How To Find & Keep Great Tenants!

There's a huge amount of money to be made in real estate investing today. More and more former home owners are now becoming tenants and are looking for houses to rent, presenting the savvy real estate investor with an enormous opportunity to profit.  But buying, managing and renting real estate is not as easy as it seems. In How To Find & Keep Great Tenants you'll learn the best free (or inexpensive) ways to market your property for rent, how to screen and qualify only the most serious tenants using the 'first date technique', how to 'set the hook' once you find a qualified renter for your property and just as importantly, how to avoid making the tragic mistake of renting to people you will end up having to evict!You will also learn the best ways to use leases and tenant applications and how to avoid problems before they even begin.  Rental real estate will always have normal wear and tear, so you will also learn the top 30 most important vendors to have in your contact list, how to find and keep good vendors, plus you'll get a real-life example of how choosing the wrong vendor can actually cause a great tenant to go bad!Tracking income and controlling expenses is the key to making money in real estate, so you will also learn the importance of an accurate profit and loss statement and balance sheet, plus we'll discuss the top five items you should expect from any automated bookkeeping system.
Last but not least, you'll get samples of property marketing flyers that you can print or use on your website, see the type of tenant application, move-in checklist and tenant handbook that the pros use, and discover the five best ways to find leases for your market. Here's a list of the topics covered in How To Find & Keep Great Tenants:The #1 Marketing TechniqueTop Five Marketing ToolsTop Six Items to have on your WebsiteWhen Prospects Call - Top Three ObjectivesTop Two Ways to Set the HookKnowing Your CompetitionMultiple Marketing MessagesBasic Steps to Closing the DealShowing the PropertyQualifying the TenantThe First Date TechniqueI Need to Move Today!Residential Lease DocumentsTenant ApplicationMove-In ChecklistTenant HandbookTop Five Sources for Leases for Your MarketThe Spray Painted Bathtub30 Must-Have Vendors for any PropertyTop 4 Characteristics of Good VendorsTop Three Ways to Keep Good VendorsTop Three Ways to Find Good VendorsProfit & Loss StatementsFive Bookkeeping System Must Haves - Rent Statements, Balance Sheets, Reports, BudgetsThis book is written by Jeffrey Roark, a professional real estate broker, property manager, and successful real estate investor.  Jeffrey is also author of The Real Estate Property Management Guide.