Michael Barnes, the creator of Landlord Tutor has had extensive experience in Real Estate Investing, land lording and property management. While he has a varied portfolio ranging from upscale condos, to low income and section 8 properties, his specialty is mobile homes.

Prior to becoming a full time real estate investor, Michael had a variety of entrepreneurial and other experiences.

Michael started his first business at 13, a lawn service. It quickly grew from mowing a few of the neighbors’ lawns to covering a wide area with large commercial equipment and a number of commercial accounts.

Besides his desire to run his own business he also has always had a desire to help people. This was first shown in his involvement in HAM radio and providing communications in emergencies and coordinating communications for many community events such as fundraising bike rides, etc. It was through HAM radio he became involved in The American Red Cross.

When he was in his early twenties he worked as a Paramedic Firefighter, but soon left to take a paid position with The American Red Cross. He was transferred to Stuart, Florida and then to Jacksonville, Florida through another transfer with The American Red Cross.

His career in the Fire Service / Emergency Medical Field and Red Cross gave him the opportunity to develop some great skills which he still uses today. These include the ability to manage time and people, plan and evaluate, make decisions in high pressure environments, speak publicly and deal with people from all walks of life. He has also found that his time working in the Fire Service and EMS and being “on the streets” has led him be a very good judge of character and know when someone is telling the truth. It has also helped him to know how to be alert and safe in all types of neighborhoods.

After all of the planning and preparations with The American Red Cross for the “Y2K” disaster, that never happened; He knew it was time for a change. He realized that one downside of working for a “non-profit” meant that he would never make a profit either.

He left the Red Cross to do some consulting work in the IT field, which had always been a hobby. He soon crossed paths with a company that provided the “processing” for ATM machines. Michael, spent three years there, rising to the position of Director of Operations. While doing this, he still did some IT consulting on the side. This side work led to meeting two guys that would end up being partners in a new company they formed.

In 2003 with his two partners they formed a company called Teramedia. Teramedia was an internet based data and marketing company that worked with all of the major ad agencies and many fortune 500 companies. Teramedia provided marketing databases, database services and internet marketing services.

Teramedia is where Michael’s entrepreneurial spirit really took off. Within Teramedia he was able to take a leadership role as Chief Operations Officer and Chief Information Officer where he was able to participate in the starting and growing of what ended up being a multi-million dollar company.

In September of 2007, Teramedia was sold for a sizable cash price. Michael worked for the new owners for a few months, quickly realizing that the entrepreneur in him was like a genie that had been let out of the bottle and could not be put back in. He could never work for anyone and be happy. He had to be my own boss… be the guy who he would pat on the back with each success and have to face in the mirror with each failure.

This led him to where he is today, a full time real estate investor.

For years now, he has invested in rental properties and gained extensive knowledge in how to select, market, rent and manage these properties to get the maximum cash flow. Michael, using the techniques he shares with you in his Landlord Tutor program maintains 95%+ occupancy rates and high cash flows. He has done this across all of the varied types of properties in his portfolio.

We hope you find this program useful, interesting and most importantly PROFITABLE.