Best Rental Property Books (Landlords)

[Tami R.]

Closing on my first property and I have an offer on a second house, at first we were going to fix 'em up and try to sell but both houses are very rentable. These are single family homes - I am not looking at owning a big # of rentals but maybe 8-10. Any recommendations on rental property / landlord books?

[Stephen Leblanc]

I liked mike's book. Look up member mikeoh.

[Joshua Dorkin]

Here's a link to Mike's book:
1 Minute to Rental Property Riches

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Originally posted by fertilegal:

Closing on my first property and I have an offer on a second house, at first we were going to fix 'em up and try to sell but both houses are very rentable. These are single family homes - I am not looking at owning a big # of rentals but maybe 8-10. Any recommendations on rental property / landlord books?

Hands down the best book on being a landlord is ...

Landlording by Leigh Robinson

There is no fluff or feel good stuff just factual matter of fact information to run your rentals as a business. The 9th edition is 486 pages of nothing but landlording. Nothing about how to buy the properties or how rich you will be or how to hold them in entities or trusts or anything like that. Just 100% landlording.

It is the "bible" I have used to train all of our internal property managers and I always ask prospective fee based property managers if they have read it and their opinion of it.

I know Leigh and he is the absolute best expert in this area.

[Matthew Gil]

I have Mike's eBook, too. I refer to it all the time.

I am also a big fan of a book written by Matthew Martinez, "2 Years to a Million in Real Estate."

[Mark N.A]

There are many good books out there. Buy as many as you can (consider it tuition).

Then network, both online and in-person.

[Fred Shandler]

another strong vote for Mike's book. I always refer to it for information. He also is a huge poster here, so read his posts too!

[Josh Bryan]

any good ones on cd? I'm taking a long road trip this weekend and it would be nice to learn while i drive

[Tami R.]

I just ordered Landlording by Leigh Robinson and will get Mike's book too.
I just started reading REI books about 2-3 months ago and they are a great resource. The new book is the 10th book I have ordered on rei.