Jorgensen presents practical guidelines for buying and managing residential rental properties in this grass roots guide for would-be landlords. His formula involves hard work, patience and a combination of common sense and business know how.
This work covers a realistic, hard-nosed real-estate investment programme, designed to propel novices and pros to financial independence via savvy rental-housing management. Revised to reflect the current post-real-estate-boom-era realities, this edition covers every aspect of the landlording process, from buying, finances, tax matters and sweat equity to managing fixer-uppers, handling the tenant-landlord relationship and finding hidden gems in rural real estate. Numerous photographs, including a new apartment complex rehab series, complement the text's focus on becoming a successful landlord.
In The No-Nonsense Real Estate Investor’s Kit, noted author and real estate expert, Thomas J. Lucier provides detailed information, step-by-step instructions and practical advice for both beginning and experienced investors, who want to join the ranks of America's real estate millionaires! You get Tom Lucier’s lifetime of real estate investing expertise and experience in twenty-three meaty chapters. You also get all of the nitty-gritty details on five proven strategies for making money in real estate today. You’ll learn all of the fundamentals of successful investing and get the guidance that you need on these and many more vital topics: Choosing the right investment strategies Financing your deals Limiting your risk and liability Earning tax-free income from the sale of real estate Setting up and operating your own real estate business Investing in undervalued properties Following state and federal real estate related statutes Negotiating the best possible deal for yourself Buying properties at below-market prices Performing due diligence, inspections, and estimating property values Preparing purchase and sale agreements The No-Nonsense Real Estate Investor’s Kit is as close as you can get to a graduate degree in real estate investing without ever going to college. It arms you with the specialized knowledge that you need to compete successfully against the seasoned real estate professionals in your local real estate market. And this book comes complete with FREE downloadable and customizable forms to help you get started on the fast track.
Real estate investor and property management consultant Shiral Torres takes you on a journey to master basic, yet effective property management skills that help you become a confident, successful landlord. Through her stories and struggles (from being a teenage mother to now owning many rentals across the country), she gives the reader real life landlord examples and solutions that anyone can apply to their own rental property business. Shiral¿s philosophy about keeping life and business simple makes property management fun and exciting. Being a landlord has its challenges, but it doesn¿t have to be a nightmarish experience. Let Shiral Torres teach you applicable property management skills and show you how to consistently stick to them. After reading Shiral¿s book you may even enjoy property management enough to turn it into a full-time career!
Its no secret that the majority of wealth is tied to real estate. After experiencing success, my wife and I have become somewhat evangelical about real estate. Furthermore, this is a great way to build self-esteem, equity, and retirement for yourself and your family. If youre interested in a get-rich-quick scheme, put this book back on the shelf and pick up one of the many other books on the topic. I do not have seminars and progressive steps to my approach, at least not yet. What I have done, and my philosophy, is to provide a somewhat simple and realistic approach to property investing. Hopefully, you will see the benefit of property investing and try this on your own. Perhaps the greatest barrier to investing in property is overcoming fear. I am reminded of the Nike slogan from the eighties Just do it. Whenever anyone incredulously asks me how I got into real estate, the simple answer is that I simply did.
The legal forms and state rules every landlord and property manager needs To keep up with the law and make money as a residential landlord, you need a guide you can trust: Every Landlord’s Legal Guide. From move-in to move-out, here’s help with legal, financial, and day-to-day issues. You’ll avoid hassles and headaches—not to mention legal fees and lawsuits. Use this top-selling book to: screen and choose tenants prepare leases and rental agreements avoid discrimination, invasion of privacy, personal injury, and other lawsuits hire a property manager keep up with repairs and maintenance make security deposit deductions respond to broken leases learn how to terminate a tenancy for nonpayment of rent or other lease violations restrict tenants from renting their place on Airbnb, and deal with bed bugs, mold, and lead hazards. The 17th edition is completely updated to provide your state’s current laws on security deposits, rent, entry, termination, late rent notices, and more. It also provides tips and guidance to help landlords navigate new state and local laws on screening tenants. Attorneys Ann O’Connell, a Nolo editor and real estate broker, and Janet Portman, Nolo’s Executive Editor, specialize in landlord-tenant law. Together, they are also co-authors of Leases and Rental Agreements and Every Tenant’s Legal Guide.
All of the need-to-know information, nitty-gritty details, step-by-step checklists, ready-to-use agreements, forms, notices and letters and practical advice that Florida's do-it-yourself residential landlords and property management professionals need to know about in order to run a profitable rental housing business.
With a highwayman dubbed the Grey Cavalier once more robbing coaches near the village of Oaksley, the populace is up in arms -- with joy. But when the mysterious Mr. Dalrymple starts to investigate, the nefarious schemes of a certain young lady come crashing down around her ears. The Highwayman Came Riding is the first part of a sweet Regency story in serialized form. Lydia's books, sweet adventure stories in the traditional Regency style, have been compared to Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, and the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. mystery, historical, female sleuth, Britain, aristocracy, clean, highwayman, comedy, romantic comedy, sweet, free