Author: Jesse Brewer

Jesse Brewer purchased his first rental property in 2003, a single family house in Newport Kentucky that he still owns to this very day. Since then Jesse has acquired several more investment properties in his portfolio that consist of single family homes, multi-unit buildings and commercial use spaces. In 2005 Jesse earned real estate licenses in both Kentucky and Ohio so that he could begin helping others build their own cash flow real estate portfolios.

No taxation without representation’ and how that applies to non-resident property owners by Jesse Brewer Being in the rental property business, I am required to pay many property tax bills, and given that I own real estate in neighboring counties, I am forced to pay county, city, and other taxes for these properties.  I live in Northern Kentucky, which is also part of the greater Cincinnati, Ohio region. While I understand that I must pay taxes to these governments for schools, police, fire, and other government services for the properties I own, what I don’t get is that I have…

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The Double-Dip in Occupancy and the Reposition by Jesse Brewer I know a lot of investors that look for apartment buildings that are distressed in some form or fashion, or the property is a “value add” opportunity.  Before I get into the content of this post let me first explain what I mean.  A “Value Add” opportunity is just what it sounds like.  It is an opportunity for an investor to purchase a property that is “distressed”, meaning there is something wrong with it such as it has a lot of vacancy, been poorly managed, something is physically wrong with…

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