Rental Operations
The annual review every landlord should do
A few hours once a year on things that quietly drift, and the drift is expensive in every direction.
Topic
operations
Every Real Estate Investing Trends article tagged operations — 6 pieces across 3 sections.
Markets & Cycles
Class A, B and C, and why the letters matter
The classification is informal and imprecise, and it predicts more about your experience as an owner than almost any other single descriptor.
Strategies
Short-term rentals: the returns, and the regulatory risk
Higher gross revenue, considerably higher costs and effort, and a rule set that can change with one council vote.
Rental Operations
Self-managing versus hiring a property manager
The decision is usually framed as a cost question, and it is really a question about what you are willing to be interrupted by.
Rental Operations
Turnover: the expense nobody budgets properly
Every tenant who leaves costs more than most owners realise, which makes retention the cheapest form of yield improvement available.
Rental Operations
What maintenance actually costs
The rules of thumb are rough, the real number depends on the building, and underestimating it is the most common reason a deal underperforms.