The Accidental Landlord [Mass Market Paperback]

Danielle Babb Ph.D. MBA (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 7, 2008

Don?t sell for less!

The fastest-growing opportunity this side of the real estate bubble.

For everyone who needs to move but doesn?t want to sell their house for less than they paid, this book outlines a profitable new option that many desperate sellers fail to consider: rent it and become a landlord, at least until a market re-boom. This book alleviates every fear, and outlines every step of the way to a real estate success. Includes:

?rental agreements
?preparing the rental property
?assessing personal responsibilities
?working with a management company or by one?s Self
?evaluating potential renters
?collecting rent
?insurance coverage, and more.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“The book covers many topics, starting with a sound approach for determining whether owning a business is the right move for you at this stage of your life. From there, the book transitions to practical matters. Other books cover similar ground, but this book does a great job of covering all of the most important topics in a single book. We do many business book reviews each year, and this is one of our favorites. It’s a must-read for new entrepreneurs.”
—Gaebler, Resources for Entrepreneurs --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Danielle Babb, Ph.D., MBA, has appeared as featured guest on MSNBC, Fox News, and Fox Business as a real estate and technology expert. Beginning in 2008, Babb appears as a regular guest on the Today Show, advising everyday people on real estate matters.

See Dr. Dani every Saturday on “The Fox Docs”—Fox Business from 1-2 p.m. EST --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Alpha; First Edition edition (October 7, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592578071
• ISBN-13: 978-1592578078
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,124,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Thanks for reading my bio! I am an author, a professor and a consultant specializing in technology management. I am fascinated by the disintermediation of service professionals due to online organizations. (fun stuff!) I am a doctor of philosophy (PhD) in Organization and Management with a Tech Emphasis and I teach *a lot* of classes, mostly all online. I love to travel, and get to do so often; though it would be nice to have a non-working vacation. :) I have written books (and continue to do so), published, I love presenting and giving seminars and workshops, and teaching students. My MBA is in Business, and I've been able to apply both my PhD and MBA to my career for years.

I am recently married, live in Southern California, and like most people making my way through life with as much adventure as possible. :)

Check out my other book sites at www.commissions-at-risk.com and www.teachonlinebook.com too.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Information and Tools for New and Existing Landlords, March 5, 2009

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mspicala (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Accidental Landlord (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a great book if you are stuck in that unfortunate position of needing to leave and rent out your own house like I was. I found this to be an excellent source of information providing different perspectives on how to rent out a property depending on your individual situation. She points out some of the normal pitfalls people run into and how to avoid them as well as whether or not becoming a landlord is for you. Danielle does a great job of not only providing usable information but she also includes credible online sites and tools relevant to the needs of a landlord. With all the random information available out there it was extremely helpful to not only get the facts but also the tools to be successful. With the information Danielle provides in this book I was able successfully market my property, screen potential tenants (extremely important!!) and provide binding lease agreement to my tenant. I am now a successful landlord and I would highly recommend this book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There is no accident when it comes to creating wealth...., March 5, 2009

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Bill Nazur "Real Estate Specialist" (Newport Beach, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Accidental Landlord (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is an excellent first step in creating wealth as a result of not so favorable circumstances in the mortgage markets today. As relocations and moves occur through no fault of your own, this book provides an easy to understand framework of what needs to happen in order to become a successful landlord, whether intentionally or as the title indicates, by accident. It is clear that the author speaks from a position of authority and experience.

Admittedly, this last move, I became an Accidental Landlord and personally followed much of the advice in the book as it applied to my personal circumstances.

It is a great read!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lacking Content and a lot of Promoting LPA, August 26, 2009

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K. Carson "Kelly" (Irving, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Accidental Landlord (Mass Market Paperback)

About a year ago, I became an "Accidental" Landlord and I survived by talking to a few people who had rented out homes and finding free forms on the internet. As my first tenant's lease is expiring, I thought I should really read up on being a landlord to see what if anything I should do differently.

The book, however, was a big failure to me because it seemed thrown together and more about advertising the LPA (Landlord Protection Agency) considering she mentions the site more than 50 times in the book (not including the forms she lists at the end of the book that came from them). There were some other things missing in my opinion, a method to analyze whether renting is the correct option for someone and when to get out, and the correct process for renting. Considering this is written for landlord who didn't necessarily plan on it, I would have really liked to have seen some simple checklist of what someone should make sure they have covered as they rent the property out and what forms should be used at what times. These things would have been very simple to include and would have provided a lot of use to an "accidental" landlord. The book also failed to go into much detail on many of the subjects, particularly tax deductions. As an example I looked at 3 other beginning landlord books and two of the three had an additional 100-200 pages, so there was definitely more information she could and should have included.

In the end, I found that there were some good references which have led me to some valuable information that has given me some new ideas of how to approach being a landlord, but I expected a little more and I am now going to have to pick up a few additional books to find what this one was lacking.