George Beardsley

George Beardsley has written extensively about finance and business starting as a financial reporter for the Chicago Tribune and was an editor for the publishing firm Dow-Jones, Irwin and is now a landlord in Florida. He has just published a new eBook called “911 for Landlords” available at http://www.911forlandlords.com with the information he learned during the last two years which has reduced his vacancies rates from 20 per cent to often zero.
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A whole new class of people has become renters and potential renters in America during the last three years Who

Finding the solution to most problems is difficult because most people “know” the answer before they begin to solve the problem Things that don’t “fit” into the neatly designed solution are not even considered

In the first two articles in this series we noted that Florida Governor Crist had suggested buying Florida real estate as an investment at the current low prices and showed a couple of different ways an individual could act on the Governors suggestion When banks are bragging that they will pay 1

One of the most disturbing things you may find today is the person who wants you to give them first, last and security does not own the house they are trying to rent In fact some scammer has tried to pull this trick using one of my houses recently

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Selling your house fast in this market is a real accomplishment and sometimes those guys with the signs that say “we buy houses” that you now see everywhere can give you the help you need So far in this series I have confessed that I am one of those guys and have been for two decades and have offered some suggestions on how to see if you are dealing with someone dependable

Imploding housing prices coupled to a mortgage mess are propelling more people to consider selling their houses to the professional home buyers whose advertisements you now see everywhere you look While they promise a fast sale and you can get on with your life, you’ve got to be asking just how safe it this

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