Making Money with Rental Properties

On the surface, being a landlord seems pretty simple-you buy property, find renters, and the money rolls in. However, as all too many people have found out, it takes an incredible amount of know-how and hard work in order to be successful at it. Idiot's Guides: Making Money with Rental Properties is written by experts who have made the mistakes, learned the lessons, and have become highly successful at spotting properties with high rental potential, buying them at the right price and time, and finding tenants who pay on time and stay for the long haul. Readers will learn not only how to spot the right neighborhood and property, but how to buy it, when not to buy it, how to find the right tenants, how to manage the money flow, and more. In addition, readers will learn what to do when things go wrong, what legal protections they (as well as the tenants) have, and how to do it all without going broke and losing their minds in the process.

Auteur

Kimberly Smith is a world expert on furnished monthly rentals and a licensed real estate broker in both Colorado and California. She has over 17 years in real estate property management experience, is a Certified Corporate Housing Professional (CCHP) with over 17 years experience in the corporate housing industry and is currently serving as the elected president of the Board of Directors for the Corporate Housing Providers Association (chpaonline.org), the only trade association dedicated to the corporate housing industry. She has been interviewed on CNBC's Realty News and has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, LA Times, The Denver Post and many other publications. She has published dozens of articles in trade publications, such as Mobility magazine for the Employee Relocation Council (ERC) and ColoradoBiz magazine. She is a successful entrepreneur with her first company featured for three consecutive years on Inc. magazine's 5000 fastest growing companies list, chosen as the 2010 CHPA Company of the Year and honored with many other awards and recognitions. Author hometown: Highlands Ranch, CO
Lisa Iannuci is a 20-year award-winning veteran of magazine and book publishing, having written articles for USA Weekend, Shape, Parenting, Frequent Flyer, Los Angeles Times Travel section, the Cooperator (a condo and co-op monthly), and more. She is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Building and Remodeling, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Success as a Property Manager, and Bowling for Dummies. Author hometown: Poughkeepsie, NY