Property Management Kit For Dummies

Thinking about becoming a landlord? Property Management Kit ForDummies, 2nd Edition gives you proven strategies forestablishing and maintaining rental properties, be they singlefamily or multi-resident. You'll see how to prepare and promoteyour properties, select tenants, handle repairs, avoid costlymistakes and legal snafus -- and meet your long-term goals. You'll learn all the basics of the rental housing business-- from finding and showing properties and dealing withtenants to record keeping and paying your taxes.
Now you can find out if you really have what it takes tosuccessfully manage rental property and you'll learn allabout the various options for hiring someone else to manage yourproperty for you. You'll find out the right way to prepareyour properties for prospective tenants, set the rent and securitydeposit, clean up properties, and verify rental applications. In notime at all, you can become a top-notch manager by workingefficiently with employees and contractors to keep your propertiessafe and secure. Find out how to:

* 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 incomeand property taxes
Complete with lists of ten reasons to become a rental propertyowner, ten ways to rent your vacancy, and the ten biggest mistakesa landlord can make Property Management Kit For Dummies,2nd Edition will help you achieve your dream ofbeing a successful rental property owner.
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials arenot included as part of eBook file.