Jarnell Porter

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    • The Tenant Who Made A Change

      We as landlords all hate the word “vacancy”. It means time to take a risk, time to fix up the unit, time to be a little lighter in the pocket. This feeling over my real estate career isn’t new, but the decision I recently made to solve this problem was drastically different. I needed a change so I went away from one of my core rules. I decided to rent to a sex offender.My house was trashed with a dozen broken windows, stains on the wall, laminate flooring ripped from the floor needing to be replaced, a fan in the…

    • 5 Real Estate Investing Lessons My Mother Taught Me

      Over the years the most influential and loving person we as humans will be around is our mother. My Mother, Elva Mae Porter, was a heavy component in my life, and that remains even after her death which occurred last March in 2017.She decided to become involved in my business and it was a rollercoaster ride of emotions, but one I would not have changed. I oftentimes compare us to Sanford and Son lol. She was Fred and I was Lamont. We argued, we disagreed, but at the end of the day we got it done.In this article I’ll write…

    • Water…Water…Let’s Talk About Water & Losing $Cash Flow$

      I’m fully aware that this site and those who visit the site frequently are doing so because of real estate investing. Cool! However, it is the small things that add up and kill our bottom line as Landlords. So in this article I’m really talking about my water bill, loss of monthly cash flow profits and how SAWS – the water company in San Antonio, TX – finally helped with my water bill and regain my profitability.It’s a normal weekday. I turn the combination to my PO Box and see a water bill in my box. I open it up…

    • My Perfect Tenant Left Me! What do I do Now???

      Today, I can say I stand among my fellow landlords in a gloomy mood. My best tenant has moved on. The tenant that pays on time, never complains, and the one you hope will stay with you forever, but we know will leave us one day. What’s next? How do I replace the perfect tenant? Normally we are looking for a better tenant now I’m hoping to get another one half as good as our previous tenant.The first step in replacing a great tenant is to realize you had a great tenant and unfortunately good things come to an end.…

    • Taking Action as a Real Estate Investor

      Success in Real Estate is taking action. Taking the necessary steps we as real estate investors and professionals can take to progress along our road to success. In order to obtain true success it is always important to understand where you are in accordance to your road to success. Are you at the beginning, middle, or almost at the end of your own personal road to success? This article will share some tips that I found useful from my own experiences and of others based on their positioning in accordance to success.Getting Started in Real Estate InvestingLet’s begin with the…

    • Landlording 101 – Why Tenants are Like Children

      Ever wonder why each child is different? Do you ever wonder why one child grows up to be the President of the United States and the other one just got out of the County jail for the fifth time LOL? Well the same could be said about your Tenants. Each tenant that you rent to is different. Some need a lot of time and effort while others just do what needs to be done automatically. In this article I’ll explain some of the various types of tenants I have encountered in my Landlording career and the best way to deal…

    • Fitting in the Missing Pieces to a Successful Real Estate Business

      Real Estate is a business with many different parts. Utilizing these different parts effectively can also lead to many different ways to make money. However, it seems that a large number of investors are only focusing on one aspect of the business which leaves a lot of money on the table and not in their pockets. In this article I will describe the top four methods I believe work the best for producing money for your real-estate business.Rental PropertiesA very powerful tool that every investor should have in their business arsenal is rental properties. I know they are a pain,…

    • Blue Collared Real Estate

      America is built off the notion of hard work and getting what you want and accomplishing dreams. The idea that the average person can live the American dream of one day have a house, two or more cars, two kids, a husband or wife, and live life happy ever after. However, does this truly happen to the average American and how does this affect the average real estate investor? Are we all going to end up being millionaire real estate investors? Are we all going to run businesses that allow us to go on vacation three months out of the…

    • Landlords Can Have Pocket Listings Too!

      Hello fellow Landlords! Let me start off with a question, “Do you have a pocket listing?” Many of you may be familiar with pocket listings and some of you may not. A pocket listing is a property a realtor has not put on the market or MLS, but is offering it to a specific group of his or her preferred buyers – their movers and shakers.So how does that relate to us as Landlords? It is in perfect correlation to how we should be running our Landlording businesses. In this article I’ll go over some advantages of using the pocket…

    • Rental Business Tip: They Would Live Like That Anyway.

      One day as I was at a rental property doing a repair a tenant had requested. I heard one of the smartest thing a person could tell a current or prospective landlord or property manager. The plumber told my mother, “Mrs. Porter if they owned his house they would live like this anyway.”As me and my mother drove away from the property this quote seemed to be with us the whole drive. “If they owned the house they would live like that anyway.” In this article I’ll give you three tips to apply this phenomenal saying to your rental business.3…

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