Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Smart Landlord 
asked by cannoli on November 21, 2006 1:01 PM
This book is well suited for an audience of sinlges/couples who would like to buy or who already own a home, and wish to offset their current mortgage with subsequent income from rentals. Property managers of small rentals could also find this very helpful.
Reviews
I bought this book as a novice in the rental business hoping to find information that would get me started out on the right foot. I WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTED. I will not go as far as to say that this book is worthless; there are some useful tidbits of information that i found helpful, but there are other books out there that are so much better. I strongly suggest LANDLORDING, by Leigh Robinson (Ninth Edition or newer). It's available on amazon, of course.
reviewed by advisor on November 22, 2006 8:57 PM
On reading this book no matter how much I tried to focus I found myself wondering whether the content actually related to my own situation in the Uk.
I purchased the book looking for straightforward advice on being a landlord covering aspects such as legal implications, inventory advice etc. However from the information I read on site it was not clear that this was very much a book for those in the USA. Once I started reading it soon became apparent when it spoke of the different laws for different "states", forms with "zip codes" etc. Whilst the general information was useful I felt that I couldn't rely on any document or legal advice as this might not hold for the UK.
A good read but I felt that it should have been highlighted on the site that it was for the USA
reviewed by perfectjen on November 25, 2006 7:33 AM
