Property Management Kit For Dummies (Book & CD)

Thinking about becoming a landlord? Property Management Kit For Dummies, 2nd Edition gives you proven strategies for establishing and maintaining rental properties, be they single family or multi-resident. You'll see how to prepare and promote your properties, select tenants, handle repairs, avoid costly mistakes 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 with tenants to record keeping and paying your taxes.

Now you can find out if you really have what it takes to successfully manage 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, and verify rental applications. In no time at all, you can become a top-notch manager by working efficiently with employees and contractors to keep your properties safe 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 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, 2nd Edition will help you achieve your dream of being a successful rental property owner.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Guide with Forms you need!

By M. Dormoy - August 13, 2009

I truly felt this book was a gem. I read it non-stop for two days. It contains many different tenant scenarios with solutions as well as the author's experiences, which are all very useful. it takes you from beginning to end in that the author explains the importance of things like thorough cleaning before showing (granted you know this but sometimes you think well they will understand if I am right in the middle of getting it ready!... they do not), first impressions and such and even pet agreements (like meeting the pet itself before the lease signing to see how it acts) and taking a picture of the pet so the tenant cannot play switch on you (which they do). It gave lots of practical advice as well and what may or may not stand up in court. This guide was also very helpful in that I no longer have to search the internet when I need a form for something. It also gives the new landlord confidence in their ability to rent out and manage their properties. I have even passed on tips to... read more

Don't Buy the Kindle Version!!

By patricia gerhardt - March 4, 2011

This book is loaded with good information but I recommend that you buy the paperback version if you have any interest in the forms. I ordered it on Kindle because I prefer e-books--you get them immediately and you don't have to dust them. I knew that I would not receive the CD but I thought that I could probably download and print the forms from my computer. Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to do so and I suspect there isn't one. I could even get over that disappointment, but the thing that makes me really angry, is that I can't even READ the forms on the computer! They are very tiny and expansion of the image renders the type unreadable.

I'm not one who advocates that everything be spelled out beforehand, but I would have appreciated knowing when I made the purchase that I would not get all of the information that is "inside" the book.

Very readable

By Elsea - February 17, 2009

Even if you are going to hire a property manager, I still highly recommend this book. It gives you excellent tips on working with a property management firm and the tax benefits available for landlords.