News from Green Residential and around the world of Property Management and rental homes in Houston and Austin.
One of the joys (or curses) of home ownership is that you’re in charge of virtually everything that happens on your property. While your HOA may limit you in changes that can be made to the exterior of your house, just about anything in the privacy of your house can be tweaked and optimized according
Real estate investing is a fundamental principle in most methods of wealth building. It provides the investor with an appreciating asset that simultaneously produces monthly cash flow. In an ideal world, you would slowly accumulate rental properties and build a portfolio over time. But life isn’t perfect and plans frequently change.
In the early stages of parenting, your goal is simple: Keep them alive. You feed them, change them, bathe them, provide a place to sleep, and make sure they don’t stick their fingers in light sockets or run out in front of moving cars. Simple in theory, yes, but challenging in execution. As your children
Renovating your house? Investing in a fixer-upper? Upgrading one of your properties so you can increase the rent? Whatever the case, you’re probably going to need to bring in a contractor to help you do the heavy lifting. But given such a lack of regulation in the industry, you want to be extra careful to
Your home, if anything like the average, contains hundreds of thousands of individual items and possessions. While you may like to think your “crap” is all useful and systematically organized, the reality is that it’s a mess. Very few items have a permanent resting place, and most of the stuff you own is pretty useless.
With homeownership comes great responsibility. When something breaks, stops working, or needs to be upgraded, there isn’t a landlord or property manager you can call to take care of it for you. It’s up to you to find a solution and, if necessary, handle the repair on your own. But in order to do so,