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First-time landlord : your guide to renting out a single-family home / Janet Portman ... [et al.]. - 2nd ed. - Berkeley, CA : Nolo, c2011 - 360 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Your first-time landlord's companion -- Is owning rental property for you? -- Preparing and marketing your rental property -- Screening and choosing good tenants -- Preparing a lease and getting the tenant moved in -- Manage your rental income to maximize tax deductions -- Keeping things shipshape : repairs and maintenance -- Landlord liability for injuries, crimes, and more -- Living in perfect harmony? : dealing with difficult tenants -- Don't want to do it alone? : hiring a property manager -- Ready to quit? : exiting the rental property business -- A slower exit : rent-to-own arrangements -- Renting out a room in your home.

"Information those new to owning rental properties need to rent and manage a home or condo. The 2nd edition covers renting out a house in or near foreclosure, renting out a room in a house where the owners still live, and lease-option-to-buy contracts (and when they are appropriate or risky)"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 093371376270 9781413316278 (pbk.) 1413316271 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2011017133

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Real estate management--United States.
Rental housing--Management.--United States
Landlord and tenant--United States.

LC Class. No.: HD1394.5 U6 / F57 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 333.33/8