Field Guide
Long-form, no-fluff guides on financing, accounting, and managing rental property. Written for independent landlords who do their own books.
Tenant Screening — A Practical Guide for Independent Landlords
A step-by-step framework for screening rental applicants the way an experienced landlord does — what to verify, what to ignore, what's actually predictive of on-time rent, and how to stay on the right side of fair-housing law while doing it.
Rental Property Tax Deductions — The Full List, Plus What People Miss
Every deduction available to a small landlord, organized by where it lands on Schedule E. The line-by-line walkthrough, the gray-area items, and the deductions most independent owners forget to claim.
How to Finance a Rental Property in Louisiana — A Plain-English Guide
Conventional, DSCR, portfolio, FHA house-hack, owner-financed — and which one to actually pick. A Louisiana-specific walkthrough for landlords buying their first or fifth rental.
How to Legally Pay Little or No Tax on Rental Income
Rental real estate is one of the most tax-favored asset classes in the U.S. tax code — by design. Here's the playbook small landlords actually use to reduce or eliminate the tax bill on rental income, without anything cute or aggressive.
Landlord Insurance in Louisiana — What You Actually Need (and What's Optional)
Hurricane carve-outs, flood zones, named-storm deductibles, and the policy types that actually matter for Louisiana rentals. With real numbers from a 4-unit in Baton Rouge.
Schedule E for Rental Property — A Bookkeeping Walkthrough
How to keep books year-round so your Schedule E is a 30-minute job in February instead of a panic. The exact account categories, what depreciation actually does, and the four mistakes that trigger IRS letters.