If you own rental property, you should be taking advantage of the many tax write-offs available. Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide gives residential landlords the plain-English guide they need to save money on taxes -- without the services of a high-priced accounting firm.
This book explains how to maximize your deductions. Find out how to:
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Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide is comprehensive yet easy to read, jam packed with interesting and relevant examples. The 3rd edition is completely updated for 2007 and reflects the latest tax information and numbers.
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"Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide gives small residential landlords - who can't afford to hire high-priced accounting or law firms - the guide they need to save money on taxes. Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide explains how to: · fill out the dreaded IRS Schedule E · determine whether an expense is a deductible repair or depreciable improvement · take real estate tax credits · maximize depreciation deductions · deduct losses arising from real estate ownership · keep proper tax records · deduct home office, travel, and entertainment expenses This book is comprehensive yet easy to read, and provides many interesting and relevant examples. It also covers other deductions landlords can take, including taxes, interest, casualty losses, expenses for professional services - and much more. "
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Wanna save money?.......2007-09-27
This book not only describes detailed info about valid tax write-offs, but also has an insight into how to think as a Landlord. As a first-time Landlord, the book put into perspective why a repair can sometimes be better than a replacement and why. Lots of really good info if you don't want to pay for an expensive accountant! Highly recommended!
Best friend at Tax time.......2007-07-06
I can't tell you how many times I've referenced this book. It is very easy to use and simply written, even if by lawyers! During tax time I have it right by my side, and it always seems to answer every quesion I have.
very easy and informative.......2007-05-08
Recently I purchased a rental property. I knew a little about tax deduction as a landlord. THis book gives you very detailed info and also gives you an examples after each topic so that you can understand how you can apply the info into your real life. I am not a very good reader, but I can easily read this book and understand.
Great item and transaction.......2007-01-09
Many thanks to the seller - the book was in great condition and I received it promptly
Absolutely Essential.......2006-10-31
I am a law student at Yale Law School and my husband is an attorney. We own and I manage about 5 rental properties. This book is absolutely essential for anyone owning a rental property. Do not depend on your accountant as a substitute as most accountants will not know this kind of detailed information about real estate rentals (unless they specialize in it or maybe have their own rentals.) My accountant who has been in practice over 20 years did not know a lot of essential stuff which I had to guide him through(it may be time for a new accountant). If I had not read this book I would have been doomed. Because I can qualify for the unlimited deduction (not just $25,000) for rental losses, we have literally saved tens of thousands of dollars in taxes we would have otherwise had to pay on my husband's salary, legally, with the guidance of this book. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is written in a very easy to understand format and gives you almost all the information you need in one place. You cannot rely on others to properly arrange your financial affairs in this specialized area. By reading this book you will know how to buy, finance, and repair properties in ways that produce the most effective tax benefits. Consider yourself lucky that you are aware this book is out there and purchase immediately if you own rentals.
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- Read it, didn't do it
- Terrific for those just starting out...
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Property Management for Dummies
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You'll need to wear many hats in the business of property management: advertiser/promoter (in seeking tenants), host (in showing your property), handyman (in keeping up with and arranging repairs), bookkeeper (in maintaining records), and even counselor (in dealing with tenants and their problems). But Property Management For Dummies will help you maintain your sense of humor – and your sanity – as you deal with these challenges and more.
You may become an unintentional property owner – someone who inherited a house from a relative and didn't want it to sit idle, or someone who transferred to a job in another city and decided to rent your home rather than sell it – or you may have entered the world of property ownership intentionally. Either way, real estate offers one of the best opportunities to develop a steady stream of residual income.
Property Management For Dummies is organized by specific topic areas, so you can easily and quickly scan a topic that interests you, or you can troubleshoot the source of your latest major headache. You'll discover how to
- Evaluate your skills and personality to see whether you have what it takes to be a landlord
- Keep your units occupied with paying tenants who don't destroy your property
- Move in your new tenants and move them out – and everything in between
- Assemble the right team of professionals to help you, from employees to contractors
- Insure your property and understand the taxes that go with it
- Look for additional sources of income beyond rent, including the opportunities and pitfalls of lease options
While many of life's lessons can be uncovered by trial and error, property management shouldn't be one of them – the mistakes are too costly and the legal ramifications too severe. In this book, you'll find proven strategies to make rental property ownership and management not only profitable but pleasant as well.
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Great Resource!.......2007-08-23
This book provided a great starting point for me. Guiding me in a good direction. I eventually contacted Talley Properties http://www.TalleyProperties.com for my management needs.
Read it, didn't do it.......2007-06-09
We were looking at the possibility of purchasing a rental home for the first time. I felt this gave us quite a bit of very useful information & was easy to understand. However, we did not end up with the rental home we thought. We did not realize that an insurance coverage on a rental property built in 1950 would be so much! However, we fould out the hard way that the plumbing & electricity must have documentation saying they have been updated & when. It also helps to have a brick home over a woodframe. There were only 2 companies out of about 20 that we called who would even consider insuring the home & at that they wanted about twice as much as I pay on my homestead. The book didn't warn us about that, but was pretty good in describing the laws & procedures involved in purchasing, maintaining, and renting a property.
Terrific for those just starting out..........2007-03-10
As a newbie in the world of real estate investment and property management, I found this book tremendously helpful. It is easy to read, contains a number of sample documents (just wish they were available on CD or online), and takes you through the process from beginning to end. Although the entire book is informative, I found the chapters on preparing your rental property, generating interest, and handling prospects/showing the rental, to be particularly useful for me as I get started. As a person new to this field, I find myself sometimes not even knowing the right questions to ask, or the right things to consider. Mr. Griswold covers it all in detail, and this helped me to visualize what the experience will be like. Case in point, the telephone interview check sheet, guides you through what questions to ask of the potential tenant, so that you can determine if this person may or may not be a good candidate, before taking things further. Why waste their time, or yours? This is just one example of the many tips and guidelines available in this book.
Very good resource.......2006-11-11
This is an easy-to-read resource that provides a good basis of knowledge for the aspiring property manager. It's a great place to start if you have no idea what else to do. It should have come with a CD with all of the forms that it mentions, but that's a minor gripe.
Easy to digest........2006-06-27
This book helps the new property manager get a feel for what it takes to be a property manager. Easy to read.
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- Excellent book for new or experienced landlords
- Has everything you need to know
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Landlording: A Handymanual for Scrupulous Landlords and Landladies Who Do It Themselves
Leigh Robinson
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For more than 30 years, Landlording’s practical, hands-on advice — encompassing everything from pets to late payments — has made it the bible of rental property owners everywhere. This new edition retains the tried-and-true methods and forms from previous editions and updates them for the 21st century. The book explains how changes in technology, techniques, products, and laws apply to the business of landlording and shows readers how to take advantage of these changes, whether they’re looking for good tenants, managing existing tenants, maintaining properties, or keeping track of the financials. Landlords also learn to take full advantage of the Internet, from virtual tours of vacant units to securing background information on prospective tenants — procedures that save time, money, and headaches. Containing more than 60 forms, each of which has been reviewed, updated, and put to use by more than one real-life landlord, Landlording makes the task of property management manageable, even for first-timers.
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Landlord.......2007-06-27
This book is well put together. It is an excellent resource for the first time landlord.
Excellent book for new or experienced landlords.......2007-06-11
This book provides great suggestions to address frequently encountered landlord/tenant situations. I found the forms to be invaluable. There is a website and I believe associated software that contains most of the forms, however I just created the ones that I needed on my own.
Has everything you need to know.......2007-05-12
This book was an excellent investment. It's a bit wordy, but it has a ton of information for landlords. As a first-time landlord, it provided me with perspectives I would have never considered.
John Nuzzolese, President of The Landlord Protection Agency.......2007-03-14
With Landlording, Leigh Robinson shows newbies and experienced landlords a simple and professional way to handle the hurdles and pitfalls of residential property management. The book includes easy to read instructions and examples of common situations experienced when dealing with tenants. Over the years, I have read just about every landlord and property management book on the market and I must say Landlording is an Essential.
Great information.......2007-03-06
Great information, although I wish it included a CD or a website where you could download all the forms for free.
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- Good start but lacking finances.
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Start Small, Profit Big in Real Estate: Fixer Jay's 2-Year Plan for Building Wealth - Starting from Scratch
Jay P. DeCima
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From the BusinessWeek bestselling author of Investing in Fixer-Uppers--a plan for building a real estate empire with little or no money down "
Fixer Jay" DeCima, the acknowledged king of fixer-uppers, delivers a much-anticipated guide to realizing financial independence through real estate investing. Written in DeCima's trademark folksy style, Start Small, Profit Big in Real Estate provides a complete two-year plan for making it big in real estate starting with little or no money of your own.
- You'll learn how to:
- Scout out properties with the highest return
- Calculate the payoff versus the effort involved in any real estate investment
- Find motivated sellers who will finance your properties
- Use leveraging and compounding to utmost advantage
- Negotiate with sellers and win every time
- Make big bucks with rental properties
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Follow Columbo's Lead.......2007-08-17
This book has the strong qualities of Jay's first book - written in a easy-going, lay-back style that makes it enjoyable to read, and it presents an eminently useful model that really works.
Jay says to avoid slick and flashy techniques because "slick is another word for slippery." He points out the gurus who formerly expounded on a wide assortment of get-rich techniques are "either bankrupt or working in gas stations." Jay advises to stick with run-down, fixer-upper types of properties. Buy low, and improve their value, and rent them out. I's a winning formula that I, and many others, have used to make money in real estate.
I particularly liked Jay's technique of taking a low key negotiation approach, like the former TV-detective Columbo when he interrogated suspects. Instead of putting the seller on the defensive, don't directly tell them what's wrong with their house. No one wants a complete stranger to come up and criticize their house. Always show respect to the seller, and have the seller tell you what's wrong with the house by asking him a series of polite questions. Listen carefully to what the seller has to say. You can learn a lot by listening. Don't be critical, never talk down to anyone. Even sellers who must sell, won't sell to you if you try to intimidate them. Jay points out that you still must diligently verify any information you get from the seller. One way to do that is to ask for their "Schedule E" tax form.
Another key to Jay's formula is turning motivated sellers into bankers. This is something that a lot of us, myself included, need to work on. If we follow Jay's advice and get the seller to finance at least part of the loan, the purchase process suddenly becomes much easier.
I also liked Jay's memo system of dealing with renter problems. In using this system, I find it simplifies my dealings with renters. If you call and tell them to do something, they forget. If they see it in writing, in an official-looking memo, they will usually, but not always, do what you ask them to do. It reduces direct contact with them and it gives you written documentation in case you later need it later to remove them from the house. I like Jay's comment "tenants don't intimidate me because they are simply no match for my landlording skills." A bold attitude that we should all aspire for.
The book does get repetitive at times, particularly in touting the benefits of having a rich lifestyle. There was maybe one too many statements about Jay going to the mailbox in his pajamas to pick up his checks.
Also, when Jay describes "carryback" financing when he sells a house, he never addresses the issue of the potential problems that you can encounter if you try to "wraparound" a loan from a bank or other traditional lending institution. If the lending institution finds out that the property has changed hands, they may "call" the loan and require immediate payback of the outstanding balance. Many off us are dealing with those type of loans, and it would have been helpful to address that issue.
Overall, there is a lot to like about this book. If offers sound advice for the new, and the seasoned, investor. The Columbo negotiating technique alone was worth the price of the book for me.
Terry Sprouse is author of the forthcoming book: "Fix 'em Up, Rent 'em Out: How to Start Your Own House Fix-up and Rental Business in Your Spare Time."
I've read this before in his other book.......2007-02-19
I loved Fixer Jay's original book, Investing In Fixer Uppers, so I was thrilled to buy his second book as soon as I heard about it. It is an ok book, but it is his original book in a new cover. Even some of the sentences are the same. It was kind of like listening to a friend who tells you the same stories without remembering that he has told you already, using the same words, gestures and inflection. I was dissapointed that there is actually no explanation for creating a 2-year plan anywhere in the book. The closest thing that I could find to a 2-year plan, was a sentence on page 8 that said, "Two years after you acquire your first property, you should have a dependable income, assuming that you're following my strategies." Then comes an analogy that investing in real estate is like kissing frogs to find a prince. I suppose that it is, but it didn't help me with a 2-year plan. If you are interested in fixing up houses to rent for income, don't hesitate to buy Jay's first book-I have read it 5 times, and am using his strategies from that book right now, having just fixed up an older house in my neighborhood. With 3 month's part time work, I now have 28k in equity, and 209.00 per month positive cashflow, on my first fix-up ever, thanks to his first book. The house was even owner financed, 2% down, and deferred payments too! (Jay's strategies) Don't bother with the 2-year plan book though, because it isn't anything new.
Start Small, Big Profits in Real Estate.......2007-01-18
The author gave "how" examples and easy to understand explainations to help you build wealth.
Good start but lacking finances........2006-12-21
This is a good beginners book to start buying, fixing and profiting from your real estate fix-up labor. The author describes very well how to find and profit from various types of properties: condos, town houses, single family, etc. The area that I thought was most interesting was the research to search and find apartments, the advise was more practical then other books. The more boring portion were the financials as I did not think anything was innovative in his approach: Buy low, fix then rent for cash flow and/or sell to profit. The author should have elaborated more on the mortgage and financing portion of real estate. If readers follow as described and if you can find the properties the 2-year plan should work.
Enjoy the read and good luck!
Start Small, Profit Big in Real Estate.......2006-02-21
This author is clearly very successful as a real estate investor and appears to have a great interest in sharing information and tactics to help new investors. His style is "down home" however my guess he is more sophisticated than portrayed in the book. I recommend this book for new RE investors.
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- Good, With One Major Problem
- A very good book but you will need others
- A Gem Among Rental House Investing/Small Investor Books
- An expertly instructive guide to becoming a successful small investor in a specialized sector of the real estate industry
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Rental Houses for the Successful Small Investor
Suzanne P. Thomas , and
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A guidebook for the small investor who wants to invest in single family rental houses. Chapters guide the reader through setting meaningful and realistic goals, locating money for down payments, selecting good properties to buy, getting a loan without doing "creative financing" gyrations, managing tenants with a minimum of time, writing leases and getting good landlord insurance, and eventually doing a tax deferred exchange. Written clearly with the beginner in mind, but including the information an experienced investor needs to learn.
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Pretty Good Book.......2006-11-19
In fact, this a very good book for someone interested in this style of investing (ie. buying a handfull of rental houses for bettter or earlier retirement). Its easy to read and I found several important points not covered in some of the more famous books. You prolly needs to read a few more books before beginning an investment enterprise, but this shold be one of them.
Good, With One Major Problem.......2006-10-10
This is on the overall a good book as the other reviews have testified. There is one major problem, the author talks very little about risk.
She recommends that you get deeply into debt and use that leverage to make money. That's ok and many people have made money that way. Many people have also lost their shirt that well as well. The book would have been much enhanced is she spent a chapter talking about the risks involved with taking on massive amounts of debt, especially for the small investor - the target audience - who likely doesn't have much to lose. She should've included several case studies, some that look those who have successfully used leverage (debt), and looked at some who lost everything. Then she could've analyzed what were the underlying factors and decisions that led to either failure or success.
Instead the author casts debt in an overly positive light, saying almost nothing about the risks involved. This is all well for her, she began to buy several years before the biggest real estate boom in the history of the country. But there have been plenty of real estate markets in the past where investors took on too much debt and lost not only their investment properties, but everything else as well.
Any credible book about investing has a responsibility to spend a healthy amount of time discussing risk. It's like being enthusiastic about a medication but not saying anything about the potential side effects or hazards. Such an approach is bad medicine, and Ms. Thomas' book is bad teaching because she ignores the subject of debt, and for that reason I took off 3 stars.
Beyond that, it's a very good starter book.
A very good book but you will need others.......2006-09-17
This is my 3rd book on real estate investing and I must say that each is totally different, with different ideas and different strategies. I think it's important to keep this in mind because there is not one single book that can tell you everything you need to know.
I like how she talks about goal setting, something I've learned from Tony Robbins and that I feel is really important. I like how she calculates the rate of return. I like her differing point of views. I would have never considered an adjustable rate mortgage before reading this book. Overall I learned a lot, despite having already read 2 other good books.
A few things I didn't like: I would have liked more information on selecting and comparing properties. And especially calculating if I can afford it or not. The information she gives is quite good, but since this is the most important topic I think it deserved even more.
The book is well worth the price and if you're serious about investing I highly recommend it.
A Gem Among Rental House Investing/Small Investor Books.......2006-07-05
In her own conversational style, Suzanne P. Thomas communicates a wealth of information for the small investor in a compact package.
While researching real estate investing and landlording, I read about a dozen books that I carefully selected from the library. Out of the dozen I read and the others I perused, this is one of two that I bought. This book is an invaluable resource, and I've read through the majority of it at least four times.
This book begins by getting you thinking about your long term goals for investing. For example, is your focus on creating cash flow for income, or are you interested in capitalizing on appreciation?
A nifty section of the book is on the subject, "Why Doesn't Everyone Buy Real Estate?" This small section changed the way I thought about real estate investing. After discussing obstacles to investing, Thomas clearly conveys that capitalizing on real estate takes patience. You won't find Thomas trying to fill your head with get-rich-quick schemes or promises of unrealistic fast returns.
One of Thomas' statements is a clincher. Thomas says, "Just remember that there is a difference between investing and speculating. Speculators need to get out before the market tanks, and this can be difficult to time correctly. Investors have a long term plan that can handle ups AND downs."
About the time I read Thomas' book, I still had lingering thoughts about "flipping" properties. I have to admit that "flipping" is enticing. Although people do make money flipping real estate, this method is a gamble. So, unless you have a lot of cash to invest that you can afford to lose, I wouldn't recommend it.
The chapter on "Selecting Properties" was especially helpful. I do not consider myself a "Slum Lord" and want to own properties that my family would be pleased to live in. We just completed work on fixer-upper home in a modest, older neighborhood. The home is now a nice place with some class, and we've enjoyed renting it to another family who fell in love with it.
In Thomas' book, there are excellent chapters about loans (with sharp insights into ARMs), 1031 exchanges, qualifying tenants, etc. Each chapter has multiple tidbits of information.
WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT: Although this book contains good information about landlording, it is not a nuts and bolts landlording book, nor does it profess to be. You should seek the nuts and bolts from landlording books, from other investors, from a real estate attorney, and also from an experienced investor/teacher (community education programs usually have someone in the area who is an expert and teaches investment and landlording classes).
This book is excellent and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a down-to-earth, information-packed book on this subject. I hope Thomas writes more books on landlording and related subjects.
An expertly instructive guide to becoming a successful small investor in a specialized sector of the real estate industry.......2006-04-10
Rental Houses For The Successful Small Investors by experienced house-investor Suzanne P. Thomas is an expertly instructive guide to becoming a successful small investor in a specialized sector of the real estate industry. Enhanced with an easy-to-use, step-by-step construct replete with practical information on how to predict profitability of individual properties, discover where to get down payments, learn how to select the best properties, understanding exactly how loans really work for investors, selecting the best tenants, creating a comprehensive lease, properly managing property, and an informative exploration of what advantages 1031 tax deferred exchanges might allow an investor, Rental Houses is an excellent reference for all investors. Rental Houses is very strongly recommended for all readers interested in exploring the prospects of profitable investment in rental housing, as well as to those already in the practice of being a home rental landlord.
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- Poor prose, narrow view, opinions mixed with facts, some errors and nothing new
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- Not super helpful for a beginer...an ok book
- Another Great Book from Steve Berges
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Poor prose, narrow view, opinions mixed with facts, some errors and nothing new.......2006-09-03
This book is a good idea, and presents relatively useful information in a straightforward fashion. BUT: the book as a whole suffers from some elements that make this a mediocre choice. A strong candidate in a long tradition of making business and finance texts unreadable, ruining the subject for millions.
1. Poor prose: the writing is mediocre and after a while gets tedious and annoying. As an example, on pg. 91, a paragraph leads off saying (paraphrased and condensed) 'there are three important additional factors, x, y and z. X must be considered so that (blah blah blah). It is equally important to understand Y. Finally, it is important to be aware of Z.' In other words, these things are important, and you know this, because you have been told they are important through the technique of repetition of the word important. This is just plain poor writing.
There are also pompous quotes at the end of each chapter, which have little relation to the text and no effect save to annoy the reader. They seem to repeat the theme of liberty; now, liberty is a Good Thing, but the connection to a real estate text is somewhat tenuous - and more to the point, it's obnoxious. (Example: at the end of Chapter 3, "Eight Ways to Locate Rental Houses for the Smart Investor", John Quincy Adams is quoted as saying "Posterity - you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." Wha'?)
2. Narrowness and facts/opinions: pg. 27, "The type of location best suited for rental houses is typically in a neighorhood that is between 10 and 35 years old." Ummm, would this hold true in, say, Boston? New York? New Orleans? Paris? (Okay, it's a book for a U.S. audience, but still). In general, the "suggested approaches" seem targeted at those considering investing in rental properties in mid-sized cities with massive urban sprawl. In particular, there is a strong and clear bias to investing in single-family dwellings, a bias that is both potentially dangerous and certainly open to debate. (Granted, the author does point out that this is a generalization, but this qualification is not very convincing.)
3. Errors: while the errors I have found are not serious, they worry me when I read a business/finance text. For example, on pg. 75, Berges explains the debt servicing ratio and states that "a value of 1.0 percent means that there is exactly enough cash to make the loan payment." Actually, 1.0 percent means that there is 1/100th of the cash needed to make the loan payment - a typo, to be sure, but that's why texts are edited prior to publication. The box on the same page breaking down the formula is also simply wrong.
I should note that the entire section in the Chapter "Financial Analysis of Rental Properties" makes use of an almost unreadable print-out of an Excel worksheet (that I have not found available on the web, although I admit I could eventually read no more). Since some of the text following this is based on the worksheet, it makes it harder to get through this section and the subject just does not come alive.
4. Nothing new: there are other texts that explain finance and real estate much better, and put them in context, with clearer examples and less painful writing.
Keep looking.
Great book!.......2005-09-05
I'm surprised at the lackluster reviews of this book. I found it outstanding and learned a great deal about how to acquire the best properties and make them as profitable s possible.
Utterly worthless.......2005-08-13
I can only imagine that this book was written for the sole purpose of making money off of poor schmucks, like myself, who bought it thinking it might have some useful information. It doesn't, save your money and look elsewhere on the given subject. Example information conveyed in the book includes, in essence, such helpful hints as don't buy rental homes next to slums or trash-dumps.
Not super helpful for a beginer...an ok book.......2005-04-10
This book was not as easy for a me to understand as other books I have read. He goes really into detail on showing how to make sure your cash flow and the property is one you want to buy, but he doesn't do much to show or tell you how to buy homes as I had hoped.
Another Great Book from Steve Berges.......2005-02-12
I have read all of the real estate investing books by Steve Berges, in addition to many others by other authors. I have found that Mr. Berges is by far the best author on real estate investment, period. If you haven't read "The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings," then you are doing it wrong.
Mr. Berges' basic approach is to teach you what to look for, and how to analyze property before you buy it. With this approach you will know how much money you will make in the end, before you have even made the down payment. Berges explains this approach very thoroughly and effectively, with an informal, anecdotal style that makes you feel like you are discussing real estate methods with your rich uncle.
"The Complete Guide to Investing in Rental Properties" is Berges' newest book. Having read all of his previous books, I found this one to be a little redundant. The first half of the book is a review of infomation found in more detail in his other books, and even includes excerpts from his other work. But that allows the book to stand on its own. The rest of the book is all new, and pure gold. Mr. Berges discusses his techniques for managing property and tenants, increasing property value and reducing expenses.
If you were only allowed to read one book on real estate investing, "The Complete Guide to Investing in Rental Properties" would be it. However, then you would be missing out on all of Steve Berges' other books. On the other hand, were you to have read the others, in my opinion you would not only have all the information needed to begin a successful real estate venture, you would also have a significant advantage over all those investors out there who have not read his work.
Given that this has been such a raving review, I feel I should head off assumptions that I work for Steve Berges, or the publisher, or even know him. I do not. I have only read many books on real estate investing, and I have come to recognize Mr. Berges' books to be the champions of them all. You just have to read one to know what I am talking about.
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The Rental Property Manager's Toolbox: A Complete Guide Including Pre-Written Forms, Agreements, Letters, And Legal Notices: With Companion CD-ROM
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Take a look through the Forbes annual issue of the richest Americans, and you will find a majority of those personal fortunes have something to do with real estate. Real estate rental income rarely experiences wild swings in value, instead providing predictable returns at many times the rate of money market accounts or CDs. In addition, there can be substantial tax advantages as well. However, being the landlord can be difficult, time consuming, and potentially wrought with financial and legal obstacles. This new book will make the process of managing your rental properties easier. This new book and companion CD-ROM will teach you how to avoid headaches, hassles, and lawsuits by learning how to professionally manage your rental property. Maximize your profits and minimize your risks. Learn about advertising, tenant screening, managing tenants, legal rights, landlord rights, discrimination, vacancies, essential lease clauses, crime prevention, drugs, gangs, security issues, as well as premises liability, security deposits, handling problems, evictions, maintenance, recordkeeping, and taxes. The CD-ROM contains dozens of forms, sample contracts, letters, notices, rental applications, agreements and checklists. It includes topics such as evicting irresponsible tenants, collecting damages, running multiple properties, handling complaints, emergency procedures, expenses, and utility management. We spent thousands of hours interviewing and e-mailing real estate property managers and investors. This book is a compilation of their secrets and proven successful ideas. If you are interested in learning hundreds of hints, tricks, and secrets on how to make money (or more money) on managing your rental properties, then this book is for you. Instruction is great, but advice from experts is even better, and the experts chronicled in this book earn $1,000 to $300,000 per month managing rental properties. Inside the pages of this new exhaustively researched guide you will find a jam-packed assortment of innovative ideas that you can put to use today.
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Informative, Useful, and Easy to Understand.......2006-11-09
Ms. Burrell does an excellent job of providing an informative yet concise look at the complex business of rental property management. This book is a must read for novice investors as it allows one to enter the business with eyes wide open - aware of pitfalls and precautions that can be taken to protect the investment. Alternatively, there are so many forms, examples, techniques, and tricks for the experienced manager that it is a great read for them as well. Truly a great resource for any RPMS library - or toolbox, as the case may be.
Make Yourself a Professional.......2006-11-02
I have a few rental properties that I've managed myself over the years, with some success, but I was looking to do better and acquired Jamaine Burrell's book to get some pointers. Her book, The Rental Property Manager's Toolbox does the trick!
The "Toolbox" has all the advice, tips, forms, and sample letters that one could possibly need to make the transition from an "amateur" rental property manager, like me, to a professional. I can see a number of areas in which I have not taken the best approach in the past (especially regarding unsupervised children) and believe that, following Burrell's advice, I can not only be a more effective manager but make more money too.
The book covers all the bases, including financial and legal issues, property acquisition options, advertising, finding and screening potential tenants, tenant problem and complaint management, and property sale, and also includes a CD with all of the forms discussed in the book. This is a great resource for anyone intending to get into property management or for anyone, like me, who has been managing properties without the benefit of professional advice.
Avoid unnecessary hassles, buy this book!.......2006-10-13
This book is a great resource for rental property owners and managers, whether this is your first project or your fiftieth. "The Rental Property Manager's Toolbox" has everything you need to be successful in owning or managing your own rental property.
This book will teach you tips and tricks for purchasing rental property, handling legal and tax issues, dealing with tenants, maintaining properties, and even selling properties if need be. Easy to read large type and conversational format ensure that the information is as clear cut as possible. For further clarity, Burrell provides a comprehensive glossary of terms. The easy-to-use table of contents and full index make searching for that special tidbit of information a breeze. Burell also includes a list of resources such as property management companies and several rental property owners.
Included with this book is a companion CD-ROM that contains useful forms in both MSWord and PDF format. The CD runs itself, so no technical knowledge needed.
A Rental Management Must.......2006-10-05
This book is written for those who are currently involved in the search for and ownership of rental property. The chapter dedicated to acquiring rental property covers financing and loans, various types of mortgage loans, other types of finance, and what to look for during a pre-purchase inspection. The chapter also stresses the importance of finding the right real estate agent, lawyer, accountant, and financial advisor.
Also included with the purchase of the book is a CD-ROM featuring pre-written forms, agreements, letters, and legal notices. Samples of the documents are also included in the book, such as a tenant information letter and a rental agreement violation letter. Legal documents are often intimidating and difficult to understand in one reading. I found the inclusion of these documents allowed me to review, research, and understand each document at my own pace.
The information presented in this book will allow a rental property manager to become pro-active rather than reactive, preventing small problems from becoming sticky situations. I recommend this book to anyone involved in the rental property management industry interested in simplifying and streamlining their business.
Comprehensive, well-written, and useful guide.......2006-08-22
Did you know that December is the worst month to rent property? And that the best months are June and July? If you are a property manager, The Rental Property Manager's Tool Box is an essential reference and serves as a powerful tool in your management belt!
The Rental Property Management's Tool Box is a highly readable and comprehensive guide to successful property management, whether employed by a firm, self-employed, or anyone thinking of starting a career in the lucrative field of property management. Useful case studies serve to further bolster the well-researched information explained in the chapter.
The ten chapters of this book extensively cover the course of managing property, beginning with a thorough explanation of the role and function of property management. The book provides a current and historical definition of property managers and its place in the field of real estate. A special mention is made on the professional stature of managers in the field, as well as professional associations that wield great influence on the profession.
While the responsibilities of the property manager are discussed in great detail, The Rental Property Manager's Tool Box does a superb job of explaining the legal, financial, and marketing responsibilities that fall on the property manager's shoulders. Though not always in the property manager's purview, a conscientious property manager develops these skills in order to yield the maximum investment return on rental properties.
Chapter 7 enumerates the many contractors and service providers that a property manager encounters in his career, and discusses many ways to cultivate special relationships with all. Two substantial chapters are devoted to tenants--how to identify viable tenants, and what to do when tenants become problematic--are especially useful for anyone that deals with rental property.
User-friendly in nature with easy to read text and layout, the book is also illustrated and includes a very useful glossary, providing over fifty pages of property management terms as well as an extensive selection of sample rental agreements and most commonly-used forms. They are easily reproduced as a handy CD is provided as part of the book package. The book also has an easy to use index, providing quick access to the book's range of subjects and topics.
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How to Succeed and Make Money with Your First Rental House
Douglas A. Keipper , and
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Seize the opportunity and watch the money roll in
Don't be paralyzed by fear of making mistakes and losing money. Buying a rental house should be one of the safest investments you make, and you already have the skills you need to succeed. You just need to learn how to use them.
In How to Succeed and Make Money with Your First Rental House, Douglas Keipper tells the true story of how he overcame his fear of real estate investing and made money on his first rental house. Keipper uses his experience as an example as he walks you step by step through the entire process of buying, renovating, renting, and managing a rental house. And you'll learn from his mistakes, not your own! Find out how easy it is to supplement your income with the most popular investment vehicle in the country. Let Keipper show you how to:
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Firsthand advice on overcoming fear of failure and getting started in real estate investing
In How to Make Money and Succeed with Your First Rental House, Douglas Keipper tells the true story of how he overcame his fear of real estate investing and made money on his first rental house. He provides a formula for renovating and renting houses while taking advantage of the new tax law and shows novices how to avoid the common mistakes. With this book, anyone can learn to supplement their income and get into the most popular investment vehicle in the country.
Douglas A. Keipper (Duluth, CA) is an Atlanta-based financial advisor, who began investing in real estate when the slumping stock market threatened his family's financial security.
Sean Lyden (Cartersville, GA) is a nationally recognized columnist and feature writer on marketing and entrepreneurial issues.
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good for newbie investor.......2006-09-08
Wouldn't rate the book high for technical merit or depth of knowledge but as a new investor gives glimse of what is involved in rental property. Good job Doug
Good First Step.......2005-09-10
This book is a good start for potential investors. It gives a brief overview of all of the essentials. However, one criticism is that it focuses on the Georgia real estate market. If you are looking for a more national perspective, you may want to keep searching.
Nice Primer.......2005-09-09
Cute, fun, great place to start for someone who is contemplating investing in rental housing. It was an easy read and an entertaining story about how one person got started. It wasn't a "how to" guide, however. I read it, loaned it to a friend, and haven't missed it. I have since purchased books that are more useful as reference material, if not as entertaining to read. If you're wondering if buying and rental properties is for you - this book is interesting. If you've decided to take the plunge and do it, you're going to need some more serious material.
Money better spent elsewhere..........2005-05-13
I have read about 10 real estate investment books within the last 6 months, and despite the Amazon.com user reviews, this book probably was the least informative, least well written, and least organized of the lot. The author refers to his real estate investment experience several times throughout the book, yet he discusses only the single property he has purchased, disqualifying him as a mentor in my mind. He write without technicality, and fills much of the book quoting other "real estate gurus" and citing summaries of text he has read. I am really surprised that this book was rates so highly on this site, because it really has been a disappointment and waste of time. By the way, some of the best books I have read have been written by Dolf De Roos. Best of luck to you all.
Entertaining story, lacks details and insights.......2005-05-08
This book basically tells the story of buying and renting a single family rental. It takes you through the day-to-day process of getting financing, finding a house, repairing it, marketing it, qualifing a tenant, getting paid. Basically it tells you what to expect, the ups and downs. The problem is that it seriously lacks in details and good insights. It reads like a beginner REI book written by a beginner. Another tip-off is the author keeps mentioning Carton Sheets (Mr. Get Rich Infomercial) and Robert Kiyosaki (author of the vapid "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" book series) two scam artist that give real estate investing a black eye. If you are looking for a great beginner investor book read "Rental Houses for the Successful Small Investor".
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The Landlord's Survival Guide: How to Succesfully Manage Rental Property as a New or Part-Time Real Estate Investor
Jeffrey Taylor
Manufacturer: Kaplan Business
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In The Landlord’s Survival Guide, Jeff Taylor shares fresh ideas and fresh perspectives that will help make any landlord more productive.
- Leigh Robinson, author of ,Landlording: A Handy Manual for Scrupulous Landlords and Landladies.
""Mr. Landlord's ideas have increased the profits from my apartments every time I've applied them! If you want bigger cash flows and smaller hassles, read this book!""
- Peter Conti, co- author of Investing in Real Estate Without Cash or Credit.
""Not only is The Landlord’s Survival Guide great for new and part-time real estate investors, it is extremely helpful for new property managers who are starting out managing other people's property or for the long time property managers wanting new tips and a great reference guide."" - Melissa Prandi, author of the Unofficial Guide to Managing Rental Property and past president of the National Association of Residential Property Managers
The Landlord’s Survival Guide by best-selling author Jeffrey Taylor, is for real estate investors just like you, who want full-time profits from their rental properties but only want to deal with them part time.
Taylor, also known as Mr. Landlord, shows you a new way of managing properties in this competitive and ever-changing marketplace. Today's renters want things ""their way"" and this guide shows you how to give residents what they want while giving you what you want - maximum profits.
Mr. Landlord’s step-by-step advice removes all the guesswork and gets you on the road to building wealth with rental property. This book shows how to: • Fill vacancies quickly with ideal residents even in a tough rental market
• Identify and avoid “problem” residents and situations Collect on-time payments
• Keep residents beyond the standard one-year lease period
• Double your monthly cashflow and maximize your profits
• Let residents to ""work with you"" to reach your real estate goals faster
Complete with all the action steps to help you implement Mr. Landlord’s money-making management system, The Landlord’s Survival Guide is a must-read for landlording newbies and veterans who want bigger profits.
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