Written By Paula Pant
After three years of development, I’m ready to make the announcement.
The rental property investing course, Your First Rental Property®, is opening for enrollment on Monday, April 8th.
Here’s everything you need to know about this course: the who, what, where, when, why and how.
Written By Paula Pant
The excellent, the normal, and the terrible. Two weeks ago, I saw them all.
I’d like to share the harrowing story. It’s a story of triumph, resilience, and late-night burritos. A story that immersed three days of my life — and is now over, chapter closed, with nothing else needed for at least another […]
Written By Paula Pant
Well hey, would you look at that!!
Money Magazine wrote a huge feature on my real estate investments. And they NAILED the headline. Damn.
I’m 34 Years Old and Own 8 Homes. Here’s How I Did It.
I’ve been writing about real estate investing since the beginning, and I never thought of a headline […]
Written By Paula Pant
Hey! I know you love numbers, so I’ll cut to the chase:
Last year, our rental properties earned $125,618.49 in gross income.
After expenses (including the mortgages), the properties netted $43,211.67.
This is our passive income from real estate in 2017. It’s the cash flow the properties put in our pocket last year.
And […]
Written By Paula Pant
Hey there!
Just an update to let you know I’m still alive.
I know, I know … I’m a lazy bum who hasn’t published articles often. Sorry about that.
I tend to operate on “Paula Time.” It’s my own schedule, and it’s slooooow. #sooooslow
By some miracle, I created a new YouTube video in […]
Written By Paula Pant
I have an ideal self, and a present self.
My ideal self exercises daily. She hikes or climbs at least twice a week. She eats plenty of vegetables.
She explores ideas that fascinate her. She reads one to two books a week, making copious notes and annotations throughout. Brilliant blog posts emerge as the […]
Written By Paula Pant
Some people are addicted to booze; others gambling.
Me? Home renovation.
Three months ago, we finished a $13,000 remodel on Rental House #4. To celebrate, we told our contractor to demolish a kitchen in a different house.
Call it a victory lap. 🙂
We’re renovating House #2, and we’re coordinating everything — from demolition to final clean-up — through […]
Written By Paula Pant
Last month, one of our rental properties looked like this:
Today, the same property looks like this:
Renovating this rental property took three weeks, cost $13,648, and increased our rental income by $3,450 per year. We worked roughly 38 hours, spread across those three weeks.
Want to learn more about maximizing rental […]
Written By Paula Pant
Let’s open the books … again.
Every month I reveal my income, expenses and bottom-line results from my real estate investments.
This month’s update is long overdue (it’s a 2-for-1!) because I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to write a deep-dive lesson to accompany this article.
I don’t want to merely publish numbers; I want to add insight like “how […]
Written By Paula Pant
Hey, I have a question for you.
You buy a rental property. Congrats. How long will it take before the property pays for itself?
“Uhhhh…. ??”
Okay. I thought so.
By the end of this article, you’ll know how to calculate this figure.
In the process, you’ll understand why the One Percent Rule matters … […]
