The CompleteLandlord.com Ultimate Landlord Handbook

Acknowledgments. List of Icons. Introduction. SECTION ONE: WHAT ARE YOU GETTING YOURSELF INTO? Chapter 1 Residential Real Estate as the Ultimate Storehouse of Value(s). Chapter 2 Why Investing in Residential Rental Property Will Get You Where You Want to Go Faster at Less Risk. Chapter 3 The Pros and Cons of Landlording: Do You Have What It Takes? Chapter 4 Think Like a Real Estate Mogul: Build a Winning Strategy, Plan and Build the Team to Match. SECTION TWO: INVESTING IN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY FOR INCOME. Chapter 5 Which Rental Properties Are Right for You? Chapter 6 Property and Investment Analysis. Chapter 7 Sourcing Investment Rental Property: Searching for Bargains and Adding Value. Chapter 8 When Should You Sell? Trick Question! Hardly Ever. SECTION THREE: PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND YOUR LANDLORDING RESPONSIBILITIES. Chapter 9 Legal and Financial Considerations. Chapter 10 Maximizing Cash Flow. Chapter 11 Tax Planning for Landlords. Chapter 12 Insuring Your Rental Property. SECTION FOUR: PLAN THE WORK, WORK THE PLAN. Chapter 13 Beyond Record Keeping: Choose the Right Systems, Metrics, and Policies. Chapter 14 Handling Maintenance, Repair, and Construction. SECTION FIVE: RESIDENTS. Chapter 15 Taking Over and Finding and Showing Tenants Property. Chapter 16 Screening and Choosing the Best Tenants. Chapter 17 Rental Agreements, Leases, and Other Forms. Chapter 18 Rent: Pricing, Collecting, and Tracking. Chapter 19 Communicating with Your Tenants. Chapter 20 How to Keep Good Tenants . . . and Cope with Bad Ones. SECTION SIX: WHERE TO FROM HERE? NEXT STEPS. Chapter 21 Should You Do It Yourself or Hire a Property Management Company? Chapter 22 Continuing Your Landlording Education. APPENDIXES. Appendix A Summary of Icon Information in Appendix. Appendix B Tour of the CompleteLandlord Site with Free Trial Membership Offer. Appendix C Essential CompleteLandlord Worksheets, Checklists, and Other Forms. Appendix D Associations and Other Resources. Appendix E Managing Risk and Limiting Personal Liability as a Landlord. Appendix F Questions Frequently Asked by Landlords. Appendix G Questions Frequently Asked by Tenants. Appendix H Glossary of Landlord Terms. Index. CLL Catalog.