About the Author
Michael P. Currie
Michael P. Currie is a landlord, property manager, author, and owner of the company Landlord by Design. Based in Canada, Michael got his start in the early 2000s as an investor flipping houses, and by the end of 2009, he was using a buy and hold strategy with his investments.
As a member of the IPOANS (Investment Property Owners of Nova Scotia) organization, Michael further gained extensive experience with property managers, tenants, tradespeople, contractors, and more. After discovering a need for property management education, Michael started the Landlord by
Design blog in 2015 to offer guidance and share his expertise. While it began as part-therapy, part-record keeping, Michael soon realized that many readers wanted to learn how to participate in real estate investing in addition to property management.
Michael published his first book, Landlord by Design: Complete Guide to Residential Property Management, in 2016. This effort was the result of trial and error while working with various investment strategies from tax sales and student properties to zero-money-down investing.
Michael lives in Nova Scotia, Canada, with his wife, Shelly, and their two children. When he isn’t writing about real estate, Michael can be found spending time with his family, volunteering with his favourite nonprofit organizations, or enjoying the social clubs of Halifax.
Landlord by Design Blog
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Do NOT Bother Screening Tenants – Go With Your Gut
Do not bother screening your tenants. If you go with your gut, it will save you time and money placing tenants. All you need to do is talk on the phone and meet with a person or persons, or family. Click here to get a copy of my book If you connect with them, then...
Is it expensive to write a book?
Did you ever dream about writing a book? Is it expensive to write a book? Buy it on Amazon.com by clicking this link I did, and on September 22, 2016 it went live on Amazon. It was an amazing feeling. It all started a couple of years before when I started a blog...
The most important member of my team
Today, I was asked the question of if I were to start over, who is the first and most important person you would ask to join your team? That was a tough question to answer, and really made me think about all the great people that helped and still are helping with our...