RentPrep For Landlords

In this week's podcast we have Mark Kohler on who's an attorney and CPA. We focus the conversation on the mistakes landlords make when they setup LLCs to protect their rental properties. An LLC is a tool to limit your liability and is a smart investment for a landlord who wants to scale their business. Listen in and ask Mark questions in our Facebook group as well. You can learn more about Mark at his website and grab his free resources as well.

https://markjkohler.com/

There is more and more technology available to help you manage your rental properties.

In this episode we talk about how you can use the following services to help automate your screening process. Google Voice Gmail Canned Responses Apptoto.com  These services will help to streamline and document communications through the tenant screening process. Learn more by tuning into this episode.

It's tough as a landlord because you have so much invested in your business and when a tenant does something to your rental it feels like a personal attack. We experienced this with an Amazon review on our book "The Landlord Water Cooler." We talk about not responding emotionally to your tenants (or negative reviews).

There are so many ways to find tenants and Facebook is one such example.

Just inside of Facebook there are different ways market and reach potential tenants.

In this episode we're talking about posting your listings to your personal page, business page, local groups, and the Market Place. Listen in as three members of our community (Justin, Natalie, Jennifer) share their insights as well.

Eric doesn't have these accounts setup currently so he calls his utility company to get answers on what is involved with creating a landlord utility account. We learn some good information as far as common pitfalls to avoid when it comes to a leave on for landlord account. Tune in to hear all you need to know in this short podcast episode.

You've found the perfect applicant and you're ready to accept them as your new tenant. What do you do next? Andrew Schultz is our guest on the podcast and he takes us through his process of onboarding a new tenant. There are several costly mistakes that landlords make and Andrew will show you the ropes of how to avoid those.

Renter's insurance is a great way to add an extra layer of protection between you and your tenants. In this rebroadcasted episode Steve and Jeff discuss everything you should know about Renters Insurance.

You’ve evicted a tenant and they’ve skipped town and you don’t know where to find them.

Steve White and Jeff will be discussing all about how to find your tenant that has left without a trace.

One resource mentioned in the podcast is to send a mailer that looks like this (courtesy of USPS).

This will allow you to get a postcard back in the mail of the address that your tenant is having their mail forwarded to.

This only works if your former tenant forwarded their mail though.

This is a timely but unfortunate topic to discuss as hurricanes have ripped through Texas and Florida. In this rebroadcast of episode 59 Steve and Jeff will discuss what landlords...

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I was on a landlord thread recently where a property manager explained how he ended up with his former tenant’s ashes. His story was the reason we decided to rebroadcast...

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