A BiggerPockets Guide: How to Rent Your House

by Brandon Turner, Joshua Dorkin (Editor)

Described as "hands down, the best freaking article on renting your home, period," this short, easy-to-read guide from BiggerPockets.com - The Premier Online Social Network for Real Estate Investors - is packed full of actionable tips gained from years of real estate investing trial-and-error. The techniques shared within this guide will walk you through the entire process, step-by-step, to get your home rented with the least amount of stress possible. From "the five initial questions you must ask yourself before getting started" to the final handing off of the keys, this guide is the definitive guide for any landlord. No matter what your background, this guide from BiggerPockets.com will help you gain the knowledge needed to successfully rent your property out to quality tenants who pay on time, won't trash the home, and will help you build your wealth.

Genres: Reference, Amazon

28 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 5, 2013

About the author

Brandon Turner is an author, entrepreneur, and active real estate investor with more than 500 rental units and dozens of rehabs under his belt. He is the Vice President of BiggerPockets, co-host of The BiggerPockets Podcast, and author of four books, including The Book on Rental Property Investing and How to Invest in Real Estate. Brandon has also been featured in numerous online and print publications—like Forbes.com, Entrepreneur.com, and Money Magazine—where he enjoys showing others the power and impact of real estate investing and financial freedom. A life-long adventurer, Brandon (along with his wife and daughter) splits his time between his home in Maui, Hawaii and various other destinations around the globe.

Reviews

[Armando Moran · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this before renting your house

The book describes the process you need to follow to reduce the risk of getting a bad tenat. That will save you time and money on the long run.

[Harry McRae · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for real estate investors who are just getting started.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basic but straight forward guide. Note it only focus on the the renting out part, not management of a rental property.

[Dunktdunk · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book while informative was just a basic introduction in what to think about as you get ready to begin to become a landlord. The reasons this book did not receive five stars though were due to every few paragraphs having a pitch for a website to further answer your questions. I have not viewed the website so I cannot attest as to wether this is a sales pitch for it or just an informative site offering more in-depth information.

[christian brodin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Extremely basic

Extremely basic

very, very basic information. glad that I did not buy this book, but instead read it for free on Amazon.

[Eric Cottrell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for the first couple steps.

Would be better if example forms were included.
Good for a short read; Not all inclusive. It does get your mind thinking.

[charlie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful.

I thought this book answered many questions and concerns that I had. After reading it, I feel I have a clear sense going into the landlord business. It was helpful.

[Jesse Lopez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great reference

Short and sweet with plenty of paths to take regarding the process. Keep up the good work. Three more words!

[Shaughn Gilman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Guidelines

This was a useful book. It was a quick and easy read. It offered valuable resources for every step of the rental process.