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    Buying Your First Investment Property: Smart Steps and Management Strategies

    By Christie DeFoor on October 22, 2025

    Buying your first rental isn’t about finding a “perfect” listing—it’s about building a simpleplan you can actually run. Start with what’s real on the ground: recent sales, realistic rents,and neighborhood quirks. Local brokerage sites like DeFoor Realty are useful for scanninglistings, recent closings, and area notes so you can sanity-check your numbers before youfall in […]

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  • Buying a Home? Some Questions You Should Be Asking.

    By Christie DeFoor on February 6, 2025

    What’s Your Budget? First, you need to look at how much you can afford. You don’t want to waste your time looking at houses you can’t buy. Of course, the sales price is the biggie, but aside from that you should consider any renovations, property tax, insurance and maintenance. When you’re ready to start looking, […]

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