5 Questions To Help You Decide When To Hire a Manager for Your Rental Property

“If you’ve ever spoken to a financial planner about investing, then you are very aware of the importance of diversification. When you diversify your portfolio, you spread out the risk. Real estate will always serve as a safe tangible asset to mitigate the risk in your portfolio. Many have amassed wealth by solely investing in real estate.”– James Harris, Entrepreneur …

Active Real Estate Investing – New Construction or a Fixer Upper?

Is 2022 your year to start investing in real estate? Maybe you’ve toyed with the idea in the past but never felt the time was right. Or you haven’t known enough about real estate investment to take the dive. If you’ve started looking into it, you’ve likely already figured out that there are a lot of options out there. For …

How Do You Know If It’s Time To Remodel Your Rental Property?

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Outdated fixtures. Monthly phone calls from tenants about broken-down appliances and other repairs. Carpet that’s getting close to the seven-year mark with pet-owning tenants most of that time. How do you know if these things are signs that it’s time to remodel your rental property? Whether you’re a new or experienced landlord, it may be easy to tell when the …

Home Inspections — The Pros and Cons

In a seller’s market, when it’s easier to sell a home than to buy one, it can be tempting to get caught up in the moment and do whatever you can to beat out the competition for the home you’ve been waiting to buy. You may have heard that one way to get ahead on the list of buyers is …

A Guide to Good Tenant Relationships

It’s a binding contract. It’s also a handshake with eye contact. You’re the landlord, they’re the tenant. You have a business relationship and a human connection. Some of the landlord-tenant relationship is simple, black-and-white business. But some circumstances ask you to honor the human side of the relationship with a little psychology and a little give-and-take. Here are some tips …

First Time Managing Your Own Rental Property? Avoid These 7 Rookie Mistakes

It seems pretty easy. You buy a property, make sure the appliances work, slap on some paint and boom—you’re in business.  The thing is… being a landlord IS a business. Just as you’d approach your day job like a professional, you should approach renting to tenants like one. But everyone is a new landlord at some point, and mistakes are …

Real Estate Investment for Beginners

You’ve saved some cash and you’re ready to take the plunge… you want to invest in real estate. Now what? Start with your goals. Would you rather put in a lot of work over a short amount of time for a quick profit? You might want to buy and flip a single-family home. Or do you want to invest longer …

Renting My Home vs. Selling My Home

If you own your current home, you may be ready to upgrade to a larger home to support your growing family. Maybe you are ready to downsize because your children have grown and now your nest is empty. The question is, what do you do with your current home? Should you sell it or does renting it make more sense? …

Investment Property: Flip… Or Buy And Hold?

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Most Americans would agree that buying property is a sound investment. Many of us dream about our very own weekend country house sitting on several acres, or perhaps a top floor downtown condo with stunning views of the city. In fact, home ownership in America is almost 65%. However, investing in property is a whole different ball game, and the …

Updated Apartments Available March 1

Gaskill Realty is pleased to announce that we will have 11 newly-available updated apartments for rent starting March 1, 2019. Located at 1610 Glenwood Avenue, the apartment homes are set back from the main road for less road noise and more tranquility. Less than one block from Five Points, this desirable location grants easy access to Glenwood South, Wade Avenue, …