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	<description>An honest blog about real estate investing.  Not a cheerleading website trying to sell you expensive products.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Rents Down, Vacancies up in Chattanooga, Tennessee</title>
		<link>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/12/29/rents-down-vacancies-up-in-chattanooga-tennessee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/12/29/rents-down-vacancies-up-in-chattanooga-tennessee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rogers</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[chattanooga]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cleveland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rent]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rental property]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tennessee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vacancies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An article on the current (2009) decline in rent revenue in Chattanooga, Tennessee area.]]></description>
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		<title>Refinanced my Duplex</title>
		<link>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/12/27/refinanced-my-duplex/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/12/27/refinanced-my-duplex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rogers</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[balloon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[in-house mortgage]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[loan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[refinance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[secondary market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This article is an overview of the key terms in a real estate loan.  It looks at the difference between an in-house mortgage made and held by a bank and a secondary market loan that banks sell to investors.]]></description>
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		<title>Warren Buffett Interview</title>
		<link>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/09/16/warren-buffett-interview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/09/16/warren-buffett-interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rogers</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Buffett]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CNBC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[freight car loadings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[truck tonnage]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/?p=207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post provides a brief overview of the interview done of Warren Buffett on 9/16/09.]]></description>
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		<title>A Typical Property Management Day</title>
		<link>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/09/06/a-typical-property-management-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/09/06/a-typical-property-management-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rogers</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lease]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mowing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[property management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rental]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tenant]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/?p=205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today has been a typical property management day for me.  I do most of my work on my rental properties on the weekends.  I&#8217;ll field phone calls and set up appointments during the week, but most of my meetings and work projects are done on the weekend.  Today, I mowed grass and signed a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hard Working Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/08/10/hard-working-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/08/10/hard-working-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rogers</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hard work]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[landlord]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[maintenance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mow]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/?p=203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend I worked my tail off on my apartments.  However, it was a successful weekend. I hired a day laborer for Saturday and Sunday and we each put 20 hours of work in on Saturday and Sunday for a total of 40 man hours.  Below is a checklist of things we accomplished.

Spray the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apartment Smells Like Urine (It could be a water leak.)</title>
		<link>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/08/10/apartment-smells-like-urine-it-could-be-a-water-leak/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/08/10/apartment-smells-like-urine-it-could-be-a-water-leak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rogers</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dementia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[landlord]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[particle board]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rental]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tenant]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[urine smell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[water heater]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[water leak]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/?p=201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Overview 
I recently had an elderly tenant move out of my duplex and into a nursing home.  This is the first time I&#8217;ve been in that unit in three years.  The tenant suffered from dementia and I spent about the last year trying to get her family to get her into a nursing home.  She had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally Rented Sharon Drive</title>
		<link>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/05/13/finally-rented-sharon-drive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/05/13/finally-rented-sharon-drive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 01:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rogers</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[apartment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cleveland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[duplex]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[landlord]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rent]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rented property]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tenant]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/?p=197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring is in the air and tenants have finally started renting again.  Two weeks ago I rented my Sharon Drive apartment which had sat empty for over five months.  Having a unit open for that long was unnerving and I was beginning to wonder if it would ever rent.  I have never had a property [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Hire a Property Manager?</title>
		<link>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/01/03/should-you-hire-a-property-manager/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/01/03/should-you-hire-a-property-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rogers</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bad property managers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cleveland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fees]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[investing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[investor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[landlord]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[property managers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tennessee]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/?p=184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
A topic of hot debate is whether a real estate investor should hire a property manager to handle the day-to-day property management of their properties.  I have seen arguments for both sides, but I tend to believe that for most investors it&#8217;s better not to hire a property manager. 
What a Property manager Does?
A property manager [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Screen a Tenant</title>
		<link>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/01/01/how-to-screen-a-tenant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2009/01/01/how-to-screen-a-tenant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rogers</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bad tenants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[duplex]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[eviction]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[good tenants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[landlord]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[property management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[real estate investing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[referral]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[screen tenants]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/?p=179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
One of the most common questions I get from Newbie real estate investors is “how do you screen tenants.”  Almost everyone has heard nightmare landlord stories about the “tenants from hell” who destroy an apartment, don’t pay rent, and then sue the landlord for some bogus reason.  Fortunately, there are several basic techniques that will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Got Published by CNBC</title>
		<link>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2008/12/23/i-got-published-by-cnbc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chandlerpropertiesblog.com/2008/12/23/i-got-published-by-cnbc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rogers</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Buffett]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Munger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CNBC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michael Rogers]]></category>

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A Shameless Plug
Ok, it&#8217;s not exactly getting published, but CNBC did ask for readers to send in their opinion about whether we thought Buffett had lost his touch.  I sent in a couple lines and a photo of Dad, Warren, Charlie, and me.  Out of 2,000 submissions, about 20 or 30 got published in the [...]]]></description>
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