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What does your home say about you? This designer explains, and offers some pointers on building your look | Entertainment/Life
Over the years, I have interviewed hundreds of designers, and have often asked them this same question: What makes you cringe when you walk into someone’s home? While I expect them to say something like bad taste, too much clutter, no sense of proportion, universally, their answer is this: Lack of personality. Whether we like it or not, our homes say a lot about us. Even those cringeworthy homes void of personality send a message. They say the dwellers are too timid, too busy, too boring, don’t care, or all the above. Surely that’s not you or you wouldn’t be reading a home design column. Ideally, the goal is for…
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Real Estate Investor Explains What to Look for in a Property
Todd Baldwin credits his success in real estate to being picky when it comes to buying properties. The investor buys in traditionally overlooked neighborhoods that show signs of new developments. He also prefers newer builds and specifically seeks a bedroom-to-bathroom ratio of two-to-one. Todd Baldwin is building generational wealth through real estate investing. The 29-year-old college dropout began his career in insurance sales. He worked his way up to earning six-figures a year, thanks to a 9-to-5 job that offered a commission structure and by putting in extra hours at this role, he said, and used his savings to buy his first property at age 23. “My job got me…
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Investor Explains How to Make Money Doing Real Estate Wholesaling
Real estate investor Todd Baldwin made over $1.5 million in 2021 from various revenue streams. He recently got into wholesaling, which he says is one of the most efficient ways to make money. On his last deal, the seller wanted $800,000 for his home. Baldwin sold it for $900,000 and kept the difference. For Todd Baldwin, time is the most valuable asset. “I’m passionate about freedom with my time,” the 29-year-old Seattle-based investor told Insider. “And because we live in a market economy, and you need money to pretty much do everything, it makes sense to work for much larger sums of money for much smaller amounts of time.” That’s…
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Home Depot Photo Tour Explains Success
The parking lot was busy on a Tuesday afternoon, and as I walked in I noticed a sign directing curbside pickup customers. Mary Meisenzahl/Insider Many retailers, including Home Depot, added or expanded curbside offerings that experts credit with helping them survive the pandemic. ALEX EDELMAN/AFP/Getty Images Source: Insider Walking up to the store, I was struck by how much greenery was everywhere, from flowering plants to vegetable seedlings. Mary Meisenzahl/Insider Home Depot, at least at my location, essentially doubles in size in the spring, when the nursery spills outside into a large uncovered area, plus the gardening section and in front of the store. Mary Meisenzahl/Insider Home Depot is typically…
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Landlord Explains the Strategy He Uses to Set Fair Rent Prices
Dion McNeeley owns 16 units in Washington and makes six-figure profits in rental income each year. His “binder strategy” involves including tenants in the conversation about their rent price. He educates tenants on area average rent prices and then asks them what they think they should pay. Dion McNeeley started investing in real estate in 2013. At the time, he was making $17 an hour working at a commercial-truck-driving school and living paycheck to paycheck supporting three kids on his own. Inspired by his brother, who was able to retire at 50 because of smart investing, McNeeley realized that real estate could be a path to wealth. He saved diligently…
