How to Profit From a Slow Housing Market
October 26, 2026 | 3 Minute Read Real estate investing feels harder right now, but I believe that creates opportunities for investors who know how to negotiate. When buyers pull back, competition decreases, properties sit longer, and motivated sellers become easier to find. The key is adjusting your strategy to fit the market instead of […]
5 Creative Real Estate Financing Strategies Investors Should Know
October 19, 2026 | 11 Minute Read In a high-interest-rate environment, traditional financing currently hovering in the 8%+ range can make it difficult for real estate investors to find properties that generate attractive returns. Higher mortgage payments can reduce monthly cash flow, weaken debt-service coverage, and turn otherwise promising deals into marginal investments. Fortunately, a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why This Investor Paid More
September 14, 2026 | 5 Minute Read Back in June, I listed an as-is property for $155,000 in Roebuck Springs, one of Birmingham’s more affordable and desirable neighborhoods just north of downtown. A fellow investor had flipped the house next door earlier in the year for $280,000. The two houses were nearly identical. I had […]
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 […]
Two Biggest Mistakes to Owning Rentals
August 31, 2026 | 6 Minute Read I started buying rental properties here in Birmingham in 2015, when the market was still recovering from the 2008 crash. At the time, we were buying decent single-family homes around Birmingham for roughly $18,000 to $25,000. But here’s the interesting part. Back in September 2011, when I first […]
The Dangerous “Break-Even” Rental Strategy
August 31, 2026 | 6.5 Minute Read Last week, I sold a house in the very desirable area of Grayson Valley in Birmingham, Alabama. I listed the property in mid-June for $199,900. The property needed a significant amount of work. Having bought, owned, flipped, and sold hundreds of properties since 2002, I can usually estimate […]
The Financing Trick to Supercharge Your Rental Portfolio
August 24, 2026 | 6 Minute Read One of the biggest advantages of owning real estate is the equity you build over time. But equity sitting inside your primary residence doesn’t necessarily have to remain locked there. For some homeowners, a home equity line of credit, or HELOC, can turn that equity into capital that […]