Who's Looking Out For Us Landlords?
It's fashionable to talk about the jobs lost by American workers to overseas companies. That certainly is an important topic worth debating. In the meantime, there's another group left holding the bag--landlords.
We can get hit hard by the economy, and that pain goes unnoticed by the popular press. When tenants move out, it's up to us to fill that vacancy. And the clock is ticking. Few properties get bought with all cash, so our payment is due to the lender, whether the tenants paid us or not.
I've bought over 38 apartment complexes, all around the country. I have had every possible type of tenant you could imagine--great ones, OK ones, little old ladies, drug users, drug dealers, extended families, gangs, bikers, criminals, cheats… the list goes on.
So with such a motley bunch of tenants, why did I keep buying apartments and keep dealing with tenants?
Who is Dave Lindahl?
If you need a refresher on my background, I was a burned-out landscaper 14 years ago. I had:
- No money (OK, that's not totally true; I did have a whole $800 in the bank);
- No time (that one is definitely true, because each night after a full day of grunting dirt and railroad ties around in my landscaping business, it was all I could do to pop a cool one and collapse in my chair in front of the TV);
- No experience. My family didn't know anything about real estate. In fact, I got the "Dave, you're making a big mistake!" speech when I mentioned real estate.
I didn't "luck into" a fortune. I instead made it using tested and proven systems I developed over time. At first they were crude, but I hate making the same mistake twice, so I got better fast.
One of the key areas I focused on throughout my 14 years of doing real estate is attracting private money. In 2007, I attracted over $22 million in private money to fund 11 deals with a market value of $87 million. I now control over $160 million in real estate across the country.
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Because I developed systems. Lots of systems.
Those systems saved my investing life. Let me put it to you another way: Without effective systems for finding tenants, screening them, managing them (and yes, evicting them)…
I would have blown a gasket long ago!
I'd either be the guy on the evening news, or one of those people rocking back and forth and mumbling to himself in some corner. If you're a landlord, I know you can identify with these thoughts.
What did my systems do for me?
My Systems Made Me Some Serious Money!
They freed me from the anxiety of not knowing how to fill my units. They freed me from the drudgery of working through several prospects before actually signing up a tenant. And they gave me back my time, my enjoyment of each day, and my sanity.
"That all sounds good", you say. "But Where's The Beef? Let's see one of these systems."
Fair enough. Let me send you a free Special Report I wrote, called "77 Ways to Fill Your Vacancies Fast". No, I haven't found one magic way of filling vacancies. Anybody who feeds you that line is either a liar, or just plain stupid.
What I've found is a whole slew of ways of getting one tenant here and another tenant there. Added together, it becomes a formidable array of tools I can mix and match to any situation.
Just fill in the information below, and I'll be happy to pop the report in the mail to you.
Free Report: "77 Ways to Fill Your Vacancies Fast"
Just tell me below where I can send you this free information. You can decide for yourself whether I know what I'm talking about, when it comes to finding tenants, and making loads of money in apartments.