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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Renting a House Safely Today? Making Sure Your Landlord Really is Your New Landlord So You Don’t End Up Out on the Curb! (Fourth in a Series)

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

Renting a House Today? How to Check Out Your New Landlord So You Don’t End Up Out on the Curb!

There was a time when all you needed to care about when you rented a home was location and amenities Today things just ain’t that simple

Do You Want Your Lease Option Supersized? How to Profit From What's New in Creative Real Etatete!

Lately, there have been lots of people asking me the difference between lease option, rent to own and the Famous Rent to Own on Steroids Program(tm) I know that there are even more people who do not know and don't ask

Sell Your House Fast Cash to Professional Home Buyer? Better Check the Fine Print (Third in a Series)

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

Don’t You Dare Sell Your House Fast, Until You Do This! (Second of a Series)

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

Develop Unique Selling Proposition to Rent Houses Fast For More Money (Last in a Series)

While renting a house and selling Lamborghinis may sound radically different, there are some powerful similarities If you do it correctly so that price will not become a major element in the buying decision, you must establish in the buyer’s mind that he is getting something special

Tenant Management Skills Disclose Way to Rent Houses Fast For More Money (9th in a Series)

Management is more important for the small landlord than it is for General Motors, because the small landlord is not likely to get a government bailout if he does it wrong When we set out to discover the best ways to rent houses fast and for more money we found that a lot of what is required has been practiced by some landlords for a long time

How Landlords Can Use the Truth to Rent Houses Fast For More Money (8th in a Series)

A little over two years ago we set out to find how to rent houses fast and for more money and found it takes a combination of high tech marketing and some old fashioned principles like telling the truth, up front and often As a Realtor or landlord there are always questions you would just as soon never came up

Secrets to Renting Homes Faster For More Money: How the Customer is "Wrong"! (Sixth in a Series)

In this series of articles on how to rent houses fast for more money we began by observing that most landlords were blindsided by the housing collapse because they had failed to see the way the wind was blowing and make course corrections Not to worry

Learn Landlord Skills to Rent Houses Fast For More Money and Keep Rented Longer (7th in a Series)

One of the most powerful techniques you can use to rent houses fast for more money is also a technique that will keep the house rented longer and preserve your sanity Never Argue