Product Description
You’ll need to wear many hats in the business of property management: advertiser/promoter (in seeking tenants), host (in showing your property), handyman (in keeping up with and arranging repairs), bookkeeper (in maintaining records), and even counselor (in dealing with tenants and their problems). But Property Management For Dummies will help you maintain your sense of humor – and your sanity – as you deal with these challenges and more. You may become a… More >>
Property Management For Dummies
#1 by Mr. Rent on May 18, 2010 - 8:30 pm
This book provided a great starting point for me. Guiding me in a good direction. I eventually contacted Talley Properties http://www.TalleyProperties.com for my management needs.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by davenkim on May 18, 2010 - 10:07 pm
We were looking at the possibility of purchasing a rental home for the first time. I felt this gave us quite a bit of very useful information & was easy to understand. However, we did not end up with the rental home we thought. We did not realize that an insurance coverage on a rental property built in 1950 would be so much! However, we fould out the hard way that the plumbing & electricity must have documentation saying they have been updated & when. It also helps to have a brick home over a woodframe. There were only 2 companies out of about 20 that we called who would even consider insuring the home & at that they wanted about twice as much as I pay on my homestead. The book didn’t warn us about that, but was pretty good in describing the laws & procedures involved in purchasing, maintaining, and renting a property.
Rating: 3 / 5
#3 by Lucinda K. Rost on May 19, 2010 - 12:07 am
This book helps the new property manager get a feel for what it takes to be a property manager. Easy to read.
Rating: 4 / 5
#4 by Margaret L. Strem on May 19, 2010 - 2:38 am
The Property Management for Dummies book was just what I needed. It is written in a clear, sensible way AND the index helped me get to the subjects I needed quickly.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Integrity Trainer on May 19, 2010 - 5:35 am
Although I knew this book was written for rental property management and not condos, I hoped it would have at least a couple chapters of overlap that condo property managers could use. Even though I have not been a condo property manager (I rented property in the past), I got nothing out of this book. The author of this book took the title too seriously. It seems written for people who have no understanding of rental property management in this country. Take a close look at the table of contents before getting this book. I just ordered Be A Successful Property Manager by Woodson, Roger.
Rating: 2 / 5