Monthly Archives: September 2008

Off-Topic Friday: Collateral Damage – Baby Boomers Forced to Delay Retirement

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Dennis Fassett

The Wall Street Journal this week highlighted a problem that’s only getting worse as the financial sector melts down.  Baby Boomers Delay Retirement Declines in Assets Force a Generation to Face New Reality By KELLY GREENE Nancy Davis, a 59-year-old … Continue reading →

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Part II of Finding the Perfect Deadbeat

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Dennis Fassett

Yesterday I started a discussion on how finding, screening, and selecting tenants is Critical Success Factor #2 for being successful at owning rental properties. And I began to discuss the four steps that need to be taken to screen and select successfully. I talked … Continue reading →

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Critical Success Factor #2 – Selecting the Perfect Deadbeat to Give Your House To

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Dennis Fassett

That’s harsh I know. And the way that I run my business it’s not at all accurate, because I have some of the best renters that you could imagine. But think about it – you have a house that’s worth, … Continue reading →

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Off-Topic Friday: Trivial Pursuit, or More About The Author

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Dennis Fassett

The meme bug is sweeping the real estate blogging world again.  @ToddWaller tagged me a couple of days ago to reveal potentially embarrassing facts, after he had supposedly done so himself. I didn’t see any embarassing things on his list, but there … Continue reading →

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Talk About the Law of Unintended Consequences

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Dennis Fassett

As I look at the stock market, at the moment the DOW is at 10,844, down another 215 points today. Do you know what this means? That as of right now the market is only 476 points above where it … Continue reading →

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Off-Topic Friday: Boston-Edison's History Being Sold for Scrap

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Dennis Fassett

I have always been a fan of old homes. Not 1930′s and 40′s. Boring. I’m talking REALLY old ones from the turn of the century.   There’s something about walking through one of them when it’s vacant and listening. When … Continue reading →

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CRITICAL Success Factor #1

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Dennis Fassett

Here we go again.   Don’t you just love it when someone asks your opinion of something that you actually happen to know a LOT about, you give them the answer, then they proceed to argue with you?   It happened … Continue reading →

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Off Topic Friday: Divided We Fall

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Dennis Fassett

A voice of reason in the darkness. Hat tip to LM for the link. Thomas Paine looks good for a guy his age.

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The Curse of OPM

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Dennis Fassett

How many times have you heard that OPM is the key to all the riches in real estate? Seriously – you can’t turn on a single late-night real estate tv infomercial without some fly-by-night “guru” with a Bentley and a … Continue reading →

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