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How to protect your investment, maximize your return, and make the tough tasks much easier What's the hardest part of being a landlord? Raising the rent? Turning down a prospective tenant? Evicting a current tenant? Dealing with tenant complaints? Whether you're an experienced landlord or new to the business, you know that these problems are just the tip or the iceberg. You might find yourself wishing there were faster, easier, more profitable ways to make these headaches go away-and now there are! What Every Landlord Needs to Know provides innovative, effective, completely legal solutions for everything from property and tenant issues to maintenance and repair problems, to legal obligations and responsibilities. Landlord Richard Jorgensen also offers ingenious tips on how to avoid many of these difficulties altogether. This comprehensive guide shows you how to: * Maximize the screening power of the rental applications and credit reports* Select only high-quality tenants* Avoid rejection and discrimination lawsuits* Implement basic maintenance and preventive measures that save time and money* Get rid of nonpaying tenants* Handle critical landlord/tenant interactions with ease Complete with a sample rental application, lease, and credit check, as well as a list of credit bureaus and landlord associations, What Every Landlord Needs to Know is your key to making your tenants happier, your property more valuable, and yourself more successful.

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Author:   Richard H. Jorgensen
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9780071438872

ISBN 10:   0071438874
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   01 September 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Selecting High-Quality Tenants 1 Chapter 2 Finding the Ideal Tenant 9 Chapter 3 Screening Out the Most Undesirable Tenants 23 Chapter 4 Discrimination Laws 47 Chapter 5 Avoiding Rejection Lawsuits 57 Chapter 6 The Legal System 67 Chapter 7 The Rent Application or Application for Lease 83 Chapter 8 Understanding the Lease and Contractual Agreement 93 Chapter 9 Know and Understand the Benefits of the Credit Report 101 Chapter 10 Finding a Credit Bureau 111 Chapter 11 Repair, Replacement, and Maintenance 123 Chapter 12 Developing a Financially Successful Self-Management Program 137 Chapter 13 Creeping Socialism in Real Estate 159 Chapter 14 Insurance Coverage 167 Chapter 15 Eviction and Collecting Past-Due Rent 173 Chapter 16 Moving Out and Rent Deposit 191 Chapter 17 The Positive Aspects of Real Estate Investing 203 Chapter 18 Forms 211 Index 225

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