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  • Tips to Being a Successful Landlord

    Tips to Being a Successful Landlord

    The ultimate goal of investing in rental property is turn a profit. To make sure that you achieve that goal it is essential that you follow several critical guidelines. 

    First, always make sure that you check references. This can be a burdensome step that many landlords overlook if they feel as though they have a good instinct about the tenant when they meet with them. Not checking references; however, can lead to a number of problems. You can uncover a wealth of information about potential problems before you rent to a prospective tenant. 

    You don’t have to do this part yourself, however. With the help of CRE Property Management, you can ensure that you have tenant references done without having to do much in the process yourself. You deserve to have tenants who will treat your house as if it’s their own, so make a point of interviewing and finding the right property managers who can help.

    Always make sure that you have everything in writing. This is to protect not only your rights but also the rights of your tenants as well. Everything from the code of conduct you expect tenants to abide by while renting your property to the rental application itself should be in writing. 

    You will find that you have better success with your rental property if you take the time to ensure that it is both secure and clean. The grounds of the property should be free of clear and trimmed regularly. Not only will the property be more visually appealing but these actions will also assist you with property liability. You will also want to take additional security measures. Extra security may be able to lower your insurance premiums as well as provide an incentive to quality tenants to rent your property when they know it is secure. 

    If you make the decision to hire a property manager, take the time to interview prospective candidates very carefully. Property managers can be quite helpful if you do not have the time to tend to all of the details yourself. The wrong property manager; however, can cause you tremendous problems. This means that you will need to hire a thoroughly responsible and professional individual to handle the job. 

    Always make sure that you obtain adequate insurance. Not only should you have property insurance but you should also have liability insurance. One incident is all it takes to wipe out your investment. Check with your state to determine if any additional insurance coverage is required. 

    Regardless of the condition the property was in when you purchased it, there will come a time when repairs are needed. This is part and parcel of owning rental property. If you take too long to make repairs, not only will your property suffer and repairs will ultimately cost more to take care of but you will also likely lose quality tenants as well. By making sure that you handle repairs promptly you will be able to maintain the life of your property as well as retain good tenants. 

    Finally, make sure that you do not violate the privacy of your tenants. Check with your country/city regulations to find out whether you must provide any type of notice to your tenant before you enter the dwelling. 

    Following these guidelines will help you to retain quality tenants and avoid any potential legal problems. 

  • Why it’s Never too Late to be What You Always Wanted to Be

    Why it’s Never too Late to be What You Always Wanted to Be

    Why do so many people not get what they want out of life?

    Why do so many people find themselves falling into jobs they don’t really want? Or living places that don’t make them happy? Or with lifestyles that they find stressful?

    How does someone go from dreaming of being a rock star, to being locked in an office to enter data onto a spreadsheet?

    Well, there are many factors. But it usually starts by not clearly defining your goals or what you want. Because until you know exactly what it is you actually want, how can you possibly expect to get it?

    That means it isn’t good enough to decide you want to be ‘rich’, you need to know what you want to do to become rich. What kind of work you enjoy, how many hours you’re willing to work etc.

    Likewise, if you hope to become a rock star, then you might want to think about how you actually intend to make that happen. What does being a ‘rock star’ entail for you and how are you going to make it happen? What would you settle for?

    And when you make all these decisions, you need to ensure that this is truly what you’re passionate about – that your intended goal is something that you enjoy thinking about, enjoy working on and can’t wait to make a reality.

    The Simple Way to Make Decisions

    The reason this is all so important, is that it will then allow you to make all your future decisions that much more easily. This is going to act like your barometer and your road map, to help you to get to the end destination that you want. 

    Now, whenever you find yourself making a decision, the question to ask is: does it help you achieve your goals?

    So for instance, if you’re umming and ahing over buying an expensive piece of equipment, then the simplest way to decide if it is a good idea or not is to ask if it will help you to accomplish your goals. Likewise, if you’re unsure about where to live, or whether you should take a particular job opportunity, ask whether the decision is going to take you nearer or further from your goals.

    The problem with many people who aren’t quite sure what they want, is that their objectives end up on a kind of back burner and that other things seem to start getting in the way.

    But if you really want to achieve something amazing – if you have a dream business idea that you really want to make happen – then you need to make this your priority and you need to change the way you think about everything else.

    And it shouldn’t feel like a sacrifice either. Because if you really love what you’re working toward then it will mean fully embracing the thing you really want to be doing anyway. You just need to find what that passion is…

  • How To Build A Vision For Yourself

    If you are someone that needs to find a vision for yourself you will want to make sure that you are following through with what life has in store for you. There are endless possibilities for everyone. If you are looking to make something great of yourself then you will need to set some priorities and goals for yourself so that you are well on your way to a better and bigger future.

    When you are looking for something to keep you motivated, you need to first think about what you are doing for your own life. What are the most important things to you? Are you satisfied with everything that you are doing? Are you ready for a change in your life? If you are answering these questions truthfully, you will soon realize that maybe you are not living life to your full potential and maybe there is something better out there for you.

    Make sure that you are thinking about your goals and dreams in life. You need to think about what you want to do in your future. Setting goals for long term and short term is going to be one thing that makes your life so much better and easier because you are going to have something to look forward to in the end.

    Never give up on something that you really want. If you have goals set for yourself you will want to make sure that you are doing everything possible that you can so that you can feel good about who you are. Be prepared to work hard at your goals. There is nothing that should ever stand in your way. You need to recognize that you are the one that is going to be in control of your life. When there is something that you really want to have, you should try to find different ways to go about them. Finding motivation is one it. When you are energized and motivated to make something happen you will get there.

    Think about what you are doing and then you can move on to something else. You can build up your own goals in life by think about what you need to do in order to improve your own goals. Thinking about something that makes you happy will help you get to where you need to be. There is nothing wrong with making choices that fit your needs. Do not be afraid to go out there and make things work for you. It is going to take time but you will see in the end that you are going to improve your life by a lot and find ways to make things different. You have to be willing to provide yourself with a set of goals that are going to work for you and all of your needs.

    Try to find a way to see into your future. You have to be ready to take on challenges that are going to help you become stronger and more together. You should always know that you are going to be in control of a situation. When you are not happy with something that you are doing you should go out there and make your life just how you want it to be.

    Do not be afraid of who you are and what you do in life. There are so many good ideas out there for you to choose from. Make sure that you are creating the goals in life that are going to help you be more productive and more enthusiastic about what you have in mind. There is nothing out there that should stop you from being who you want to become in life.

    Think about your attitude and how far it has brought you. There is nothing in the world that you should think about more than where your life is going to end up. Success is something that you should always have on your mind.

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  • Listen to Inner Guidance

    Meditate2We live in a world in which everything happens too fast, and where we end up getting very detached from one another and from our inner self. Yet our senses and our brain work nonstop to gather information useful to us. When thanks to intuition we are given the chance to get some of this information if needed, we are so detached from our inner wisdom we tend to discard such information.

    We tend to not trust those things we have not rationalized, we do not believe in our inner guidance because the world around us does not value it enough. 
It seems that to do things right we need to think everything through, analyze, make a well-reasoned decision. But sometimes we make a decision based on just a feeling, sometimes we do what we do because “it feels right”. This happens because we are wired to intuit, to use our instinct as well as our rationalizing ability. Getting to a balance between both would be ideal, but a lot of the time we forget about giving intuition the importance it deserves.

    We all want happiness and success in our lives, we look up at famous entrepreneurs and artists and we choose to believe that their conscious knowledge, their cool head, their rationalization of every step got them there… And for sure they helped, but intuition must be added to all of these traits. Time and time again, successful people mention their intuition as the crucial quality they used when asked about their progress in life.

    As Sylvia Clare, author of Trust Your Intuition, puts it: “Intuition is the highest form of intelligence, transcending all individual abilities and skills.” 
We are living in a time when becoming what we want to be, living the way we want to live, doing what we like the most has become a very difficult task. If we do not wish to give up but to keep pursuing our dreams, it is the time to start questioning our fear to be irrational and to start listening to our inner guidance.

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