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The Self-Managing Landlord
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21 May 2024

As you start and build your real estate investing portfolio, choosing to self-manage your rental properties can save you up to 10 percent of your profit. But being a landlord can be intimidating at best and disastrous at worst—so how do you optimize your business, avoid pitfalls, and set yourself up for profitable and ethical success?
Authors Amelia McGee and Grace Gudenkauf, expert real estate investors with 70+ self-managed units combined, understand the balance between time spent and money saved with DIY property management. In this book, you'll learn from their hands-on experience so you can say goodbye to frustrating outsourcing fees and hello to efficient self-management.
In this book, you'll learn how to:
- Find Great Tenants: Attract and screen trustworthy tenants to safeguard your investments.
- Operate Ethically: Navigate landlord-tenant laws and understand your legal responsibilities.
- Maximize Profits: Optimize rent pricing, expense management, and cash flow.
- Manage Effortlessly: Use the right tools and software to streamline maintenance and turnover.
- Optimize Taxes: Know your deductions and save on taxes with write-offs for DIU landlords.
- Navigate Tenant Relationships: Foster a productive landlord-tenant relationship and handle challenges smoothly.
- Scale Out of DIY: Build a strategy to someday step out of the self-managing business.
Introduction
Part I: How to Self-Manage
Chapter 1: Risks and Benefits of Self-Managing Your Properties
Chapter 2: Pricing, Listing, and Marketing Your Long-Term Rental
Chapter 3: Tenant Screening and Selection
Chapter 4: Inherited Tenants
Chapter 5: Leases
Chapter 6: Onboarding Your Tenants
Chapter 7: Property Maintenance and Upkeep
Chapter 8: Handling Difficult Situations
Chapter 9: Managing Tenant Turnovers
Part II: The Business of Property Management
Chapter 10: Processes and Procedures of Landlording
Chapter 11: Creating Systems and Processes
Chapter 12: Tech Stack
Chapter 13: Knowing When to Scale (Hiring Your Internal PM)
Chapter 14: Increasing Profit Without Buying More Real Estate
Conclusion