Thinking about becoming a landlord? Property Management Kit For Dummies 3rd Edition gives you proven strategies for establishing and maintaining rental properties, whether a single family or multi-resident unit. You’ll find out how to prepare and promote your properties, select tenants, handle repairs, avoid costly mistakes and legal missteps—and meet your long-term goals.
Now you can find out if you really have what it takes to successfully manage a rental property, and you’ll learn all about the various options for hiring someone else to manage your property for you. You’ll find out the right way to prepare your properties for prospective tenants, set the rent and security deposit, clean up properties between tenants, and verify rental applications. In no time at all, you can become a top-notch property manager by working efficiently with employees and contractors to keep your properties safe and secure.
Manage your time and money wisely
Acquire a property and prepare it for tenants
Make your property stand out and attract tenants
Keep good tenants and get rid of bad ones
Collect and increase rent
Evaluate the different types of insurance and understand income and property taxes
Complete with lists of ten reasons to become a rental property owner, ten ways to rent your vacancy, and the ten biggest mistakes a landlord can make, Property Management Kit For Dummies 3rd Edition helps you achieve your dream of being a successful residential rental property owner.
CD-ROM and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.
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From the Inside Flap
Learn to:
Prepare your rental for tenants
Make your property stand out from the pack
Find and retain the best tenants
More than 250 sample contracts, checklists, and operational tools on the CD
Become a landlord and successfully manage your properties
Do you have what it takes to manage rental property? In Property Management Kit For Dummies 3rd Edition you’ll discover the right way to prepare your properties for prospective tenants, set the rent and security deposit, clean up properties between tenants, and verify rental applications. In no time at all, you can become a top-notch property manager by working efficiently with employees and contractors to keep your properties safe, secure, and profitable.
Consider hands-on management evaluate your skills and personality to determine whether you should manage your property yourself or hire a management professional
Get down to the nitty-gritty prepare the property for renting, create a reasonable rental contract, develop a comprehensive marketing and advertising campaign, and select tenants wisely
Manage your rental get strategies for moving tenants in and out, collecting and increasing rent, retaining tenants, and dealing with pesky tenants
Assemble the right team discover how to interview, screen, and hire the best employees and contractors to keep your property well-maintained and running smoothly
Money, money, money discover the ins and outs of insurance, taxes, and ways you can increase your income beyond rent
Open the book and find:
Tips on managing your property yourself or hiring a pro
The lowdown on rent, security deposits, and rental contracts
Ways you can generate interest in your rental property online and using social media
Troubleshooting advice for rent collection problems and housing discrimination complaints
How to deal with vacancies, renovations, open houses, evictions, and more
State-by-state laws and strategies for handling landlord-tenant issues
CD Includes
More than 250 forms, including sample contracts and addendums, property inspection checklists, a real estate glossary, and other valuable tools for simplifying day-to-day operations
See the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements.
From the Back Cover
Learn to:
Prepare your rental for tenants
Make your property stand out from the pack
Find and retain the best tenants
More than 250 sample contracts, checklists, and operational tools on the CD
Become a landlord and successfully manage your properties
Do you have what it takes to manage rental property? In Property Management Kit For Dummies 3rd Edition you’ll discover the right way to prepare your properties for prospective tenants, set the rent and security deposit, clean up properties between tenants, and verify rental applications. In no time at all, you can become a top-notch property manager by working efficiently with employees and contractors to keep your properties safe, secure, and profitable.
Consider hands-on management evaluate your skills and personality to determine whether you should manage your property yourself or hire a management professional
Get down to the nitty-gritty prepare the property for renting, create a reasonable rental contract, develop a comprehensive marketing and advertising campaign, and select tenants wisely
Manage your rental get strategies for moving tenants in and out, collecting and increasing rent, retaining tenants, and dealing with pesky tenants
Assemble the right team discover how to interview, screen, and hire the best employees and contractors to keep your property well-maintained and running smoothly
Money, money, money discover the ins and outs of insurance, taxes, and ways you can increase your income beyond rent
Open the book and find:
Tips on managing your property yourself or hiring a pro
The lowdown on rent, security deposits, and rental contracts
Ways you can generate interest in your rental property online and using social media
Troubleshooting advice for rent collection problems and housing discrimination complaints
How to deal with vacancies, renovations, open houses, evictions, and more
State-by-state laws and strategies for handling landlord-tenant issues
CD Includes
More than 250 forms, including sample contracts and addendums, property inspection checklists, a real estate glossary, and other valuable tools for simplifying day-to-day operations
See the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements.
About the Author
Robert S. Griswold, MBA, is a successful real estate investor and property manager with a large portfolio of residential and commercial rental properties. He is the real estate expert for NBC San Diego, the lead columnist for the nationally syndicated columns “Rental Roundtable” and “Rental Forum,” and co-author of Real Estate Investing For Dummies.
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