6 Home Ownership – Related Expenses

For most of us, the asset value of one’s home represents our largest financial asset, so doesn’t it make sense to be as prepared as possible for the most common expenses associated with home ownership? ? Although this activity is often considered an essential part of the so-called American Dream, unless a homeowner is as prepared as possible, it could […]

Using Your Lease Management System to Optimize Property Portfolio Value: Part One

Property portfolio management, also known as lease management, involves the systematization of property data obtained from lease documents, ownership documents, and other property data sources into a data warehouse. The property data warehouse is used for multiple purposes, such as reporting and to manage accounts receivable/payables functions associated with the property portfolio. Lease administration can also involve data analytics such […]

Book Review: A Millionaire’s Real Estate Secret by Adriana Dodge

A recognized “knowledge junkie” like many investors, I have devoured dozens of books, tapes, courses, and seminars on real estate, investing, and tips and techniques for taking your business to the next level. A lot of what’s out there is, to put it delicately, literally WORTHLESS: old, misinformed, irrelevant, unrealistic information based solely on “theories” that cracks under the pressure […]

An introduction to biomass energy

Renewable energy is energy that comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (natural replenishment). Around 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is used mainly for heating, and 3.4% from hydroelectricity. Biomass energy costs less than energy from fossil fuels like oil […]

How often will I have to re-stain, re-stain, re-caulk or refinish my log home?

Before or after you buy your log home, there are certain things every log home owner should know. Some things may be open for discussion, but one thing is for sure, your login will require attention. This doesn’t mean you’ll spend all your waking hours staining, caulking, caulking, caulking, caulking, caulking, and caulking. It means he’ll need to pay attention […]

10 Tips for Hiring a Demolition Contractor

Are you going to work on a home remodeling project? If so, we suggest that you hire the services of a demolition contractor. This is to make sure that the whole process goes according to your plan. Below are a couple of tips that can help you hire the best contractor. 1. Find a specialist First, you may want to […]

Understand the housing market

You may have been searching the real estate market for some indication as to whether you should buy or sell a home. what should you be looking for? Recent reports are pretty grim. Sales are falling, rates are rising, and the market is slowing down. What does that mean to you? If you are a seller, you may find it […]