The CompleteLandlord.com Ultimate Property Management Handbook [Paperback]

William A. Lederer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 9, 2009

This book covers the entire cycle of becoming a successful real estate property manager. Written in an accessible format , this book provides valuable information for investors who are now landlords and property managers. This book is not about the day-to-day of landlording, rather it focuses on the strategies for managing the assets of your property. Readers will find information on:

? The benefits of managing property

? Assembling your core team (attorneys, accountants and insurers)

? Legal documents

? And office help (including the right systems and software, how and when to maintain and repair, and the finances of managing your properties)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"The CompleteLandlord.com Ultimate guides are not just a series of three books—it is a comprehensive, integrated system including extensive Web resources to make the task of landlording profitable, rewarding, and even fun. Experience may be the best teacher, but it doesn't have to be your own experience! Bill Lederer and his team have over twenty-five years' experience in all aspects of landlording. Let him provide all the information and systems you need to be a successful real estate investor."
—Dr. Dolf de Roos, author of the New York Times bestseller Real Estate Riches

Become the Ultimate property manager!

As the go-to resources for real estate investors and operators around the country, William Lederer's CompleteLandlord.com real estate guides cover all the basics of landlording, real estate investing, and property management. In addition to hard-earned wisdom and handy tools, each book includes a free one-month trial membership to CompleteLandlord.com—a $19.97 value!

The CompleteLandlord.com Ultimate Property Management Handbook offers total coverage of the day-to-day responsibilities of a property manager and shows you how to set up your own reliable property management system. Unlike any other book, this practical guide includes a comprehensive success system that extends beyond the book to the CompleteLandlord.com Web site, known to hundreds of thousands as the bible of landlording.

Inside, you'll find answers to the following questions, and more:

• What are the benefits of managing property?

• How do you assemble your team of professionals?

• What do you need to know about legal documents and contracts?

• How do you develop a quick and easy computerized landlording system?

• What kind of records do you need to keep?

• How do you manage the everyday duties of property management?

• How do you stay on the right side of tenant/landlord laws?

About the Author

William A. Lederer is Founder and Publisher of CompleteLandlord.com, the leading Web site written for and by landlords. This proven, one-stop portal offers comprehensive content, commerce, an online landlord community, and on-demand solutions that include customizable forms and letters, as well as tools for tenant screening, vacancy marketing and tenant communications, electronic rent collection, and Web-based property management. Experts in virtually every aspect of landlording, Lederer and his wife have been investors and landlords for many years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (March 9, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470323175
• ISBN-13: 978-0470323175
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #9 in Books > Law > English Law > Landlord & Tenant

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent book by the author, November 14, 2009

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Mariusz Skonieczny "Author" (Schaumburg, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The CompleteLandlord.com Ultimate Property Management Handbook (Paperback)

This is another good book by this author. As the title states, it is about property management. This topic may not be as popular as using the hottest strategies to find great deals, but I think it is just as important if not more important. Whether you rent out a house or an apartment complex, you are in the business of real estate, which entails selling rental space to your clients/tenants. I found that the author did a really good job demonstrating how to fill vacancies and set rents at optimal levels. Some of the marketing methods include word of mouth, classified ads, and signs on property.

Many property owners are happy as long as the space is filled, but the author stresses the importance of finding good tenants. He defines good tenants as someone paying on time, taking good care of your property, not causing neighbors to complain, abiding by rules and policies, and willing to rent for more than a year. What I really liked were the comments he made on how to keep those good tenants. Don't take them for granted. It is a lot cheaper to keep good tenants than to get new ones. You can keep a good relationship with them by not raising their rent too high, getting rid of other bad tenants, respecting their privacy, and keeping their rental space in good repair. This may sound like common sense and it is, but from my experience, many landlords do not follow this philosophy.

- Mariusz Skonieczny, author of Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market? Learn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice book, easy reading, July 5, 2011

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This review is from: The CompleteLandlord.com Ultimate Property Management Handbook (Paperback)

It's really easy to read this book, not that technical, some things are common sense, but there are some valuable tips too. I would recommend, it's never enough to be aware of what may happen managing a property.