About Bob Cain

In 1983 Bob Cain went to a no-money-down seminar and got the notion that owning rental property would be a great idea. He bought some. Trouble was, what he learned at the seminar didn’t tell him how to make money on his rental property. He went looking for help in the form of a magazine or newsletter about the business. He couldn't find any. Always ready to jump at a great idea, he decided he could put his speaking and writing skills to work and perform a valuable service for other investors who needed more information about property management. So Bob dug out the secrets, tricks and techniques of property management wherever he found them; then he passed them along to other landlords. So for over 30 years now, Bob has been publishing information, giving speeches and putting on seminars and workshops for landlords on how to buy, rent and manage property more effectively.
 

• “Lots of practical, useful information.” Cheryl. Snow, Mollala, Oregon
• “Great stuff for a landlord.” Alice Kreitler, Portland, Oregon
• “You keep me out of trouble.” J. Clements, Sandpoint, Idaho
• “You make it informative and interesting.” Joanne Johnson, Spokane Washington
• “Excellent, invaluable knowledge any landlord or manager needs.” Searri Shipman, Spokane, Washington
• “The best seminar I've ever attended.” Louanne Resleff,Spokane, Washington
• “WOW!” Lisa Newcomer,Willamsport, PA

 
9 Precepts for My Writing
 
I write non-fiction and explain things making the Byzantine simple as an investigative journalist.

1. I provide complete information in clear concise language.
2. I don’t try to be “clever,” but use language uncluttered by hazy metaphors and similes while I avoid patronizing my reader.
3. I write to an audience.  In my mind, I can almost see the person I am writing to.  So I use words and phrases that I know my audience will fully understand, avoiding jargon and four-dollar words when a 10-cent word will do the job better.
4. I carefully proofread all my writing and edit to ensure it is correctly written, complete, and unambiguous.
5. I use action verbs whenever possible.
6. After reading something I wrote, the reader will have thorough knowledge of the subject and/or thorough instructions to do the thing I wrote about.
7. I make my writing clearer and more interesting by using stories, anecdotes and specific examples.  As often as possible, I write from the specific to the general.
8. You can’t do just one thing. I carefully and critically research all information with an effort to find any warnings about “positive” information and predict possible outcomes because of unintended consequences because nothing works every time and nothing is ever “perfect.”  As a corollary, I doubt everything and believe half of what I read and a quarter of what I hear except for politicians and bureaucrats when I believe none of what I hear and a quarter of what I read.  See below.
9. Politicians, government officials, and commercial and residential developers often lie and tell half-truths.  Government doesn’t and can’t do anything well. Officials all have agendas they conceal behind their half-truths and misleading statements. For example, if an official says he or she has “no plans” to do something, the thing there are “no plans” for is already in the works.