Rental Cashflow

Rental Cashflow Relatable real estate investing
Retired at 29 via house hacking
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How I automate my rentals👇

06/17/2026

They broke the bed...but, they were also honest about it.

As a host, the reality is that stuff is going to get damaged. Sometimes it's intentional and other times it's accidental.

Waivo® has created a way for the replacement cost to not fall on the guest or the host. It's simple, and it's fast. The best part, is that you don't need to involve the guest.

🛌 Comment the word "BED" and I'll share my direct link for them 🛌

*PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO WAS CREATED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. IT DOES NOT CONTAIN REAL GUEST INFORMATION*

06/17/2026

Tenant moved out recently, and I got over there yesterday to see how it was left.

Young guy. He lived there for 6 months. I visited there 3 months ago and the condition was fair (nothing broken, not overly dirty).

What I found yesterday, surprised me.

Garbage, clothes, furniture...everywhere.

It smelled terrible in the kitchen. Garbage disposal was clogged.

Old food in the cabinets, fridge, and bedroom floor.

Cat litter and f***s in the bathroom.

Broken screen door (opener gone, glass missing, screen torn). Lights missing covers or broken off.

Heavy staining on the carpets.

This is why we have security deposits, and why they are the same as one months rent.

What would you do if you were in my position?

06/15/2026

Water was leaking from my kitchen ceiling...every time this tenant turned on the shower.

When I first started investing, I would have done it all myself.

Go to the house.
Try to figure out what was actually wrong.
Call someone when I couldn't fix it myself.

Systems like TurboTenant help solve these problems and give me my time back.

06/11/2026

This is why we choose an Airbnb 95% of the time

06/11/2026

Just want to go for a swim...

06/06/2026

Every so often, someone tells me that real estate investors are the reason families can't find homes.

But the reality is that we don't buy move-in ready houses.

We buy the ones most people won't touch.

The homes with outdated interiors, years of deferred maintenance, and a long list of projects waiting to be tackled.

This was one of those houses.

When we look at a property, we're not asking, "How quickly can we rent it?"

We're asking, "How much value can we create?"

Most of the equity we've built over the years didn't come from appreciation. It came from sweat equity. Nights, weekends, YouTube tutorials, and a lot of mistakes along the way.

We buy houses that need work, put in the effort to improve them, and create something better than what was there before.

Would you take on a house like this?

06/06/2026

At least it didn't damage their house...

06/06/2026

For two years, this tenant was perfect.

Rent showed up every month.
No maintenance requests.
No complaints.
No drama.

As a landlord, you think that’s the dream.

Then they moved out.

That’s when we found a roof leak that had been staining the ceiling for months. We found mold in the attic. There were also signs of a rodent problem that had clearly been going on for a while but was never reported.

The turnover bill ended up being thousands and thousands of dollars...more than it should have ever been.

At first, I blamed the tenant.

Looking back, I think the bigger issue was that we never had a relationship.

A lot of landlords think hearing nothing is a sign everything is fine. Sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it just means the tenant doesn’t feel comfortable reaching out - or just doesn't care because it's not their own home.

That’s why I try to check in with tenants from time to time. Not to inspect. Not to micromanage. Just to ask how things are going.

Most expensive repairs start as inexpensive repairs.

The sooner you hear about them, the better.

Most people think you need to have everything figured out before you buy your first property.We certainly didn’t.When we...
06/05/2026

Most people think you need to have everything figured out before you buy your first property.

We certainly didn’t.

When we bought our first home, we were newly married, expecting our first child, and simply looking for a way to create a little more breathing room financially.

We didn’t have a perfect plan. We didn’t come from money. We didn’t know much about real estate.

What we did have was a willingness to learn.

So we bought a an old, rundown home - moved in, and spent the next year fixing it up ourselves whenever time and money allowed. Nothing was fancy. Most of it was done on nights and weekends. We learned as we went.

Eventually, we moved out and turned it into a rental.

That one property didn’t change our lives overnight. But it gave us confidence. It showed us that ordinary people can build something extraordinary through consistency and patience.

Today, our portfolio looks very different than it did back then.

But every property we’ve purchased since can be traced back to this first one.

Everyone starts somewhere.

This was our somewhere.

What was your first home like? 👇🏡

06/02/2026

We ask our Airbnb guests to take the trash to the curb if they’re staying on pickup day.

Some people think that’s completely reasonable. Others think guests should never be asked to do anything during their stay.

At each property, we have a laminated sign above the bins explaining exactly when trash day is, so there’s no guesswork involved.

We use to automate almost everything in our business, but some parts of hosting still require a little human participation.

Would this bother you as a guest?

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