How to Buy and Manage Rental Properties Books/Tapes

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How to Buy and Manage Rental Properties: Irene Milin, Mike Milin / Paperback / Published 1988
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In this book are all the Milins' gilt-edged tips on how to find good properties, when to buy, what to pay, bookkeeping, maintenance and renovation, and managing people. Updated and revised for this first paperback edition. Illustrated with charts and diagrams.

Landlord's Handbook : A Complete Guide to Managing Small Residential Properties: Daniel Goodwin, et al / Paperback
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Named one of the best business books by "Library Journal", "The Landlord's Handbook" is a proven hands-on guide. The authors instruct landlords in the use of active management techniques to maximize their tax deductions and increase their bottom lines. All the details landlords need to master are outlined in simple, intelligible terms.

The Landlord's Troubleshooter: Robert Irwin / Paperback - 251 pages / Published 1994
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What to do when the tenant won't pay the rent, destroys the apartment, or charges discrimination? Irwin's guide covers a variety of common landlord problems, outlining basic rules for avoiding them and basic courses of action when handling tenants, managers, or taxes. It's a fine, basic guide to smooth landlord interactions.

Landlording : A Handymanual for Scrupulous Landlords and Landladies Who Do It Themselves (8th Ed): Leigh Robinson, et al / Paperback / Published 1997
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A classic on managing rental property, this guide is completely revised, expanded, and updated for the '90s. It offers advice on keeping good tenants, getting rid of bad ones, hiring help, finding the right insurance, maintaining records, doing taxes, and more. Includes more than 50 forms. Illustrated.

Managing Rental Properties for Maximum Profit: Greg M. Perry / Paperback - 326 pages 2nd Rev / Published 1997 Avg. Customer Review:
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In Managing Rental Properties for Maximum Profit, author Greg Perry shares a foolproof system for successfully managing rental properties. This book is intended for the landlord who owns one or a handful of properties.

Arizona Rental Rights :
A Guide Book for Tenants, Landlords, and Mobile Home Users
by David A. Peterson, Andrew M. Hull
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Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Gem Guides Book Co; ; Rev. edition (1993)

Real Estate Management Forms and Letters for Rental Properties: Allen N. Elgart, Cathy S. Kelly (Contributor) / VHS Tape / Published 1993
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The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
These forms and letters specify clear guidelines, creating a framework for the relationship between residents and managers. Features objective procedures to assist managers in dealing successfully with each resident's personal and individual needs on a business level. Contains 150 practical forms and letters such as marketing, lease renewal and late payment letters, rental release, bank reference and apartment condition statement forms.
Streetwise Investing in Rental Housing : A Detailed Strategy for Financial Independence (The Panoply Press Real Estate Series): H. Roger Neal / Paperback / Published 1994 Avg. Customer Review:
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A sound and sensible guide to investing profitably in real estate, H.R. Neal's popular hands-on strategy will help you establish realistic goals, uncover hidden bargain properties, negotiate great deals, manage difficult tenants, and maintain a portfolio of units to give you an excellent monthly income and long term profit.

For Rent by Owner: Paperback - 2nd edition / Published 1993

How to Buy and Manage Rental Properties: Paperback / Published 1988 Avg. Customer Review:
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In this book are all the Milins' gilt-edged tips on how to find good properties, when to buy, what to pay, bookkeeping, maintenance and renovation, and managing people. Updated and revised for this first paperback edition. Illustrated with charts and diagrams.

Rental Houses for the Successful Small...
Paperback: 256 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 9.25 x 6.25
Publisher: Gemstone House Publishing; ; 1 edition (January 14, 1999)
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.

The Resident Retention Revolution: Laurence C. Harmon, Kathleen M. McKenna-Harmon / Hardcover / Published 1994

Successful Residential Management : The Professional's Guide: Barbara Kamanitz Holland / Hardcover / Published 1995

For Rent by Owner : Hassle-Free Landlording from A to Z: Larry Prosser / Published 1993

How to Buy and Manage Income Property: Philip Wik / Published 1987

Landlording: Published 1994

Living With Tenants : How to Happily Share Your House With Renters for Profit and Security: Doreen Bierbrier / Published 1987

Managing Rental Properties Like a Pro: Susan J. Underhill, Ken Upshaw / Published 1992

Managing Your Rental House for Increased Income: Doreen Bierbrier / Published 1991

Managing Your Rental House for Increased Income : A Unique System Designed to Make More Money No Matter What Happens to the Economy: Doreen Bierbrier / Published 1985

Maximum Management Profit : For Single Family Home Landlords: James Harris / Published 1984

Out of Print books - but are sometimes available in the Market Place Used Books:

Residential Property Management Handbook: Kent B. Banning / Hardcover / Published 1992
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The real estate boom is over. No longer can property managers rely on 100 percent occupancy rates and ever increasing rents to carry them along. New, hard realities have set in. Here is the new, comprehensive guide residential property owners and managers need to operate apartment complexes, single family rental home portfolios, and condo associations. This on-the-job reference completely updates personnel, marketing, leasing, and resident relations practices. It details current supervisory techniques, outlines preventive maintenance strategies, explains the new tax laws, budgeting, fiscal controls, and financial reporting. The Handbook is packed with checklists, forms, and reports that speed and simplify the professional manager's daily tasks.

Cost, rent, and profit computer : rental apartments: Edward N. Kelley

Profitably Managing Your Rental Properties: R. Dodge Woodson / Published 1992

Can tenants run housing?

Rental Management Made Easy: W.G. Roberts / Paperback / Published 1992
Down to earth landlording : an investor's guide to successful property management: Donald Beck

Get Real Estate Smart: Betty J. Bestick / Published 1994
Mobilehome Rental Community Management: George Allen / Paperback - 2nd edition / Published 1991

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