Includes index.

Introduction 1 Part 1: So You Want to Be a Landlord? 5 Chapter 1: Residential Property Management 101 7 -- Chapter 2: Do You Have What It Takes to Manage Your Own Rental Property? 19 -- Chapter 3: Managing Your Residential Property Yourself or Hiring a Pro 35 -- Chapter 4: Taking Over the Property 53 Part 2: Renting Your Property 65 -- Chapter 5: Getting Your Residential Rental Property Ready for Prospective Tenants 67 -- Chapter 6: The Big Three of Property Management: Rent, Security Deposits, and Rental Contracts 85 -- Chapter 7: Formulating a Marketing Plan 107 -- Chapter 8: FOR RENT: Effectively Using Advertising to Generate Interest 117 -- Chapter 9: Handling Prospects When They Come A-Calling 141 -- Chapter 10: Strutting Your Stuff: Making Your Property Memorable 167 -- Chapter 11: Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo: Selecting Your Tenants 189 Part 3: The Brass Tacks of Managing Rentals 219 Chapter 12: Moving In the Tenants 221 Chapter 13: Collecting and Increasing Rent 243 Chapter 14: Keeping the Good Tenants (And Your Sanity) 261 -- Chapter 15: Dealing with Problem Tenants 273 -- Chapter 16: Moving Out the Tenants 291 Part 4: Techniques and Tools for Managing Your Residential Property 307 -- Chapter 17: Working with Employees and Contractors 309 -- Chapter 18: Maintaining the Property 325 -- Chapter 19: Keeping Safety and Crime Prevention in Mind 341 Part 5: Money, Money, Money! 365 -- Chapter 20: Two Necessities of Property Management: Insurance and Taxes 367 --Chapter 21: Financial Management and Record-Keeping 389 -- Chapter 22: Finding New Ways to Increase Your Cash Flow 403 Part 6: The Part of Tens 425 -- Chapter 23: Ten Reasons to Become a Residential Rental Property Owner 427 -- Chapter 24: Ten Ways to Rent Your Vacant Rental Unit 433.

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