How To Manage Residential Property For Maximum Cash Flow And Resale Value

If you own residential rental property, either rental houses or apartment buildings, you need to read this book. Actually, you ought to read it before you buy your first rental property, too. It will help you analyze prospective acquisitions better. How to Manage... teaches how to * maximize your rental income * maximize your resale value * minimize your expenses * minimize your hassles It is practical, street smart, aggressive, & thorough. Topics include: * How to screen out bad tenants * How to recruit, compensate, & supervise resident managers * How to deal with emergencies * What to put in your lease * How to get the maximum rent * How to reduce your biggest expense, property taxes * Bookkeeping * And more This book is sold out, but I have a limited number of copies returned by book stores. They are a little bit shopworn. I will begin working on a 5th edition in the spring of 1998.

If you own residential rental property, either rental houses or apartment buildings, you need to read this book. Actually, you ought to read it before you buy your first rental property, too. It will help you analyze prospective acquisitions better. How to Manage... teaches how to * maximize your rental income * maximize your resale value * minimize your expenses * minimize your hassles It is practical, street smart, aggressive, & thorough. Topics include: * How to screen out bad tenants * How to recruit, compensate, & supervise resident managers * How to deal with emergencies * What to put in your lease * How to get the maximum rent * How to reduce your biggest expense, property taxes * Bookkeeping * And more This book is sold out, but I have a limited number of copies returned by book stores. They are a little bit shopworn. I will begin working on a 5th edition in the spring of 1998.

This insider's guide to real estate deals shows readers how to make a profit the day they buy a property. Securing property coups requires diligent research, skilled negotiation, and solid commitment--but if one follows the 30 techniques described in this book such work can yield amazing success. 10 charts.

New York Times–Bestselling Author: An updated edition of the “treasure chest of financial secrets. . . . for anyone who is about to retire or has retired” (Forbes). Will you run out of money in your senior years? That’s the biggest worry for people newly retired or planning to retire. Renowned financial journalist Jane Bryant Quinn tells you how to squeeze a higher income from all your assets—including: *your social security account (get every dollar you’re entitled to) *a pension (discover whether a lump sum or a lifetime monthly income will pay you more) *your home equity (sell, rent, or take a reverse mortgage?) *savings (how to use them safely to raise your monthly income) *retirement accounts (invest the money for growth in ways that let you sleep at night) *and—critically—how much of your savings you can afford to spend every year without running out Completely updated to reflect changes in tax legislation, health insurance, and investment realities, this “highly valuable resource” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) provides straightforward solutions to the universal retirement dilemma—how to make your limited savings last for life—covering mortgages, social security, income investing, annuities, and more. “Quinn writes with clarity and compassion about the often stressful subject of retirement finances.” —The Boston Globe “One of the country’s leading commentators on finance . . . absolutely helpful.” —Booklist, starred review

Arthur L. Schwartz, Jr. and Steven D. Kapplin The focus of this volume of the ARES Monograph Series is new ideas in real estate investment. Within this volume, empiricial studies, literature reviews, and tutorials examine a broad range of important investment issues. Many new and innovative ideas are presented. This volume should be a rich source of real estate investment ideas for many years to come. Kapplin and Schwartz examine the returns of two types of REITs, as well as that of Master Limited Partnerships (MLP), over the 1987-1989 time period. Their sample consisted of 54 real estate securities; they conclude that these entities did not provide an effective inflation hedge. MLP returns exceeded that of the overall stock market, but the two REIT types did not provide rates-of-return in excess of the marked. An extensive review of the commercial real estate return literature is presented by Fletcher. He focuses upon studies that utilize commingled real estate fund (CREF) data. His detailed overview of the subject provides a much needed synthesis of the current literature. Roulac presents an extensive discussion of the differences in the per spectives of individual versus institutional investors. In his essay, he considers such factors as scale, diversification, and related issues. Addi tionally, he examines a wide range of literature from within academia, 1 INTRODUCTION 2 as well as the opinions of various real estate gurus. He concludes that behavioral factors override economic considerations.

Building on the amazing success of her earlier books How to Make Your Money Last as Long as You Do and How to Create an Income for Life, best-selling author Margaret Lomas is back to answer all her readers frequently asked questions. In How to Maximise Your Property Portfolio, Margaret explains to new and experienced investors how to manage and profit from a positive cash flow property portfolio. Her approach to investment can provide investors with an income from day one without the usual risks associated with negative gearing. Written in her trademark easy-to-read engaging style, Margaret shares her common-sense financial wisdom, covering topics such as: how the type of property you invest in can affect returns the issues to consider when shopping for property whether cash flow will continue and for how long how to maximise each investment through optimal purchasing structures and tax benefits capital gain and cash flow choosing the best way to manage your property. Margaret Lomas one of Australia foremost property investment authors claims that with a combination of common sense, hard work and patience you can ensure you have an income for life. Her low-risk techniques have allowed her and her husband to build their own extensive, profitable property portfolio. How to Maximise Your Property Portfolio will show you how.

NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED to reflect the changes in tax legislation, health insurance, and the new investment realities. In this “highly valuable resource” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) Quinn “provides simple, straightforward” (The New York Times) solutions to the universal retirement dilemma—how to make your limited savings last for life—covering mortgages, social security, income investing, annuities, and more! Will you run out of money in your older age? That’s the biggest worry for people newly retired or planning to retire. Fortunately, you don’t have to plan in the dark. Jane Bryant Quinn tells you how to squeeze a higher income from all your assets—including your social security account (get every dollar you’re entitled to), a pension (discover whether a lump sum or a lifetime monthly income will pay you more), your home equity (sell, rent, or take a reverse mortgage?), savings (how to use them safely to raise your monthly income), retirement accounts (invest the money for growth in ways that let you sleep at night), and—critically—how much of your savings you can afford to spend every year without running out. There are easy ways to figure all this out. Who knew? Quinn also shows you how to evaluate your real risks. If you stick with super-safe investment choices, your money might not last and your lifestyle might erode. The same might be true if you rely on traditional income investments. Quinn rethinks the meaning of “income investing,” by combining reliable cash flow during the early years of your retirement with low-risk growth investments, to provide extra money for your later years. Odds are, you’ll live longer than you might imagine, meaning that your savings will stretch for many more years than you might have planned for. With the help of this book, you can turn those retirement funds into a “homemade” paycheck that will last for life.

When Real Estate Investors say, "I wish I'd known that," this is what they are talking about. Real Estate Investing Calculations are the Rules of Real Estate Investing, and you must know the rules. Real Estate Investing offers you four huge benefits that other forms of investing do not. *Cash Flow. *Asset Appreciation. *Financial Leverage. *Special Tax Treatment. But your success will depend on how well you estimate these items before you purchase a property, and how well you manage them after you purchase. A basic rule of Business Management is "In order to manage, you must first measure." And that's the purpose of 50 Real Estate Investing Calculations. This book teaches you how to generate these numbers yourself, and explains their meanings. These Calculations are the tools of your trade.