Rating: Summary: The book is filled with rental forms Review: Jeffrey Taylor aka, Mr. Landlord is an exciting and dynamic speaker in person and has a wealth of practical and hands on information about being a landlord from his 20 years of experience. But to be honest I enjoyed Leigh Robinson's book "Landlording" much more. I'd still recommend that you buy this book but additonally that you buy the Robinson book too. Taylor has about 50 helpful tips in his book and will benifit the current landlord or an aspiring landlord. He has forms in the book that you will never have heard about or seen before. Some of these forms may not be applicable to your rental situation, but they are there for you to decide. I have seen Mr. Taylor in person and he is an exciting speaker, so I'm a little disappointed in the text of the book. I would rather see more Mr. Landlord, but maybe there's a second book in the offing. The author leaves you wanting more, which is not a bad thing.
Rating: Summary: unrealistic Review: Most of the information and forms in this book is very appropriate if you have hundreds of tenants knocking down your door to rent your buildings. Or perhaps if you have a hundred rental properties and don't mind if some stay vacant until the perfect tenant arrives. As a landlord with a small number of units and a somewhat tight rental market with low interest rates, I found most of the advice and forms in this book pure fantasy. Also as a one time renter if a landlord approached me with most of these forms or addressed me as this book recommends I would have moved on quickly to the next rental.
Rating: Summary: A must read for every lanlord and landlady Review: The landlord's Kit is an extremely well written guide to making more money and saving alot of headache in managing property.There are a ton of great ideas that really work.Mr. Taylor aka Mr. Landlord has been helping other landlords for years...it is great to see many of his ideas in book form. The forms,letters and notices are worth a fortune. Read this book and do what it says...it works!
Rating: Summary: MUST READ Review: This book along with a number of other products available from the mrlandlord.com web site has enabled me to more than double the profitability of my property portfolio with only two of Jeffrey's ideas. If you ever get the oppertunity to see this guy speak then you must go. In the mean time get his book and put the ideas into action. It is also good for commercal property as well as the residential market that it is targeted at.TheGrocer aka thelazyfool aka Michael Pettett.
Rating: Summary: Great Reference! Review: This was an excellent reference for all levels of investors (new, novice & seasoned). Even if you use a property manager to assist with your home(s), this book is an excellent tool. It creates a lot of tips and creative techniques. Especially, when screening tenants. As the Mr. Landlord states in his materials, make sure to check your state's laws to verify if changes to the certain forms are necessary. Once again this is excellent. Depending on how serious you are in this area of real estate you may want to order his CD of forms, in addition to this book.
Rating: Summary: Great Reference! Review: This was an excellent reference for all levels of investors (new, novice & seasoned). Even if you use a property manager to assist with your home(s), this book is an excellent tool. It creates a lot of tips and creative techniques. Especially, when screening tenants. As the Mr. Landlord states in his materials, make sure to check your state's laws to verify if changes to the certain forms are necessary. Once again this is excellent. Depending on how serious you are in this area of real estate you may want to order his CD of forms, in addition to this book.
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