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Tag: rental income

May 3, 2017Written By Paula Pant

The Last Five Months of Income — Revealed!

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 […]

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November 1, 2016Written By Paula Pant

The Cheapskate’s Guide to Kitchen Renovations (+ Rental Income Report)

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 — […]

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August 17, 2016Written By Paula Pant

How I’m Making an Extra $3,450 Per Year with Three Weeks of Part-Time Work

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 […]

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June 7, 2016Written By Paula Pant

Revealed: Our Bottom-Line Results from the Last Two Months …

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 […]

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April 14, 2016Written By Paula Pant

The Ultimate Guide to Hiring a Property Manager

Last month, I pocketed $7,461.43 from my rental properties — after expenses — and spent 5.5 hours looking after these investments. That’s $1,356 per hour.

That story is below.

But before we dive into those details, I’d like to highlight one event that made last month special.

Nope, it’s not the income.

Nope, it’s not the […]

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March 15, 2016Written By Paula Pant

Real Estate Investment Report: How I Earned $5,604 in Five Hours

Once a month, I share my rental property investment numbers.

I hope that this gives you more insight into whether or not buy-and-hold real estate investing is a path you want to pursue.

(Also, I’m trying something new this month by directly putting the net income — not the gross, the net — into the headline, […]

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February 7, 2016Written By Paula Pant

Real Estate Income Report: Here’s How Much I Made in January 2016

Here’s the thing:

Many people think that I focus on real estate investing. They assume that blogging (and now podcasting) is a hobby that I handle on the side.

In reality, the opposite is true.

Real estate investing takes up almost none of my time. It hums along in the background.

The cash flow I collect through […]

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January 12, 2016Written By Paula Pant

Real Estate Investment Income Report: Here’s What I Earned in December 2015

How much income did I earn through real estate investing last month?

And how much time did it take?

I’m back for another round of baring my financial books to the world.

Ready?

 […]

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December 6, 2015Written By Paula Pant

How Much Can You Earn from a Rental Property? Here Are My Numbers …

How much can you earn from a rental property?

The sketchy late-night-TV gurus claim you’ll be blowing your nose with $100 bills.

The naysayers claim you don’t earn jack-diddly-squat.

Reality is in the middle.

 […]

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October 27, 2015Written By Paula Pant

Radical Real Estate Transparency: Here’s What I Earned in October

Hey everyone —

I’ve been deliberating for months — nah, years — about whether or not I should open the books to my rental property business, giving everyone a behind-the-scenes look at all the numbers.

Getting financially naked is scary. But I think it’s necessary.

 […]

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