First-Time Landlord

Your Guide to Renting Out a Single-Family Home

Ilona Bray, Janet Portman

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27 May 2025

First-Time Landlord,

a consistent customer favorite, shows how to start a landlording business and maintain it in one's spare time.

Contains concise information on how to make money with a single-family home without getting into financial or legal hot water.

Readers will learn how to rent out a property lawfully and safely, assess profitability before buying or committing to renting a property, find good tenants (or deal with difficult ones), prepare and sign the lease, handle repairs and maintenance, comply with state laws, and when the time is right, sell at a profit.

With timely tips and true stories from successful landlords (including some who learned tough lessons along the way),

First-Time Landlord is an indispensable book for property owners who want to rent out a single-family home.

By: Ilona Bray, Janet Portman
Imprint: NOLO
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 7th ed.
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781413332704
ISBN 10: 1413332706
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 27 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Ilona Bray is an author and legal editor at Nolo, specializing in real estate, immigration law, and nonprofit fundraising. She is coauthor of Becoming a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Immigration Made Easy, Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home and numerous other top selling books. Bray's working background includes solo practice, nonprofit, and corporate stints, as well as long periods of volunteering, including an internship at Amnesty International's main legal office in London. She received her law degree and a Masters degree in East Asian (Chinese) Studies from the University of Washington. Janet Portman, an attorney and Nolo's executive editor, specializes in residential and commercial landlord/tenant law. She is the author or coauthor of Every Landlord's Legal Guide, Every Tenant's Legal Guide, Renters' Rights, Leases & Rental Agreements, The California Landlord's Law Book: Rights and Responsibilities, and others. Portman received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and a law degree from Santa Clara University. As a practicing attorney, she specialized in Criminal defense before joining Nolo.

Reviews for First-Time Landlord: Your Guide to Renting Out a Single-Family Home

"""Robert Bruss Real Estate Book Silver Award"". National Association of Real Estate Editors ""Portman, Bray, and Stewart write for people who rent out or want to rent out a single-family house or condominium and want to do most of the work themselves. Increasingly, they say, people become landlords suddenly and accidentally, and need to fit that work around existing work and family obligations. Their topics include preparing and marketing a rental property, managing rental income to maximize tax deductions, keeping things shipshape: repairs and maintenance, exiting the rental property business, and renting out a room in your home.."" Eithne O'Leyne, Editor Ringgold, Inc. ProtoView ""Virtually every book from Nolo Press can be highly recommended without reservation."" Robert Bruss, Nationally Syndicated Real Estate Columnist"