Trouble free rental property (Single Family House)

1). When evaluating the rental property, look at all the items that will need replacing. list all mechanicals that need fixing from largest expense to smallest. Anything that won’t last 5 to 7 years you will want to replace.
If you are buying for long term, say 20 years, you will want to rehab the property with the longer time frame in mind.
By doing this I will ensure that i won’t have a major repair the
whole time I own the property. At the 5th year i will be ready to sell the property and roll that money into a different property.

2). Have your property professionally managed. Most investors are not good property managers. Darwin Homes referred by Rodger @ luinc.


Categories: Tech

How to Avoid Tolls on Google Maps

Lets get right to the point:

  1. Open Google Maps
  2. Enter Address
  3. Tap more icon on upper right (3 dots)
  4. Tap Route Options
  5. Choose Avoid Tolls

This little setting saved me when i was traveling in an unknown city.


Categories: Photography

How to get Technically Great Images with an iPhone 4s

I started my photography back in the 70s with a SLR hand me down from my dad. I have always enjoyed the versatility of that camera.  I also love Medium Format Cameras,  talk about some great images.  Now I have a Nikon D70 DSLR and Nikon D70s DSLR which I love.  Go here and see the kind of images that this camera is capable of. This is the best camera for the money.

But now I see people making really great images with an iPhone. I’m thinking it can’t be. I can’t tell that they were taken with a phone camera.  Well it is true and i have learned that you can’t just snap a photo like i can with my dslr.  Here is what you will need to capture the best images:

  1. Get a camera app that allows you to capture raw images (tiff format).  ProCamera 8 or Pureshot
  2. Make sure your app you use for editing allows you to same in tiff format.  Filterstorm Neue or Enlight
  3. Yes, it’s that simple.

I was surprised at how much my image quality improved after using two of these apps.

I am still a DSLR photographer, but now I can create still life with my phone and don’t feel like I always need to have my DSLR with me.

 

What I like about my Nikon D70.

  1. You can buy the Nikon D70 or D70s (exact same camera except with a larger LCD) for less than $100.
  2. If you loose it or damage it, you can easily afford to buy another one or own 2 to start with.
  3. The best lens made for this camera is actually the cheapest, Nikon 50mm 1.8 for less than $105.

Categories: Health

Naturally Help Your Body Rebuild its Free Form Testosterone

Another good book I’m reading:  Jailhouse Strong.

JAILHOUSE STRONG

Below are some measures to consider in order to naturally help your body rebuild its free form testosterone:

1.  Get plenty of rest
2.  Exercise regularly
3.  Eat more unsaturated fats such as monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, with a good balance of Omegas 3 and 6
4.  Supplement with herbal extracts such as Fenugreek, Eurycoma Longifolia, and Tribulus Terrestris
5.  Avoid long durations of carbohydrate depletion

Get it Here on Amazon


Categories: Health

The 12 Worst Fat Storing Foods

What I’m reading right now: Burn the fat feed the muscle.

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Categories: Health, Personal

10 Ways to Naturally Increase Your Testosterone

This is my Short List of things I can do to increase my testosterone, as I am not one to take a pill.

  1. Loose Weight
  2. Intermittent Fasting, 16 hr fast with a 8 hr eating window. For me a 4 hr window is 4pm to 8 pm.
  3. High-Intensity Exercise
  4. Put Zinc in your diet, protein-rich foods like meats,fish,raw milk, raw cheese, beans, and yogurt or kefir made from raw milk or supplement of zinc, less than 40 mg a day
  5. Lift Heavy Weights Slow
  6. Get enough vitamin D, best source is the sun. expose skin at high noon until it is the slightest shade of pink.  D3 supplement can be taken, 8,000 IU’s of vitamin D per day.
  7. Reduce Stress
  8. Eliminate all sugar products, bread, pizza, pasta, cookies and cake from your diet, this will also help greatly on #1(i have taken this further to eliminate all processed foods.
  9. Consume Healthy Fats
  10. Get at least 8 Hours of sleep per night

Categories: Personal

This is a Live Writer Test Post

I am always searching for a way to make posting easier, faster.  My life is so busy that I cannot even get on a schedule for posting on a regular basis. 

trestleAs I look down the road of my life, I can see that I don’t accomplish all that I could because of my lack of focus.  I have so many projects going at one time that I don’t finish most of them before I am on to another bunch.


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Categories: Tech, Video

“This video is currently unavailable.” “Learn more” on iPhone

I was checking out my site ToddBrannan.com with my iPhone 4s and noticed that my videos were not able to be played. So I surfed over to some other sites and the same thing happened. My videos are embedded using HTML5. So that wasn’t the problem.

I found the problem to be with my iPhone. to fix this problem you need to do the following:
Go to settings->safari->Clear cookies and data, it will fix the problem. Or so it has for me.

If there is another solution I would love to hear it in the comments.

-Todd