http://www.thelandlordblog.com Leveraging Time and Money to Create Passive Income Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:56:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just finished sending security deposit returns back to several tenants who moved out of their units on June 1.  We had a surge of turnover in some of our college rentals as students graduated and went home for the summer.  Most of the tenants got their entire deposit back, ... http://www.thelandlordblog.com/2007/06/22/security-deposit-returns-affect-profitability/ This week we're hosting the Carnival of Real Estate Investing and we've weeded through and picked out the best entries for your perusal.  Kind of reminds me of the weeding I just did in my yard, and all the times when I was a kid that I weeded the rows ... http://www.thelandlordblog.com/2007/06/18/the-carnival-of-rei-is-here/ This week's edition of the Carnival of Real Estate Investing is now posted at Equity Scout. There are some interesting posts to read (as usual) so please check it out, AND, if you blog please consider getting involved in the carnival! http://www.thelandlordblog.com/2007/06/04/carnival-of-rei-now-posted/ We made the top 10 at the Carnival of Real Estate Investing this week.  Check out this week's edition over at Robert's Real Estate Investing blog. http://www.thelandlordblog.com/2007/05/07/hey-we-made-the-carnival/ May is an extremely busy time for some of my rental properties.  I have a concentration of college students at a few of my buildings and most of their leases begin June 1 or September 1.  We have thirteen units turning over on June 1. One great strategy that we use ... http://www.thelandlordblog.com/2007/05/06/its-turnover-time-for-college-rentals/ Collecting last month's rent at the beginning of a lease term is an overlooked strategy that can really save and MAKE you extra money!  More and more investors are strapped for cash flow these days and here is one more little way you can keep an eye on your bottom ... http://www.thelandlordblog.com/2007/04/28/improve-cash-flow-with-last-months-rent/ Today's Carnival of Real Estate Investing has been published on Equity Scout. C'mon all you real estate bloggers... let's see one of your posts make the list next week!  Write something brilliant (or just your random thoughts will do fine :)) and submit your post to the carnival.  It's easy and ... http://www.thelandlordblog.com/2007/04/23/carnival-of-rei-20/ Today's carnival of real estate investing has been published at our fellow REI blog called Real Real Estate Investing.  Check it out for some great reading! http://www.thelandlordblog.com/2007/04/16/carnival-of-rei-published-today/ I had a minor situation happen this week that could easily have been avoided. I have several units that attract college students. This results in having many lease ending dates of May 25 (with college students I cut their year long leases 5 days short - more on ... http://www.thelandlordblog.com/2007/04/13/get-move-outs-in-writing/ Welcome to the April 2, 2007 edition of carnival of real estate investing! Thanks to everyone who participated this week.In keeping with the theme of our carnival, investing, I had to eliminate several posts from the running. I chose several that I thought would benefit our investor audience.My ... http://www.thelandlordblog.com/2007/04/02/138/