Melanie Bien - Renting Out Your Property for Dummies

Renting Out Your Property For Dummies, 3rd Edition

by Melanie Bien and Robert Griswold

Renting Out Your Property For Dummies, 3rd Edition

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About the Authors

Melanie Bien is one of the UKs leading mortgage and property commentators in the national press, on television and radio. She is regularly quoted in the Financial Times, Sunday Times, Daily and Sunday Telegraph, as well as making regular appearances on the BBC, Sky News and BBC Radio Four. She is CeMAP-qualified and has won numerous awards. She also worked as a journalist for ten years, including five years as personal finance editor of the Independent on Sunday. Her other books include Buying and Selling Property For Dummies, Buying a Home on a Budget For Dummies and Sorting Out Your Finances For Dummies .

Melanie also has first-hand experience of renting out property, owning, and managing several buy-to-let properties in conjunction with her family.

Robert Griswold earned a Bachelors degree and two Masters degrees in real estate and related fields from the University of Southern Californias School of Business.

Robert is a hands-on property manager with more than 20 years of practical experience, running Griswold Real Estate Management. He hosts a weekly radio show, and has written for the Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, and San Francisco Chronicle. He has twice been named the #1 Radio or Television Real Estate Journalist in the Country by the National Association of Real Estate Editors in the US.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my husband.

Melanie Bien

Authors Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Jo Jones at Wiley for her help, direction, feedback, and constructive criticism during the writing process. Also, many thanks to everyone who works behind the scenes at Wiley for their efforts in making this book possible.

Melanie Bien

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Introduction

Welcome to Renting Out Your Property For Dummies . Many of lifes lessons are discovered by on-the-job trial and error, but property management shouldnt be one of them the mistakes are too costly and the legal ramifications too severe. In this book, you can find proven strategies to make rental property ownership and management not only profitable but pleasant too.