Asset Management

Your REI business assets are summed up in the real property you hold in your portfolio. Ensure each asset performs at peak efficiency to save time and money.

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Asset Management

Your REI business assets are summed up in the real property you hold in your portfolio. Ensure each asset performs at peak efficiency to save time and money.

Back To: All Topics  |  Operations

Summer Maintenance Checklist (PDF)

Summer Maintenance Checklist (PDF)

Use this PDF to inspect and prepare your rental property exterior and interiors each summer for budget-saving routine maintenance and potential safety hazards. This fillable PDF template includes: Property address and date completed fields to keep track of multiple properties Checkboxes for for easy filling on tablet or mobile as ...
Spring Maintenance Checklist (PDF)

Spring Maintenance Checklist (PDF)

Use this PDF to inspect and prepare your rental property exterior and interiors each spring for budget-saving routine maintenance and potential safety hazards. This fillable PDF template includes: Property address and date completed fields to keep track of multiple properties Checkboxes for for easy filling on tablet or mobile as ...
Winter Maintenance Checklist (PDF)

Winter Maintenance Checklist (PDF)

Use this PDF to inspect and prepare your rental property for winter and remind tenants of common winter safety issues. This fillable PDF template includes: Property address and date completed fields to keep track of multiple properties Checkboxes for for easy filling on tablet or mobile as you progress through ...
Revenue Management

Revenue Management

The use of analytics to predict consumer behavior on a micro-market level and optimize product availability and price to maximize revenue growth. In real estate, this involves identifying ways to “beat” market rental rates with unique offerings or to improve vacancy rates by “beating” competition ...
Property Manager

Property Manager

An individual in charge of regular maintenance of a rental property ...
Pain-Per-Dollar

Pain-Per-Dollar

The amount of work that each dollar you invest “costs” you a property. For example, a typical vacation rental has a high PPD because it requires a great deal of maintenance. Corporate housing rentals tend to have lower PPD because the tenants take good care of the properties in most ...
Multi-touch Reminders

Multi-touch Reminders

Reminder notices sent to tenants via multiple communication avenues. For example, you might send a letter in the mail, an email, and a text message to a tenant to remind them that rent is due and make payment as easy as possible ...
Month-To-Month Tenancy

Month-To-Month Tenancy

An agreement between a tenant and property owner that permits the tenant to rent from the owner one month at a time rather than via a more extended lease agreement. Often month-to-month tenancies are more expensive since the landlord does not have the same stability that comes with an extended ...
Lease

Lease

The agreement between the owner of a property and a tenant (lessee) that defines how the property will be used by the tenant, for what period of time, and how the owner will be paid for that use. The lease also details the property owner’s obligations to the tenant and ...
Landlord

Landlord

An individual who owns a rental property. Sometimes the term landlord is used to indicate a rental owner who actively manages their rental property, but the term includes both active and passive rental investors ...
Random Inspection (PDF)

Random Inspection (PDF)

Use this fillable PDF to inspect units throughout your tenant's occupancy. This fillable PDF template includes: Checkboxes for "OK / Acceptable" status of over 100 different residence features and appliances, with comment fields Pages to drop any photos taken TIP: Most states require you to notify your tenants a set ...
Move-In / Move Out Inspection (PDF)

Move-In / Move Out Inspection (PDF)

Use this fillable PDF to inspect the unit with your new tenant at their move-in and move out. This fillable PDF template includes: Checkboxes for "OK / Acceptable" status of over 100 different residence features and appliances, with comment fields Easy comparison between move in / move out inspection condition ...
Housing Provider Reference (PDF)

Housing Provider Reference (PDF)

Use this fillable PDF to gather housing references from a prospective tenant's previous landlord(s). This fillable PDF template includes: Applicant's signature authorization to contact and collect information from previous housing providers Editable text to add your email and/or fax number to form. Fillable fields for previous housing providers to complete, ...
Rental Application (PDF)

Rental Application (PDF)

Use this fillable PDF to help screen prospective renters. This fillable PDF template includes: Fields for a prospective tenant to apply for occupancy. Fields include contact information, social security, previous housing provider information, income, emergency contacts, and additional occupants, Recommended for both application and lease TIP: Make this available for ...
Think Realty Podcast #227 – How Much is Property Management Really Costing You?

Think Realty Podcast #227 – How Much is Property Management Really Costing You?

If you’re paying someone else to manage your properties, do you know how much it’s really costing you? Our guest Greg Slaughter, is a successful investor who has found the key to managing dozens of properties himself. He’s teaching us a few things about how to save on property management, ...
How to Avoid the Biggest Mistake Every Landlord Makes with Greg Slaughter

How to Avoid the Biggest Mistake Every Landlord Makes with Greg Slaughter

00:33:06 | Whether you are new or been self managing rentals for years there is one big mistake that every landlord makes creating more repairs, 'turns', and hassles. Discover how to avoid this mistake and instead create perfect tenants that stay for 6+ years.  Other Replays for this Event ...
Creating a Stress-Free Rental Portfolio

Creating a Stress-Free Rental Portfolio

As investors, we enjoy the thought of reaping the benefits of passive income, thus many of us look to rental properties when considering our options. Utilizing leverage to acquire properties can allow us to enter the market with a relatively low capital output. Although, there is a difference between passive ...
How To Scale From a Duplex to a 670-Unit Deal

How To Scale From a Duplex to a 670-Unit Deal

00:58:00 |Scaling a multifamily portfolio takes a lot of focus, hard work and resilience. Liz Faircloth and her husband Matt started their real estate investing journey in their 20’s with no money, no experience, and no knowledge of investing. 16 years later, they control over 1500 units of multifamily real ...
Permanent Life Insurance and Your Financial Plan

Permanent Life Insurance and Your Financial Plan

As a real estate investor, it’s highly likely that your financial portfolio is impeccable. You likely are used to gauging the short- and long-term possibilities, and you probably think you have planned for every scenario. There is one cornerstone, however, that you might have overlooked: permanent life insurance. Perhaps you’ve ...
Think Realty Podcast #156 – Do You Care About Money?

Think Realty Podcast #156 – Do You Care About Money?

Do you know what cost segregation means? More importantly, what does cost segregation cost you? This episode dissects the benefits of cost segregation and tax liability strategies that can bring you more cashflow! Former educator Yonah Weiss turned his passion for teaching to real estate investing. He loves teaching investors, ...
Think Realty Podcast #149 – Hurry Up and Wait

Think Realty Podcast #149 – Hurry Up and Wait

If you could see it, everyone would be doing it. When it comes to REI, anticipation is key. But how do you know when the fallout will come? It’s all about understanding markets. Learn how to dive into real estate market research, how to time the market, and what information ...
Think Realty Podcast #148 – Take it Easy

Think Realty Podcast #148 – Take it Easy

Think Realty supplier TaskEasy is here to explain how they can make life easier for real estate investors! And what’s better than making your business life easier? Saving money at the same time! On this episode, learn how Think Realty members can take advantage of lawn care maintenance for their ...
Think Realty Podcast #133 – Some Good News on Lending

Think Realty Podcast #133 – Some Good News on Lending

When dialogue in the lending space changes overnight, as happened this spring, preservation of capital is the number one priority. That abrupt shift in lending caused more chaos in a disruption never seen before in our lifetimes. Everyone is ready for some good news, and you’re in luck! All is ...
Think Realty Podcast #128 – Jason Green with Roofstock

Think Realty Podcast #128 – Jason Green with Roofstock

Are you a real estate junkie? Then you won’t want to miss this! Think Realty CEO Eddie Wilson talks with Jason Green from Roofstock, the online marketplace to buy and sell cash-flowing, single-family rental properties. Roofstock bridges the geographic gap between investors and the out-of-state properties they want to buy ...
Think Realty Podcast #125 – Michael Bull with BullRealty

Think Realty Podcast #125 – Michael Bull with BullRealty

Eddie Wilson talks with Michael Bull, an experienced real estate investor and broker. They discuss how COVID-19 has affected real estate agents, multifamily real estate, and commercial space, but more importantly, what can be done NOW to prepare for the upside of this downturn. What best practices should Realtors be ...