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Landlord Habits

Kassandra Taggart / Dave Stroh Season 1 Episode 2

Title:
Habits of Profitable Investors
Summary:
In this episode, we discuss the 5 habits listed in Kassandra's book called Pain or Profit.  These are fundamental habits that separate the profitable landlords vs those that have costly mistakes.
Recorded:
November 7, 2019
Host:
Kassandra Taggart / Dave Stohr
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Show Notes:
Introduction to podcast

Introduction by Dave Stohr: Radio

Habit number one: Take Total Responsibility

-How do you describe a relentless attitude?

- Have a solid goal in mind that gets you through the hard challenges.

Habit number two: Know your Numbers

-Everyone can learn numbers once you understand the concepts of how the numbers work.

-Mixing Security Deposits with Operations rather than keeping it in a trust account.

-Concepts of budgets

-Knowing numbers helps you make a building operational.

- Why did the water bill increase this month?

Habit number 3: Read something new every day

-If you stop learning you’ll stop growing.

-What did the latest company or government section change that might impact our business?

-Think outside of the box on what you are reading.

- Robert Kiyosaki – Rich Dad Poor Dad

- Tom Wheelwright – Tax Management

- Read, Read, Read, Read, Read 

- Find your own voice in landlording that works for you

- Knowing your voice, goals, and strategy, will help you find a team to put together to make it all happen.

Habit number 4: Regular assessments

-Review everything – your skills, your current properties, policy and procedures, and etc

-Story- Be a landlord that door knocks for collecting rent vs using a program.

-How does landlord unsettle their tenants?

-Some landlords are to mean, and others are to nice. There are pros / cons to the strategy.

-Keeping tenants happy is key to avoiding retaliation from tenants.

-Balance the people to manage the profits

-How often should a landlord visit their property?

-Story of a landlord that had 50 rental units and what happened by not visiting the property.

Habit number 5: Never give up

-Relentless landlords tend to be more successful than those that are not.

-When something bad happens, they still keep going even when it is hard.

What kind of skill set is needed to manage a large amount of properties?

A team is needed.

-You don’t have to know it all to be in real estate.

-I don’t know why everyone thinks they have to make a lease when other people have already made a lease.

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