1. Rental properties
19 pages
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2. Ownership structures
23 pages
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3. Taking tenants on board
22 pages
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- Got a good job? Then why own a rental?
- Residential versus commercial
- What is a residential rental?
- Titles
- Location, location, location
- Houses
- Flats
- Apartments
- Property development
- Taking the plunge
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- Principles learnt from childhood
- Ownership options
- Sole trader
- Partnership
- Family trust
- Company
- LAQC
- The path we trod
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- Launching out
- Making the vacancy known
- Put a notice on the fence
- Use application forms
- Is their credit good?
- Phone their referees
- Discuss the bond
- Fixed term, or periodic?
- Selecting without discrimination
- Sign up the agreement
- The tenancy starts
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4. Tenancy management
23 pages
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5. Setting up your systems
20 pages
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6. Landlord accounting
14 pages
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- Monitoring the rent flow
- Property inspections
- Ten-day letters
- Mediations and Tribunal hearings
- Terminations by Tribunal
- Terminations by notice
- Excuses I have known
- Keep up the communication
- Rent increases
- Selling a tenanted property
- Giving a tenant notice
- A tenant dies
- Moving out
- Abandoned premises
- One-sided bond refunds
- Cleaning up
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- Your bank accounts
- Use coded deposit books
- Internet banking
- Mortgages
- Your office
- Accounting software
- Tax returns
- Vehicle log book
- Filing of records
- Home office expenses
- Consultants and tradesmen
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- Getting the money in
- Tracking rents and expenses
- Spreadsheet programs
- Tracking cash flow
- Recording rent history
- Watching insurance premiums
- Monitoring water consumption
- Mileage logs, etc.
- Continuity planning
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7. Cleaning up
7 pages
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8. Useful tips
9 pages
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9. Looking back, looking forward
14 pages
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- Final inspection
- Tackle boxes/gear trays/tools
- Floors
- Ceilings
- Walls and doors
- Windows, curtains, drapes
- Kitchens, bathrooms
- Stoves
- Outside
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- Property code names
- Keys
- Locks
- Rubbish disposal
- Cats and dogs
- Rats and mice
- Cockroaches
- Slugs and snails
- Ants
- Weeds
- Wet floor problems
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- Farming the land is a challenge
- Can a landlord take a holiday?
- Management by professionals
- Support groups
- Soliloquy
- Recommended reading
- Books, Magazines, Websites
- Index
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