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My Addiction…

February 3, 2012
Now THATs a coffee!

It happens several times a week, it requires me to sit in front of a computer and constantly pour over numbers.  I guess you can say I have a bit of OCD in me.  I have never tracked the number of hours I log, but I’m a bit obsessive when it comes to tracking my [...]

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Making a Year’s Worth of Rental Income in Just One Weekend?

January 27, 2012
33-year-old Marine veteran invited to NY Giants rookie camp.

The Super Bowl weekend goes into high gear in just over a week from now.  Major sporting events like the Super Bowl often create demand for hotel rooms that outstrip the supply.  Even with hotels charging a premium for such major events, they still have no problems booking them to full capacity. The Indy Star [...]

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Renting Out a Room Legalese

August 18, 2011
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This is another post from Tamara aka Mid America Mom, who rents out two of her spare rooms to rooommates.  The unique perspective she brings to the table is that she and her husband decided to rent out their two spare bedrooms while they have two younger children.  She briefly goes into some insight about [...]

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Struggling Mansion Owners

June 24, 2011
Wakehurst Place

I came across an interesting article on smartmoney.com about renting out rooms to roommates.  However in this case, these homeowners do not own typical run of the mil houses, they own massive 16,000 square foot mansions. Most of these homeowners decided upon themselves to rent out the rooms to make ends meet due to the [...]

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AirBnB Review from a Renter’s Perspective

March 30, 2011

This is a guest post from my friend Ricky who’s going to share his experience with using Airbnb.com.  For those unfamiliar with airbnb.com, it’s a site where homeowners can list their property for rent without using a middleman such as a real estate agent.  Although it’s not directly related to renting out a room in [...]

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Staying Connected

January 15, 2011
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Hi Everybody, If you’re new here, thanks for stopping by.  If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now, thanks for reading.  It’s been great to have people correspond with me. I’m reaching out and trying to connect with people.  So I’m asking my readers to follow me on twitter @mchoi9 or sign up [...]

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Happy New Year!

January 3, 2011
New Year 2011 - Greetings

The New Year has rolled in and with a new year marks new milestones and celebrations.  I’m delighted to say that this year at rentingoutrooms.com, there some milestones that I’m going to hit.  Here are some exciting milestones I’m going to hit in no particular order. 1. I’m slated to achieve my goal of paying [...]

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New Blog Design

October 21, 2010
my work: newest webdesign

To all my readers, I’d like to introduce a newly designed blog.  The “start here” nav button should get new readers started on how to find information to get started in renting out a room.  I’m really pleased with the new header image as it illustrates a person renting out their room. Lastly, I apologize [...]

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Questions and Answers

August 26, 2010
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I was fortunate to have my story about paying for graduate school with rental income appear on the Sunday Series at Getrichslowy.org.  It’s an awesome feeling reading comments commending my achievements on graduating without any debt. Also during the past few days, I received numerous e-mails asking me questions all sorts of questions.  Some of [...]

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First Hand Experience

August 2, 2010
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This past weekend, one of chores I accomplished was replacing brake pads and rotors on my truck.  I’ve replaced brakes pads numerous times on past vehicles I’ve owned and felt comfortable with doing the maintenance myself.  However, I’ve never replaced rotors myself.  I figured it shouldn’t involve much more work than replacing the brake pads [...]

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