Property Management Kit For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119835783 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 480 str.

Robert S. Griswold

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: So You Want to Be a Landlord? 5Chapter 1: Residential Property Management 101 7Chapter 2: Do You Have What It Takes to Manage Your Own Rental Property? 19Chapter 3: Managing Your Residential Property Yourself or Hiring a Pro 35Chapter 4: Taking Over the Property 53Part 2: Renting Your Property 65Chapter 5: Getting Your Residential Rental Property Ready for Prospective Tenants 67Chapter 6: The Big Three of Property Management: Rent, Security Deposits, and Rental Contracts 85Chapter 7: Formulating a Marketing Plan 107Chapter 8: FOR RENT: Effectively Using Advertising to Generate Interest 117Chapter 9: Handling Prospects When They Come A-Calling 141Chapter 10: Strutting Your Stuff: Making Your Property Memorable 167Chapter 11: Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo: Selecting Your Tenants 189Part 3: The Brass Tacks of Managing Rentals 219Chapter 12: Moving In the Tenants 221Chapter 13: Collecting and Increasing Rent 243Chapter 14: Keeping the Good Tenants (And Your Sanity) 261Chapter 15: Dealing with Problem Tenants 273Chapter 16: Moving Out the Tenants 291Part 4: Techniques and Tools for Managing Your Residential Property 307Chapter 17: Working with Employees and Contractors 309Chapter 18: Maintaining the Property 325Chapter 19: Keeping Safety and Crime Prevention in Mind 341Part 5: Money, Money, Money! 365Chapter 20: Two Necessities of Property Management: Insurance and Taxes 367Chapter 21: Financial Management and Record-Keeping 389Chapter 22: Finding New Ways to Increase Your Cash Flow 403Part 6: The Part of Tens 425Chapter 23: Ten Reasons to Become a Residential Rental Property Owner 427Chapter 24: Ten Ways to Rent Your Vacant Rental Unit 433Appendix: About the Online Kit Materials 439Index 443

O autorze

Robert Griswold is a veteran real estate investor and hands-on property manager of a portfolio of residential and commercial properties. He is also the co-author of Landlord's Legal Kit For Dummies and Real Estate Investing For Dummies, 4th Edition.