
First-Time Landlord
Your Guide to Renting out a Single-Family Home
- 336 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
First-Time Landlord
Your Guide to Renting out a Single-Family Home
About this book
First-Time Landlord, a consistent customer favorite, shows how to start a landlording business and maintain it in one's spare time. Contains concise information on how to make money with a single-family home without getting into financial or legal hot water.
Readers will obtain easily digested information on how to rent out a property lawfully and safely, assess profitability before buying or committing to renting a property, find good tenants (or deal with difficult ones), prepare and sign the lease, handle repairs and maintenance, comply with state laws, and when the time is right, sell at a profit.
With timely tips and true stories from successful landlords (including some who learned tough lessons along the way), First-Time Landlord is an indispensable book for property owners who want to rent out a single-family home.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Your First-Time Landlord’s Companion
- 1. Will Landlording Bring You
- 2. So Happy Together: Landlording With Family or Friends
- 3. Preparing and Marketing Your Rental Property
- 4. Screening and Choosing Good Tenants
- 5. Preparing a Lease and Getting the Tenant Moved In
- 6. Managing Your Rental Income to Maximize Tax Deductions
- 7. Keeping Things Shipshape: Repairs and Maintenance
- 8. Landlord Liability for Injuries, Crimes, and More
- 9. Living in Perfect Harmony? Dealing With Difficult Tenants
- 10. Don’t Want to Do It Alone? Hiring a Property Manager
- 11. Ready to Quit? Exiting the Rental Property Business
- 12. A Slower Exit: Rent-to-Own Arrangements
- 13. Renting Out a Room in Your Home
- Index
- Book Registration