What to Expect when Self Managing Rentals
What your Rental Needs from You Self managing your rentals instead of using a property manager has some advantages. You save on the management costs, you are personally invested in your investment, to …
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Guide to Deciding on Rental Renovations
As we’ve shared, our real estate investment strategy focuses on updating houses and adding basement suites. This increases the value and equity in our homes (which can be leveraged) as well as creates …
Make your Budget Count When Building Rental Suites
We have added basement suites in 2 houses (so far) and have learned that spending money in the wrong places is wasted money. In the beginning, this was a challenging concept for us. Mainly …
9 Weird Ways to Save Money
A lot of us are trying to save money, especially if we’re saving up to buy another investment property! Obviously, big changes make a big difference. But at some point, you run out …
5 Ways to Save Money on your Backyard Projects
As mentioned in our 2018 Backyard Makeover Update, we are trying to keep costs low for our backyard projects. Well, we cut our costs and have saved over $2000 so far this summer! …
Part 3: The (Eventual) Value of DIY Renovations
The (Eventual) Value of DIY is the third and final post in our 3-part series about do-it-yourself (DIY) renovation assumptions. The first 2 posts tackled assumptions about time and money. This post considers the assumption DIY …
Part 2: The Surprising Hidden Cost of DIY Renovations
The Surprising Hidden Cost of DIY is the second post in our 3-part series about do-it-yourself (DIY) renovations. Get caught up on Part 1: The DIY Expense That No One is Talking About. …
The 1 Book You Need to Stop Fighting About Money With Your Partner
Stop fighting about money with your partner using this book Before Sean and I decided to get married, we experienced a bit of tension over money – I’m sure a few of you …