Essential Tips for Being a Successful Landlord [ VIDEO ]
Written on November 3, 2014 by Lucas Hall, updated on April 21, 2015
In this video, you’ll learn:
- Practical and Useful Landlord Tips for Every Step in the Rental Lifecycle;
- The Most Important Laws that Every Landlord Should Follow;
- Top List of Guides and Resources for Landlords.
Chapters:
Use these links to jump to various chapters in the video:
- Tips for Listings / Showings (6:32)
- Tips for Applications (12:02)
- Tips for Screening Tenants (16:35)
- Tips for Deposits (21:35)
- Tips for Leases (24:36)
- Tips for Move-in (27:45)
- Tips for Collecting Rent (32:28)
- Tips for Repairs and Maintenance (35:47)
- Tips for Renewals / Move-out (39:56)
- Rental Laws (43:05)
- Best Practices (51:42)
- Best Resources (53:13)
- About Cozy (55:32)
- Online Rent Collection (56:23)
- Tenant Screening (57:01)
- Credit Reports (57:12)
- Questions & Answers (58:00)
Supporting Links:
These links were mentioned in the presentation:
- Cozy – Free, simple end-to-end rental management software for landlords and tenants.
- State Laws – State-specific laws and regulations for residential rental properties.
- The Landlord Guides – The definitive step-by-step guides for independent landlords.
- The Landlord Lifecycle – The complete guide to the phases of renting a property and the related resources.
- Services Directory – The best on and offline tools for managing rentals.
- Ask a Lucas – A bite-sized Q&A podcast about landlording.
- CirclePix -Professional photography for your rentals.
- HelloSign, SignNow, and DocuSign – Electronic document signing tools.
Want more?
View our full list of useful resources for landlords, or check out our free guides.