Archive for the 'Real Estate Investing' Category


An Auction Experience to Remember

I went to my first auction! If you were following my updates on Twitter, you could probably sense some of the excitement!
It was amazing that we landed another property, just days after Closing on Our First Rental Property.
Auction Atmosphere
The auction took place in a conference room at a hotel. We grabbed seats in the third [...]


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Closing on Our First Rental Property

We’re closing later this week on a 3 unit, 100 year old rental house. It’s in a prime location, close to the university and hospitals. It’s currently rented until summer of 2010. (In the area, leases are usually signed for the following school year in the spring.)
It’s our first real estate investment and our [...]


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Getting Started in Real Estate Investing

We had a great meeting with our potential real estate investing business partner. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was pleased with the outcome.
We had a very open and honest discussion about finances, and we have a lot of the same goals and expectations. And because we’re both finance people, we also have [...]


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