We have talked in the past about the importance of investing in real estate to protect your wealth from inflation. With another 8.3% annualized inflation clocked for September, let’s revisit the perils of inflation using a simple metaphor — the price of a cup of coffee. How Inflation Erodes Purchasing...

Happy October, and welcome to Q4 2022! You’re probably formulating your holiday plans right now … and it wouldn’t hurt to start formulating a Q4 capital allocation plan along with it.   Q4 is a busy time at MartelTurnkey. Our long-time investors usually pull up their shopping carts, looking for...

There’s no doubt about it — interest rates are up, demand is down, and we’re starting to see prices dip as the market finally starts to cool down.    Is the party over? Has the time come to hunker down and sit on your cash?   Far from it. Experienced...

Section 8 housing has more than a whiff of bad reputation. It calls to mind decrepit slums and unreliable tenants. Why even consider it?   Because thousands of landlords swear by the benefits of offering their prized assets as Section 8 housing … and they have a point. As a...

Humans are slow to change. Once we make up our minds about something, we tend to dig in — even when evidence starts flying in the face of the narrative we have adopted. Investors Avoiding Michigan is a good example of that.   Case-in-point — Michigan. Investors stuck on a...

Pummeled by the 2008 recession, Detroit entered a period of severe decline. Crime, job-loss, population flight…  You couldn’t give Detroit houses away. Many went so far as to predict that it would never recover, as if this heritage city would somehow sink into the Great Lakes, never to be seen...

When it comes to beginner-friendly real estate investing strategies, you have a few popular choices. There’s house-hacking, BRRRR, and our bread-and-butter — turnkey rentals.  In this article I will compare these two strategies to determine once and for all which is better House-Hacking vs. Turnkey Rentals?   We have written...

In addition to BBQs and the last hurrah for boat people, Labor Day is a time to reflect on our personal labor and how we value it.    Labor Day was established in the 19th Century to commemorate labor movements and honor the American working class. While we agree that...

“I own it! It’s mine! Look at my name on the deed!”   If you are in the first stages of your investment journey, you might need to let go of these vestigial sentiments about “pride of ownership.” Seasoned investors know that having your name on deeds is just asking...

“So how much money am I going to make?” Everyone has that question when they consider a real estate investment — and there’s nothing wrong with that.    MartelTurnkey works hard to give you as good an answer as possible to that question before you buy one of our turnkey...

One of the challenges of rental property investing is that the expenses aren’t consistent or predictable. Seasoned real estate investors know to set aside some cash reserves for their rental portfolio and in this article I will help calculate how much reserve you need.   You might be sitting pretty...

It’s easy to see the appeal of buying a condo as an investment rental property. First and foremost, they tend to be cheaper. You can usually get a condo for less out-of-pocket than a single-family house in the same neighborhood.   Condos can be a good investment. At MartelTurnkey we...