Discover how to be a landlord with ease. Thinking about becoming a landlord? Property Management Kit for Dummies gives you proven strategies for establishing and maintaining rental properties, whether a single family or multi-resident unit. You'll find out how to prepare and promote your properties, select tenants, handle repairs, avoid costly mistakes and legal missteps and meet your long-term goals. Now you can find out if you really have what it takes to manage a rental property successfully, and you'll learn all about the various options for hiring someone else to manage your property for you. You'll find out the right way to prepare your properties for prospective tenants, set the rent and security deposit, clean up properties between tenants, and verify rental applications. In no time at all, you can become a top-notch property manager by working efficiently with employees and contractors to keep your properties safe and secure. Manage your time and money wisely. Acquire a property and prepare it for tenants. Make your property stand out and attract tenants. Keep good tenants and get rid of bad ones. Collect and increase rent. Evaluate the different types of insurance and understand income and property taxes. Complete with lists of ten reasons to become a rental property owner, ten ways to rent your vacancy, and the ten biggest mistakes a landlord can make, this book helps you achieve your dream of being a successful residential rental property owner.

So you want to be a landlord? -- Renting your property -- The brass tacks of managing rentals -- Techniques and tools for managing the property -- Money, money, money! -- The part of tens.