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Landlording on AutoPilot

A Simple, No-Brainer System for Higher Profits, Less Work and More Fun (Do It All from Your Smartphone or Tablet!)
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von: Mike Butler
CHF 23.00
Verlag:	Wiley
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	05.03.2018
ISBN/EAN:	9781119467908
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	288

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Simplify Your Landlord Experience with Smart Strategies and Smarter Tools “Without Landlording on Autopilot, I doubt I would have ever succeeded with rental properties. Mike's book guided my business every step of the way, and I owe a huge debt to Mike for his insights. This book is a MUST-READ for any current or future landlord.” -Brandon Turner, BiggerPockets.com Landlording on Autopilot is the property investor’s guide to doing it all with less stress and higher profits. As a full-time undercover police detective, author Mike Butler developed his proven, simple system for managing hundreds of rentals on the side; in this book, he shares his methods to help you transition your rentals from a headache into a fun, problem-free source of consistent higher profits and income. Whether you’re looking for your first rental property, or just looking for a better way to manage the ones you have, this book shows you his strategies, mind-set, tools and technologies to make your rental business a boatload easier while giving you a lot more time to do what you want! Mike’s simple methods can be implemented in downtown Manhattan or Anytown, USA, whether you manage high-end penthouses or Section 8 rentals, and you can do it all from your smartphone or tablet—and best of all, most of the technology doesn’t cost a penny. There comes a time in every landlord’s “landlording” experience when the income doesn’t feel worth the hassle. Don’t give up! Investment property can be a wonderful source of income—with the right approach. Mike Butler’s approach is “autopilot”, and it tips the scales toward more profit, more income, and much less stress. <ul> <li>Discover the latest—and mostly free—landlording technologies</li> <li>HUGE Updates on Section 8, rental application processing changes, and more</li> <li>How To deal with the latest rash of federal, state, and local laws attacking landlords</li> <li>Explore market trends and conditions through the eyes of a seasoned real estate investor</li> </ul> If your properties are taking up too much of your life, Landlording on Autopilot is your ultimate guide to reclaiming your time—and your profit. PLUS… FREE GIFTS from Mike Butler! <ul> <li>“159 point Rent Ready Checklist”</li> <li>“Your 18 page ‘Ultimate How To Guide’ to Taking Multi-Purpose Photos and Videos of Your Rentals”</li> <li>12 Brand New Updated FORMS for Your Rental Business</li> </ul>

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii ABOUT THE AUTHOR xix INTRODUCTION: How I Owned and Operated 75 Rental Properties While Working My Full-Time Job as an Undercover Police Detective (BEFORE Hiring a 5-Hour-a-Week Office Person) xxi SECTION I YOU MUST HAVE THE RIGHT MINDSET FIRST CHAPTER 1 Why Residential Rental Properties? 3 Real Estate Investing 101: The Basics 5 Do It Safely—Keep Your Job! 6 Rule 1—Etch This in Stone 7 CHAPTER 2 The Life Cycle of a Tenant from A to Z 11 Point A 11 Point Z 11 A Few Landlording Ground Rules 14 Do Some Research on Your State’s Fair Housing Law 20 Fair Housing Laws and ADA, Both Federal and Local 22 ADA—Americans with Disabilities Act 23 CHAPTER 3 Before You Turn on Your Smartphone: Real Estate Investing Is NOT FIRE, Ready, Aim! 25 Beginner Basics of Autopilot Landlording 26 CHAPTER 4 Never, Never Call Yourself a “Landlord” 31 Stupid Move on My Part 32 My Tenants Already Know Me as Their “Landlord”! 35 CHAPTER 5 Are Tenants Your “Customers”? 39 Why the 1960s TV Show Leave It to Beaver Is Important 40 Your Rental Application Becomes a “Job Application!” 41 What about the Holiday Season? 43 Your Benefit from the Annual Holiday Bash 45 SECTION II BEFORE YOU GIVE KEYS TO YOUR NEW RESIDENT CHAPTER 6 Never Show a Vacant Unit Again! 49 But Mike, What If They Trash My Rental or Steal Stuff? 50 How Can I See a Vista Rental Home? 51 Old School: Submitting the Application Is Your First Critical Step 53 CHAPTER 7 A Rental Application Is Your Crystal Ball 57 Your Rental Application Process Is by Far the MOST Important Link in Your Rental Business 57 Your Rental Application 60 Here Comes the Big Boom 61 The Rental Application Form 62 Why You Can Apply This Very Simple System to Everything You Do in Your Rental Business 69 CHAPTER 8 Never Disqualifying an Applicant Keeps You Safe 81 If You NEVER Disqualify an Applicant…You Will Reduce Your Odds of a Discrimination Complaint 82 CHAPTER 9 Why March 31st Is a Wonderful Day! 85 CHAPTER 10 Your Digital Cookie-Cutter Move-In Process 87 Always Remember Your Residents Cause Their Own Problems 87 CHAPTER 11 Transforming Your Rentals into Tanks and CA$H COW$: “Quality of Your Property Parallels the Quality of Your Tenant” 95 Energy Efficiency 95 Plumbing and HVAC 96 Floor Coverings 97 SECTION III GO 100% DIGITAL AFTER THEY MOVE IN CHAPTER 12 How to Consistently Get Paid Over 100% of Your Rents Every Month 103 Failing to Plan Is Planning to Fail 104 Proven Systems Are Time Savers, Money Makers, and Good CYA Programs 104 How Do You Treat Your Real Estate Investing…as a Hobby or a Business? 105 Work SMARTER, Not Harder! 106 “It Doesn’t Cost You Anything to Ask a Question” 107 Payment Plans and Payment Plan Form 109 CHAPTER 13 You Really CAN Teach Pigs to Sing 113 CORRESPONDENCE Is Now 100% Digital 118 CHAPTER 14 Digital Work Orders and Repair Requests 121 CHAPTER 15 Removing Bad Apples 125 The Challenge 126 Barney Fife: “Nip It in the Bud” 126 CHAPTER 16 Mike’s Move-Out System Makes You Money 133 Do Not Balk at the Idea of a Referral Fee 139 SECTION IV MASTER THESE TO MAXIMIZE YOUR INCOME AND PROFITS CHAPTER 17 MARKETING Makes It Happen, Not Advertising 145 Referrals 145 Business Cards 146 Website 150 Other Things to Include in Your Website 155 Yard Signs 158 YOUR BIG PICTURE for Marketing 166 CHAPTER 18 PERSONAL SAFETY Is a MUST in Today’s World 169 Real-World Tragedies 169 PERSONAL SAFETY IS a MUST in Today’s World 170 LIFE IS TOO SHORT! 175 CHAPTER 19 Laws, Laws, and More Laws—Oh My! 177 Security Deposits 179 What’s the METHOD TO THIS MADNESS? 180 HATS We Wear 181 The Ultimate ICING on the Cake! 181 What Can You Do? 182 School of Hard Knocks 183 CHAPTER 20 Your New “Pain-in-the-Butt” Business Partner 187 HUD’s Section 8 Program: BEWARE! 190 CHAPTER 21 Insurance and Environmental Concerns: Rule 1: Always Make Your Resident(s) Buy Renter’s Insurance BEFORE You Give Them Keys! 195 CHAPTER 22 Biggest Mistakes of Investors 205 CHAPTER 23 The Hidden TAX BENEFITS: Especially If You’ve Got a Job 211 Here Comes My TSUNAMI! (A Good Thing) 211 So How Does DEPRECIATION Affect Me as an Investor? 213 What’s the Catch with This Depreciation? 214 EARNED INCOME versus PASSIVE INCOME 218 In Summary, The Big Picture, The Simple “Cut to the Chase” 219 CHAPTER 24 What’s Best: Houses, Duplexes, Trailers, Apartments, Commercial, or Dirt? 221 Single-Family Houses 221 Duplexes and Houses Chopped into Units 224 MultiFamily—Apartments 225 Mobile Home Parks 230 Commercial Property 232 Dirt 233 Self-Storage 234 Marinas, RV Parks, and More 234 Winner 235 APPENDIX A Recommended Resources for Your Business 237 APPENDIX B FORMS and More FORMS 245 INDEX 249

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MIKE BUTLER created his own custom system that allows his rental business to consistently get paid over 100% of his rents every month with less work and more profit and income. He is the founder of WealthBuilding247.com and the creator of the Investor Books Pro System with Tenant Tracking (The Only Complete System For Real Estate Using QuickBooks PRO®), a powerful software bookkeeping system for real estate investors.

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"Without Landlording on AutoPilot, I doubt I would have ever succeeded with rental properties. Mike's book guided my business every step of the way, and I owe a huge debt to his insights. This book is a MUST-READ for any current or future landlord." —Brandon Turner, Author of Rental Property Investing and Co-host of The BiggerPockets.com Podcast When Mike Butler was a fulltime undercover police detective, he created a side business for managing hundreds of rentals. In this book, you will discover his simple and highly effective approach to rental management. Butler gives you the tools needed to transform your headache-inducing rentals into problem-free sources of income. Butler walks you through his winning process beginning with the first step of screening a tenant through the move-out inspection when the tenant leaves. He then shows how to crank it up a notch and get more than 100% of the rents. Best of all, you can download a complete set of forms for the Landlording On AutoPilot system from the author's website. Landlording on AutoPilot explores Butler's fascinating and invaluable real-life experience as a property investor and landlord. He details the highly efficient techniques, streamlined systems, and necessary resources that created his rental property empire—an empire that Butler runs from his smartphone, tablet, and laptop. No matter if you are renting penthouse properties or Section 8 housing, Butler's foolproof system can help you become the happiest and most profitable landlord in town. "Thanks so much. I've been following Mike since the first edition of Landlording on AutoPilot and attribute most all of our success to his insights and techniques. New landlords MUST buy a copy if they want to have any hope for success in real estate investing." —Charlie, Charter Properties of Texas "If you manage real estate, you need to read this book. Mike is the real deal and you will learn ways to manage that will make you money and improve your life." —John Schaub, Author of Building Wealth One House At A Time "I've been representing real estate investors and investing myself for over 25 years. I read TONS of books and attend every seminar I can find. Mike's method is simply the best on the market, PERIOD. I recommend Mike's book to all my new clients and it's on my MUST RE-READ list every year." —Harry Borders, attorney