Monthly Archives: February 2012

Tips On Management:Guidlines To Follow When Rent Is Not Paid

Share Be friendly but never friends with your tenant. If you are in this business for respect, get out asap. Tenants don’t pay rent out of  respect, they pay to avoid the pain of late fees or eviction. No pain, … Continue reading

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Don’t Hate Me Because I Don’t Cash flow……………Investing For Dummies in San Diego Income Properties

Share Creating Wealth: Investing for Dummies San Diego is a great place to live and many investors have had unsurpassed success in finding good tenants in San Diego. Rentals are in high demand in most every part of this county … Continue reading

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Gimme Shelter….I mean a “TAX SHELTER” for San Diego Income Properties

Share The Beatles song Gimme Shelter was not referring to a tax shelter, but nonetheless a “shelter” is a “safe haven”. A tax shelter is an investment strategy that allows you to legally decrease or avoid taxation. It is a way of off-setting … Continue reading

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Oh Appreciation, How I APPRECIATE you….

Share Investing in San Diego Income Property For all intents and purposes, investment property appreciates in value. If someone asked me the single best reason to own investment property in San Diego I would say APPRECIATION. What is appreciation? Appreciation is … Continue reading

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Using 1031 Exchange Funds to Improve or Build a Property

Share   Regulations published in 1991 allow for construction/improvement exchanges and since then they have become a very valuable tool for the real estate investor.  A few simple facts about what they are and how they work:     What … Continue reading

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