How To Be A Landlord

Landlording: a handymanual for scrupulous landlords and landladies who do it themselves.

Updated for 2018 - includes all the tax and legislative changes announced during 2017. By the author of the UK's most popular property book, The Complete Guide To Property Investment. Please note that this book only covers letting and management of a property you already own. For a guide to buying the right property in the first place, you should buy 'The Complete Guide To Property Investment'. Take a property, throw in a tenant and watch the money roll in. This seemingly simple formula has attracted nearly two million people in the UK to become landlords, but the reality is a whole lot more complicated. Did you know, for example, that if you forget to provide a certain piece of paper you might be unable to evict a tenant - even if they don't pay the rent? Or that you could be fined for not checking your tenant's immigration status? And don't forget the inevitable broken boilers, mysterious leaks and various tenant complaints that always seem to happen at the most inconvenient time. How To Be A Landlord is a straightforward guide to everything involved in letting and managing a property - whether you're an accidental landlord or an enthusiastic investor. In simple and entertaining language, it covers important steps like preparing the property to let, advertising for tenants, conducting viewings, doing all the paperwork, managing the tenancy, and dealing with any tricky situations that crop up (including the dreaded emergency repairs and evictions...). You'll learn: How to set yourself up for success when preparing a property to let Where to find the perfect tenants for your property The essential checks you must make to avoid a nightmare tenant Everything you need to do when setting up a tenancy to avoid problems later How to deal with the most common maintenance issues and repairs The proper legal processes to follow when you have troublesome tenants Top tips from experienced landlords for how to look after your tenants - keeping them happy, your property safe, and the rent rolling in Frequently updated and with contributions from over 50 experienced landlords, this is the most current and comprehensive book on the subject - and essential reading for anyone who wants a simple, profitable life as a landlord.

Description In this groundbreaking book, Terrie Schauer argues that investing in real estate can be a way to generate income without spending most of your waking hours trapped in the hamster wheel. But for this to turn into a reality, you need to become a mindful landlord. Mindfulness primer, compelling mythbuster, and practical step-by-step guide all in one, this book leaves no stones unturned. Introduction The real estate coaching industry is a noisy place. Gurus, agents, and coaches compete to sell their brand of get-rich-quick training. It's a climate that encourages new investors to take big risks, leverage to the hilt, and do as many deals as possible, fast. As a result, many fledgling landlords seek deals without assessing the quality of what they're buying. There is a real lack of resources that espouse calm. Mindful Landlord offers a middle way through this noise. Focusing on questions such as how, what for, how much, and why, author Terrie Schauer takes a holistic view of creating financial freedom through real estate investing. How to Use This Book If you're looking for instant success or quick money from real estate investing, this isn't the book for you. Mindful Landlord isn't another get-rich-quick real estate book. There are enough of those books out there already. And when was a get rich scheme ever really reliable? Instead, within these pages you'll learn about growing your wealth sustainably through wise real estate investments that work for you and your family. Landlording is a business and this book is going to show you how to start and grow that business so you can reach financial freedom and personal growth. I have outlined a whole new process within this book that I call the Way of the Warrior Landlord. The Way of the Warrior Landlord is what I reverse-engineered from my journey as a Real Estate Investor and landlord. This process will give you the tools to succeed in real estate investing and a path towards living your own landlord's journey. More importantly, you'll find valuable mental practices to help you create a strong mindset that will enable you to get unstuck if you have trouble getting started. With a solid mindset, you can apply any set of winning strategies. That's how success works. To succeed, you need winning tactics and a winning mindset. Problems arise either from not knowing best practices or from poor mental habits, or some combination of the two. The Mindful Landlord is my attempt to gift you both the knowledge- and mindset tools to achieve your vision of financial freedom by owning Real Estate.

No matter how great you are at finding good rental property deals, you could lose everything if you don't manage your properties correctly! But being a landlord doesn't have to mean middle-of-the-night phone calls, costly evictions, or daily frustrations with ungrateful tenants. Being a landlord can actually be fun IF you do it right. That's why Brandon and Heather Turner put together this comprehensive book that will change the way you think of being a landlord forever. Written with both new and experienced landlords in mind, The Book on Managing Rental Properties takes you on an insider tour of the Turners' management business, so you can discover exactly how they've been able to maximize their profit, minimize their stress, and have a blast doing it! Inside, you'll discover: - The subtle mindset shift that will increase your chance at success 100x! - Low-cost strategies for attracting the best tenants who won't rip you off. - 7 tenant types we'll NEVER rent to--and that you shouldn't either! - 19 provisions that your rental lease should have to protect YOU. - Practical tips on training your tenant to pay on time and stay long term. - How to take the pain and stress out of your bookkeeping and taxes. - And much more!

A National Bestseller! Why be house poor when you can rent rich? “Why rent when you can buy?” More than any other, this phrase captures the overwhelmingly unanimous promotion of home ownership to Canadians. Real estate agents, mortgage brokers, family, friends, and even the government promote ownership as a safe, attractive, and sure-fire path to personal wealth. This one-size-fits-all advice ignores the reality of Canada’s housing market. Canadians deserve better advice. Faced with expensive house prices in a near-zero interest rate world, it’s time Canadians heard the virtues of renting and seriously considered renting as an alternative to home ownership. Real estate analyst Alex Avery insists renting offers a simple, more affordable way to live, plus in Canada’s frenzied housing market, going month-to-month is dramatically lower risk. He claims the reputation of home ownership as a wealth building strategy is unfounded and shows renters how to replace bricks-and-mortar with better investment opportunities.

"A comprehensive resource guide for any landlord that you'll come back to again and again." Julie Broad, Bestselling Author of More than Cashflow Have you ever felt property management pain. You know the kind that keeps you up at night. Maybe an eviction, a maintenance problem you cannot solve, could be the impact this whole real estate investing game has had on your personal relationships. Learn from my pain and suffering, avoid the pitfalls, that I fell into. I wrote the book I wish I had when I started investing in real estate and managing properties. Whether you own/manage one rental unit or hundreds, this book is a perfect blend of stories and step-by-step instruction. Written by Michael P. Currie, a well-known property management writer / real estate investor with several year of experience managing properties.