Property Management Kit for Dummies

By: Robert S. Griswold MSBA

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

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 successfully manage a rental property, 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.

Complete with lists of 10 reasons to become a rental property owner, ten ways to rent your vacancy, and the ten biggest mistakes a landlord can make, Property Management Kit for Dummies helps you achieve your dream of being a successful residential rental property owner.

©2013 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (P)2019 Tantor

Dummies guide to not getting sued

This book is very thorough. I felt as though they covered every possibility. It’s not a very exciting subject per se but I do feel they made an effort to make it interesting. One of the themes seems to be how not to get sued. It’s mentioned at least once in every single chapter. Some times that felt a little redundant but I guess it was necessary.

a great book for newbies

I would recommend this for anyone who currently owns less than 6 units or is new to the game

Too long - but thorough book

Very focused on possible litigation that can occur when dealing with property management in the United States. I believe any possible kind of problem has been thoroughly covered.

I would have enjoyed a more concise audiobook though. Anything beyond 8-9 hours needs more justification in my opinion. Had to 2X the speed in some areas.

Very thorough

Long, but very thorough. Definitely directed at large apartment complexes, but there was still plenty of information for folks like me with single-family homes and small multi family properties.

This book is haphazard random basic info

1. Book is too long and it’s all over
2. They seem to be not clear on who their audience is and just trying to do too much

Very Stiff, Stuck Up, and Slow

The author constantly states the obvious and takes a long, long time to do it. I also wish it included more specifics on what type of maintenance needs to be performed and how often.