Last week, I started a series of articles about things I’ve changed my mind about over the years; as in, used to see them as absolute right/wrong issues, and now think of them as, well, at least 49 shades of gray. If I were a politician, this would be called flip flopping. But I’m not,...

If you own rentals in Ohio, or plan to, you need to take moment and find out about a proposed law that will force you to let certain tenants out of a lease without paying. If this proposal becomes law, any tenant would be able to terminate their lease simply by showing that they planned...

Which, if you missed it, was to repeal a never-enacted rate cut to FHA buyers for mortgage insurance premiums. In his last days in office, president Obama issued an order to cut the annual mortgage insurance premium from .85% of the loan balance to .60%. This rate cut didn’t go into effect until January 27th,...

 Like a lot of seasoned investors, I have a LOT of opinions about the “right” way to do things. In fact, I’m afraid that, once I form a particular belief about something, I might be even MORE likely to stick to it like white on rice than the average person, ‘cause I’ve been around the...

Understanding Performing vs. Non-Performing Note Investments There are 2 kinds of notes that you can buy: performing (that is, the note is being paid as agreed by the borrower) and non-performing (the payments are not being made, and the note is “in default”). Usually, when you buy a non-performing note on a vacant home, your...