Author: Erin Kelly

Happy October!! How is it already October?! Anyway, right now I am currently reading “The 4-Hour Workweek” for the second time. And this time, instead of just reading through the book, I am trying to actually implement some of the teachings! One thing that really sticks out to me is the art out outsourcing. Not …

This past weekend my parents came to see Project Philadelphia for the first time! I walked them through what we have done and one thing that really stuck out to them was the basement… it didn’t have a floor and was instead covered in dirt.  So as we do, let’s talk Real Estate, let’s talk …

This week I am getting ready to put a vacancy insurance policy on Project Philadelphia as we prepare to put it on the market. Let’s talk about VACANCY! So as we do, let’s talk Real Estate, let’s talk VACANCY POLICIES… First it is probably important to note that difference between a vacant and unoccupied home. An unoccupied home is a property that is left …

Last week I spent the week in Philadelphia, camping out at our Project all day everyday to see what truly is going on and why this renovation is not done yet. For those of you who may not know, we bought this house a year ago, designed it, and hired a GC to handle ALL …

Touching on another learning from Project Philadelphia today and that is CONCRETE. Now, I will start by saying I did NOT having any hand in putting in our new concrete BUT I did watch! So let’s talk why we decided to replace the existing concrete, how the site was prepped and what went into consideration during the process.  …

AND WE ARE BACK! We are talking about a lesson I learned the hard way when I got back from vacation this past weekend. If you follow along on instagram, you may know where I am going with this. After 12 days away, we were SO excited to go see all of the progress made …

Writing to you from our car, driving down 95, somewhere in southern VA. I procrastinated on this week’s post…I’m sorry! But we got it done and that’s all that matters, right?! This week I want to talk about filling vacant rental units…virtually. So as we do, let’s talk Real Estate, let’s talk TIPS FOR FILLING YOUR …

WE ARE TALKING MORTGAGES AGAIN THIS WEEK! Teaming up with U.S. News & World Report last week we covered WHAT mortgages are, and what we should consider when looking for one. This week we are talking about the APPLICATION PROCESS. So as we do, let’s talk Real Estate, let’s talk MORTGAGES – THE APPLICATION PROCESS… …

WE ARE TALKING MORTGAGES THIS WEEK! I was recently approached by US News & World Report to talk about an article they put together on mortgages. This is a topic that many of us will have to do some research on at some point in our lives and truthfully, I feel as though I can ALWAYS use a …