Manage More Rentals With Less Work
October 12, 2026 | 6.5 Minute Read Managing rental properties can become a full-time job if you handle every tenant inquiry, rent payment, maintenance request, and lease renewal yourself. I’ve learned that the key to scaling a rental portfolio is to build repeatable systems and delegate routine administrative work. I’ve managed my rental portfolio with […]
How to Manage a Remote Rehab
September 28 2026 | 7 Minute Read When I first moved to Birmingham in 2011, I was buying, renovating, leasing, and selling turnkey rental properties to out-of-state investors. It was a win-win: the buyer received a fully renovated, tenant-occupied, professionally managed rental from day one, cash flowing property, and I made approximately $20,000 per property. […]
My Short Term Rental Website Is Live
September 21 2026 | 5 Minute Read This is a follow-up to my September 7 post, “Why I’m Building a Direct Booking Website.” After about a month of building, testing and troubleshooting, I’m happy to report that BirminghamVacationHomes.com is now live. The goal was simple: create another avenue to increase occupancy and reduce our dependence […]
Where Renters Are Moving
September 14, 2026 | 6 Minute Read Home prices are showing little indication that they are going to cool significantly, and that is keeping more potential buyers on the sidelines. At the same time, rents are beginning to move higher again, creating an interesting dynamic for both renters and real estate investors. When people cannot—or […]
Why I’m Building A Direct Booking Web Site
September 7, 2026 | 7 Minute Read Over the past few months, I’ve come to the conclusion that we need a direct booking website for our short-term rentals. After four and a half years of owning and operating short-term rentals, I’ve become pretty comfortable with our systems and processes. At one point, we had as […]
The #1 Item That Stresses Me Out Operating Airbnbs
August 10, 2026 | 5 Minute Read Anyone who operates short-term rentals knows this is not a “set it and forget it” business. With long-term rentals, tenant communication is usually limited to two things: maintenance requests and late rent payments. Short-term rentals are completely different. You’re in the hospitality business. You’re essentially operating a small […]
How to Profit When Other Investors Fail
July 27, 2026 | 2 Minute Read I’ve been studying the new housing bill designed to limit large institutional investors from buying too many single-family homes. The bill was primarily aimed at hedge funds and large investors that entered the housing market after the 2008 downturn. During the crisis, these investors helped stabilize neighborhoods by […]
Mid-Term Rentals Are a Game Changer
July 20, 2026 | 2 Minute Read I have written extensively about the benefits of hosting mid-term guests at our furnished short-term rentals, and the results continue to reinforce my position that this strategy deserves more attention from real estate investors. Mid-term rentals—typically defined as stays of 28 days or longer—offer many of the financial […]
Why Investors Love 1031 Exchanges
June 29, 2026 | 2.5 Minute Read One of the most powerful tax strategies available to real estate investors is the 1031 Exchange. Named after Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, this strategy allows investors to defer capital gains taxes when selling an investment property and reinvesting the proceeds into another qualifying property. Rather […]
The Mistake I Made With A Mid-Term Rental Opportunity
May 25, 2026 | 3.5 Minute Read I love mid-term rentals. These are guests who stay 30 days or longer at one of our properties, and they have become one of the best strategies for maximizing occupancy and reducing operational costs in our short-term rental business. With mid-term guests, we typically get: 100% occupancy for […]