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One-on-one consulting and coaching on all aspects of rental property ownership and management.
Now at a lower rate so I can help more rental owners and managers.
Here’s how it works:
You get a free 15-minute pre-consultation to see if this service will work for you. During that 15-minute pre-consultation you get real information and ideas, not just a sales pitch. This program will not work for everyone, and that is why we talk before you sign up.
At that end of the 15 minutes I will make a judgment as to whether can provide a useful and profitable service to you. If I can, I will ask you if the information I gave you was helpful. If you agree that it was, I will ask you to continue having me as your consultant. Fair enough?
If we decide to work together, we will schedule a mutually agreeable time for the first consultation.
You invest just $69 per hour and I do the consulting on the telephone, unless you live in Tucson, Arizona. We bill one hour at a time, because that is the minimum required to provide adequate help and information, and to do the research that may be required. It does not have to use one hour all at once; it can be broken up into smaller time segments.
Can’t my Realtor or Property Manager provide me with the same help?
In many cases, yes, but they have a vested interest in your buying, renting or selling. I do not.
I am an objective resource.I have your financial interests at heart, not a commission. Since I get paid whether you buy or not, whether you rent or not, whether you sell or not,
- I will give you a straight, reasoned answer and analysis.
- If you should buy, I will tell you;
- if you shouldn’t, I will tell you that, too.
- If you should rent to that tenant, I will tell you;
- if you shouldn’t, I will tell you.
What I do not do
- I do not show property.
- I do not find property for you.
- I do not find tenants
- I do not screen tenants, but I have three excellent companies advertising on the Rental Property Reporter site who do screening.
- Even so, I will show you how to do all those things and warn you about possible pitfalls.
What I do provide expert advice and consultation about
Buying property
- Creating decision criteria (should you buy or should you accept the tenant)
- Calculating the property’s return (will it make any money?)
- How to do due diligence (how to look for problems and issues that could derail your investment)
- Property inspection (what to look for)
- Clauses that must be in the contract
- Clauses that should not be in the contract, if you want to make a profit
- Financing programs for rental owners
Attracting good applicants
- Effective ad writing
- Alternative advertising
- Setting the rent
Tenant Selection
- Creating rental policies and standards
- Interviewing
- Screening
- Fair Housing
Ongoing management
- Leases and rental agreements
- Premises liability
- Crime and safety issues
- Property financial analysis
- Accounting issues
- Analysis of your rights and responsibilities under your state law
Selling property
- When is it time to sell
- Legal issues of selling with a tenant living in the property
- Clauses that should be in the contract
- Qualifying a buyer
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What other rental owners have said about Bob's help and information: "Wow!" Lisa Newcomer, Williamsport, PA Landlords Association "Lots of practical, useful information." Cheryl Snow, Mollala, Oregon "Great stuff for a landlord." Alice Kreitler, Portland, Oregon |
My qualifications
- For over 20 years I have been helping rental property owners take the stress out of owning and managing their investments.
- I have been a landlord myself for over 20 years.
- I have published the Rental Property Reporter since 1993
- I am the author of five books on rental property management
- I conduct workshops and seminars around the country.
- I have spoken from coast to coast and border to border to management companies, rental owners associations and Realtors®.
- I conduct telephone classes regularly on tenant selection, marketing and classified ad writing.
- I am a Graduate of the Realtor Institute, a three-year training program that teaches buying and selling techniques, investment analysis, marketing and much more.
- I am expert in financing programs for investment real estate.