now full-time landlord who likes to experiment with his rentals. He works on ways to increase the revenue of his rentals and find new streams of revenue. Listen in as we discuss his short-term rental strategies and how he is able to make more income from his…
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Podcast 164: tenant breaks lease before moving in

#164 Tenant Wants To Break Lease Before Moving In

It happens… sometimes you have that great tenant lined up to move into the rental and the lease is signed… and they call and want to break it. What do you do in this situation? On paper they’re signed up for the length of the lease but as a landlord what steps should you take?…
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Podcast 163: How Landlords Should Deal with Stress

#163 Dealing With Stress

In this casual episode Steve and Eric rift on landlord stress and ways to manage it. Intro – Impressions 1:00 – B- Morgan Freeman 3:10 – Dealing with stress 4:20 – Rocking Chair Stress 5:30 – Water Line Replacement Insurance 8:40 – Second Best 10:32 – “How I Made My First Million” 12:20 – Comparing vs. Modeling 13:00 –…
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Podcast 162: Managing 55 and Older Rentals with Phil Bottfeld

#162 Managing 55+ Rentals With Philip Bottfeld

Philip Bottfeld is a landlord down in Miami, Florida that purchases condos in 55 and over communities. In this podcast he shares what he has learned about managing rentals in his niche demographic. Intro – Phil Bottfeld 1:46 – Difference in renting to 55+ compared to 20 somethings 2:40 – Maintenance calls 5:20 – Support phone calls 6:40 – Using…
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