Dulcey Schuster's Blog

In order to be a highly effectivereal estate investor you have to form good habits. There are key differences in the habits of asuccessful real estate investor versus someone who is not successful. These differences by in large have to do with the investors habits. Investors who are successful ha...

When the IRS sees an opportunity to get more revenue they take it. As real estate investors we have an opportunity to itemize our deductions and enjoy some pretty great tax advantages. While it's great to take full advantage of these tax benefits and minimize our tax liability, we need to ensure ...

No landlord or property manager ever wants to have to deal with an eviction they are no fun for any of the parties involved, except maybe your lawyer. The days leading up to the day of court are stressful and surely involved some unpleasant and frustrating conversations. Both the tenant and you, ...

A friend and I were recently talking and she mentioned that she was looking for a house to rent. I indicated that I had a rental that would be coming vacant in the next month. The timing couldn't have been more perfect for my friend or myself but I immediately regretted letting her know about my ...

My blog last week on “Housing Wanted, Craigslist Addition” has inspired some topics that I hadn’t much thought about like my recent blog on letting tenants grow medical marijuana, or not. Today I’m going to discuss the need for housing for people who don’t meet property management or most landlor...

In Tuesdays blog I wrote about the Housing Wanted section of Craigslist and today I want to discuss a phenomenon that kept repeating itself on a fairly large portion of those posts. There was a surprising number of people seeking land, green houses, and houses where they could grow medical mariju...

For those of you who write I know you can relate as you’ve all gotten writers block from time to time. When I get writers block I simply ask a good friend of mine from the gym for some ideas and he always delivers. In the past he’s given me the idea to write a blog on when and how to sell  and on...

I’m sure that most of you have read or at least heard of the book written by Gary Chapman titled “The 5 Love Languages”. It’s a great book and an easy read, I highly recommend it. When I read it I definitely had a few “aha moments” where some things about myself and past partners started making s...

Landlords continue to reap the benefits of the greatest shortage in available single and multi-family housing for rent in more than a decade. Demand for new construction and available housing has been increasing rental rates with new construction falling short when compared to the increase in nee...

Last Tuesday I wrote a blog titled "What I Dream My Tenants Will Be Like". I thought it would be fitting to follow-up with a blog that highlights some issues that we, as landlords and property managers, are faced with when we get a not so dreamy tenant.                           Dirty Smelly Tena...