Landlord Guides
Plain-English guides written by a working landlord. Informational overviews, not legal advice.
The Landlord's Guide to the Eviction Process
What to do before you file, how notices work, how long it takes, and the common mistakes that get cases dismissed.
Read the guide →The Landlord's Guide to Tenant Screening
What to actually check, what you legally cannot ask, how to read a credit report and background check, and how to stay on the right side of the FCRA and fair-housing laws.
Read the guide →How to Tell If a Rental Property Will Make Money
Cash flow, cap rate, cash-on-cash and DSCR in plain English, the expenses first-time buyers leave out, and a worked duplex example that looks fine on a napkin and loses $244 a month.
Read the guide →How to Keep Track of Rental Property Receipts
What you actually have to keep, how to record an expense before you leave the parking lot, which expenses should record themselves, and how to stop the same charge landing in your books twice.
Read the guide →How Landlords Can Make Tax Time Easier
Schedule E line by line, repairs versus improvements, depreciation, and the six documents your preparer actually wants instead of a folder of receipts.
Read the guide →Mileage Tracking for Landlords
Which trips count, standard mileage versus actual expenses, what an IRS-ready log needs, and the double-counting trap that catches organised landlords specifically.
Read the guide →How to Communicate With Tenants
Why texting from your personal phone stops working, keeping a record that holds up in a dispute, and how to reach every tenant at a building in one message.
Read the guide →More free resources: ask other landlords in the forum · eviction guides by state · security deposit rules by state · free landlord calculators · video tutorials.
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