Category Archives: Real Estate

Which Repairs Are The Tenant’s Responsibility?
If you think that renting out real estate properties will be a painless way to make money in your sleep, you will be sorely disappointed. Your rental properties may or may not be a source of stress while tenants are living there, but they will definitely stress you out every day that they are… Read More »

The Biggest Obstacle To Your Real Estate Empire Could Be Sitting At The Head Of Your Dining Table
Years later, it is possible to laugh about how meddlesome members of your family interfered with your plans for your wedding; one can have a sense of humor about a pescetarian mother-in-law who went behind your back to tell the caterers to replace the steak tartare appetizer with sashimi or about the wannabe celebrity… Read More »

Are Mortgage Buydowns A Win-Win Situation Or A Shady Gimmick?
Nowhere besides the Washington, D.C. area is it more obvious that, during the pandemic, people with cushy, salaried jobs used the months of working from home to save up money to buy real estate. With no commuting expenses and no opportunities for dining out and recreational travel, the upper middle class turned those budget… Read More »

Real Estate Investing Is Not A Game
Some people approach investing as a game, as if the uncertainty about whether you will gain or lose money from the investment, and how much you will gain or lose, is part of the fun. If this is your approach to investing, then buying real estate properties and renovating them in order to generate… Read More »

What Is The Difference Between A Real Estate Agent And A Realtor?
In many endeavors in life, it is simple and practical to follow the principle that too many cooks spoil the broth. For example, the fewer people involved in the planning of your wedding, the better. Likewise, many entrepreneurs look back fondly on their startup days, when two or three friends made their great idea… Read More »

The Landlord’s Guide To Security Deposits In Maryland
It is easy to find advice online for tenants about how to spot a landlord who is likely to rip you off or fail to make necessary repairs during your tenancy. It is also easy to find advice for landlords dealing with the difficult situation of dealing with tenants who are unable to pay… Read More »

How Landlords Can Cope With Sky High Rents
The Washington DC area has always been famous for its expensive rents and real estate prices, which makes investing in real estate in the Maryland suburbs of D.C. both a challenge and an opportunity for profits. Of course, in recent months, unaffordable high price tags are popping up everywhere on everything, not only in… Read More »

Investors’ Share Of Residential Real Estate Purchases Is Nearing A Record High, But The DC Metro Area Is Not The Center Of The Action
Investing in real estate is not an easy way to get rich quick, despite how some ads on the Internet might make it sound. It is, however, a solid business idea; after all, there is always demand for housing. As house prices rise and the job market continues to reel from pandemic-related uncertainty, more… Read More »

Can You Give Real Estate Property As A Gift?
If you own a real estate property, it is probably the most valuable thing you own, and if you own more than one real estate property, your wealth is substantial. By this logic, it would seem that giving someone a real estate property would be a great way to help them be financially secure,… Read More »

The Least Risky Ways To Get Started Investing In Real Estate
Some cynical articles have gone as far as to say that getting paid to do nothing is the new American dream. In fact, the quest for passive income is nothing new; Americans have been searching for it for at least as long as jobs where you could earn a reliable income and build up… Read More »