Status
Available
Call number
LCC
KF590 .P67
ISBN
9781413327939
Publication
[Berkeley] : Nolo
Physical description
324 p.; 23 cm
Local notes
Your first-time landlord's companion. Ch. 1 - Will landlording bring you money and happiness? Ch. 2 -So happy together : landlording with family or friends. Ch. 3 - Preparing and marketing your rental property. Ch. 4 - Screening and choosing good tenants. Ch. 5- Preparing a lease and getting the tenant moved in. Ch. 6 - Manage your rental income to maximize tax deductions. Ch. 7 - Keeping things shipshape: repairs and maintenance. Ch. 8 - Landlord liability for injuries, crimes, and more. Ch. 9 - Living in perfect harmony? Dealing with difficult tenants. Ch. 10 - Don't want to do it alone? Hiring a property manager. Ch. 11 - Ready to quit? Exiting the rental property business. Ch. 12 - A slower exit: rent-to-own arrangements. Ch. 13 - Renting out a room in your home. Includes acknowledgments, a table of contents, and subject index.
Description
"This book is for first-time landlords of single-family homes and discusses such topics as: the legal obligations of landlords, estimating costs and profits, choosing good tenants and avoid problem ones, making the most of tax deductions, handling repairs and property management tasks, and other topics"--