Kansas City Real Estate & Investing Blog

We've seen it in rock n' roll dozen of times.  Janis Joplin.  Jimi Hendrix.  That dude from Smashing Pumpkins.  From out of nowhere they rise.  They burn brightly.  They crash down in blazing glory while all shake their heads in sadness.This is blogging's unfortunate future.Just 18 short months a...

This is what Kansas City real estate investors do NOT need.I received this email from KCRAR. That's Kansas City Regional Association of REALTORS. I am in full agreement that we do not want, nor do we need rental licensing in Kansas City, MO for investment property owners and/or their rental prope...

Tuesday evening I was on the phone to a California real estate agent who was dumbfounded that we don't have "escrow" here in Kansas City.  We didn't have it in Tulsa, either.  Frankly, I'm not really sure what is meant when REALTORS say a house is "in escrow."  Here in the three states that I hav...

How are your current real estate investments going here in Kansas City?  Or anywhere, for that matter.  Do you even know?  You should.  There has been a lot of talk lately about moving money out of real estate investment properties and back in to the stock market.  And for many people this could ...

In the Summer of 2005 I took a class being taught by a CCIM by the name of Tom Lundstedt.  Aside from being one of the most entertaining instructors I have ever learned from, he was by far one of the most knowledgeable.  At some point during the two day class Tom threw out a statistic that startl...

Free Friday night concerts are fun for the whole family here in Olathe, Kansas.  Last evening my wife and I and our two girls (the boys are MIA - one in New Zealand and the other at Beaver Lake) went over to Olathe's Frontier Park to enjoy the free concert series that the city puts on each summer...

Yesterday, I read and commented on a post by Monika McGillicuddy titled So You Think You're Alone Now...  I don't believe the "baby monitor accident" was an accident.  But then today I log onto my Yahoo! and find that a mother in Illinois is picking up space shuttle video on her baby monitor!Are ...

I love activerain.  I'm here everyday, whether I post or not.  But don't get blinded.  There are some great blogs out there about real estate that don't post (or post regularly) on AR.  Here are some of my favorites.  Surf's up!Real Estate Blogs I LikeBawldguy - Jeff Brown takes you for a spin in...

Today we are going to have a little fun with math. I used to hate math. But in my business now, math is my friend. So sit down. This post might be a long one. As you know, I'm real big on knowing what the outcome of your 4 Benefits of real estate investing will be BEFORE you purchase an income pr...

StatCounter is a fantastic tool to help you find out who is visiting your website.Sign up at StatCounter.(No. This is not a paid advertisement.) I got the idea for this post while commenting on Teresa Boardman's Widgets I Can't Live Without post.  Check it out.  Last January I was looking for som...