Rich Dad's Advisors: The ABC's of Property Management: What You Need to Know to Maximize Your Money Now [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] (Audio CD)

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"In this evenhanded, informative, and practical primer on managing rental property, McElroy covers everything from setting reasonable rent to determining true costs vs. true earings. Dave Mallow who's read several other titles in this series, delivers another solid performace..." (Library Journal )

Product Description

So you've made your investment, now the question is: how are you going to sustain it? make it grow? maximize its potential? One word: management. Hundreds of thousands know Ken McElroy as real estate investment tycoon, and according to him, sound property management is the cornerstone of his success. Now, he reveals the most important principles of property management his new audiobook. You'll learn:

• When to manage your own property and when to hire someone else to do it
  
• How to implement the right systems and structures for you
  
• How to manage cashflow
  
• A month in the life of an owner manager
  
• How to find a good property manager (and avoid the bad ones)
  
• How to assemble a superior management team
  
• and more.

The unofficial, but totally necessary, sequel to The ABC's of Real Estate Investing and The Best Kept Secrets of Real Estate Investing, THE ABC'S OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT will fill an important slot in both the Rich Dad's Advisor series, as well as in the general business marketplace. (2009)

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Hachette Audio; Abridged edition (September 12, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600242898
• ISBN-13: 978-1600242892
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #617,264 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another solid read by Ken MeElroy, May 26, 2009

By	Brian Borawski (Waterford, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Rich Dad's Advisors: The ABC's of Property Management: What You Need to Know to Maximize Your Money Now (Paperback)

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Ken McElroy should be a familiar name if you've kept up with the Rich Dad Advisor's series of books. The The ABC's of Property Management is McElroy's third book about real estate investing but this one is somewhat unique because it tackles a topic that hasn't been covered much in any other real estate book and that's property management.

The book is split into three sections. In addition, you get the usual foreward by Robert Kiyosaki himself. One of the more humorous sections of the book is the introduction because it details an account of what can happen when properties go bad.

Section one deals with whether you should hire a property manager or manage the property yourself and this chapter is over half of the book. One underlying premise of the section is that if you've never managed a property, it's a lot tougher,and more importantly, much more time consuming then most people think. The final chapter of this section has a ton of good information and it details a month in the life of a property manager. Things will go wrong folks and if you're not prepared to deal with the problems yourself, then it's probably going to be money out of your pocket.

Section two discusses how to find a good property manager. You get to read about the types of management companies as well as some of the things you'll want to look for, at least system wise, when looking at a property manager.

Section three is the shortest section and it discusses how to hire a good property manager. Here, McElroy takes you through a three tiered system of evaluating a property manager.

Overall, it's a solid read but there's two knocks. The first is that it's geared more towards bigger properties. The "month in the life of a property manager" deals with an eight unit complex and some of the examples consist of big, multi-unit properties. While this isn't neccesarily a bad thing, there's only some information on single family homes so buyer beware. The other knock is, for $17, you're basically getting a 120 page book. There's some sample forms in the back that add about 20 more pages but it's not really meaty. I'd give it a "B" rating, so it's basically something worth picking up if you're really interested in the subject, but not a book I'd consider mandatory reading.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazed that people are not very interested in property management, August 17, 2009

By	Mariusz Skonieczny "Author" (ClassicValueInvestors.blogspot.com) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Rich Dad's Advisors: The ABC's of Property Management: What You Need to Know to Maximize Your Money Now (Paperback)

McElroy wrote two other books, but they deal mainly with real estate investing. I am amazed that this book is far less popular than the other two. Property management is the key to real estate success. It's not just about finding a good deal, doing the due diligence, and closing the transaction. If people are not interested in learning how to manage a property or at least learning how to find a good property management firm, then they should not be buying real estate, because real estate requires work. It is not a mutual fund or stock. When you buy a small apartment building or a single family home to rent, you are in the business of real estate, which means you sell rental space, and if you don't provide any customer service to your clients/tenants, you are unlikely to be successful. I found this book to be really good. It covers topics such as how to manage and maximize cash flow, how to find the right property manager, and how to decide if you should manage your property yourself.

- 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

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great Rich Dad Advisors book!, October 6, 2008

By	Anne Keenan (Burlington, VT United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Rich Dad's Advisors: The ABC's of Property Management: What You Need to Know to Maximize Your Money Now (Paperback)

I knew alot of what was in this book because I have been a landlord for years, but I still found it helpful. If I were just beginning I would love to have read this book. It would have been so helpful.