How to Retire from Being a Landlord


Book Description

This book is a guide for individual rental-property owners looking to retire from the burdens of being a landlord. The book has three main sections: 1) Deciding to Sell, 2) Minimizing Taxes and 3) Finding the Best Solution. Readers will learn how to evaluate their current rental properties, how to defer or avoid capital-gains taxes via 1031 exchanges, and how to re-invest their sales proceeds in various passive real estate investment programs. Learning points include: landlord expenses, regulations and liability; yield, appreciation and capitalization rates; capital-gains, depreciation recapture and state taxes; 1031 exchange basics and details; Delaware Statutory Trusts, Tenants-in-Common and Single-tenant Triple-Net-Lease investments.




Surprisingly Effective Retirement Plan For Landlords


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The profits you can make from selling a real estate investment may look good on first glance. But if you consider the U.S. federal capital gains tax (CGT) you'll have to pay - which can be as high as 37% - there may not be a whole lot left in your pocket after you pay that tax bill. In this book, property owners will learn how to exchange their exhausting and often under-performing rental properties for passive real estate investments, while deferring or even avoiding capital-gains taxes.If you would like to improve both your lifestyle and income, while potentially diversifying into institutionally-operated real estate across multiple sectors and markets, this book is a must-read.




Retire on Real Estate


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This book exposes the cracks in most retirement portfolios, then opens your eyes to the benefits of rental income. With pensions slashed, savings slim, and Social Security insufficient and unpredictable, most people won't have nearly enough money to last them through their retirement years, but seasoned real estate investor and landlord K. Kai Anderson proves that real estate is an investment that anyone can dive into to fund their retirement…lucratively! Not leaving anything to question, Retire on Real Estate also lays out a complete plan of action, including how to: Get started--by either purchasing property or converting your residence into a rental Reduce the risk of vacancies, repairs, and problem tenants Spot smart investments Choose the right mortgage, or even out-of-the-box financing options Trade up to more profitable properties Don’t wager your retirement on Social Security, dividends, and unpredictable bull markets. Real estate is an investment that will always pay off--if done correctly.




Can I Retire Yet?


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You've worked hard, lived carefully, and saved diligently. You've reached major milestones and accumulated more assets than you dreamed possible, and yet you hesitate. ""Can I retire?"" This book will help answer that question by showing you.... The tools you need to live a secure and independent retirement, without worrying about money What you must know before leaving a career behind How much it will cost you to live in retirement, and how to manage your cash flow The current choices for retirement health care, including lesser-known but effective options The threat from inflation: two secrets that politicians and bankers will never admit A realistic assessment of the impact that income taxes will have on your retirement Social Security's role in your retirement: when you should claim and how much it's worth to you How to construct and manage an investment portfolio for income and growth in retirement About immediate annuities and why you need multiple sources of retirement income The key variables and unknowns in your retirement withdrawal equation Reviews of the best retirement calculators, and tips for how to use them accurately Beyond the simplistic 4% Rule to the latest research on safe withdrawal rates Realistic bracketing of your retirement savings needs, without over caution or overconfidence The history of economic cycles and the related asset classes for optimal retirement security A survey of strategies plus original research for how to orchestrate your retirement distributions A practical "retirement fuel gauge" alerting you to problems while you still have time to act Backup plans: the "lifeboat strategies" for ensuring you'll never be without essential income The 6 crucial questions to answer before you can retire The one, simple, powerful, non-financial reason that you can and should retire earlier than later




The Retired Landlord


Book Description

Real estate is primarily a business and not a profession. A profession is a disciplined unit of individuals who adhere strictly to ethical standards. This individual tends to possess specialized knowledge and skills that have been derived from research, education, and training at a high level to protect the interest of the public; whereas a business is an organization entity engaged in a commercial or industrial enterprise for the benefit of profit. Unlike a profession that requires skilled and knowledgeable individuals, a business doesn't. Instead what is needed is his/her 'interest.' However welcoming this sounds, the success, and failure of this venture which results in either a reward or loss is to be enjoyed alone, unlike a profession whose reward is shared with others., be it profit or loss. With real estate being a business or a profession, it has no connection with the business ethics governing it.




So You Want to Be a Landlord


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Its no secret that the majority of wealth is tied to real estate. After experiencing success, my wife and I have become somewhat evangelical about real estate. Furthermore, this is a great way to build self-esteem, equity, and retirement for yourself and your family. If youre interested in a get-rich-quick scheme, put this book back on the shelf and pick up one of the many other books on the topic. I do not have seminars and progressive steps to my approach, at least not yet. What I have done, and my philosophy, is to provide a somewhat simple and realistic approach to property investing. Hopefully, you will see the benefit of property investing and try this on your own. Perhaps the greatest barrier to investing in property is overcoming fear. I am reminded of the Nike slogan from the eighties Just do it. Whenever anyone incredulously asks me how I got into real estate, the simple answer is that I simply did.




The Wealthy Renter


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A National Bestseller! Why be house poor when you can rent rich? “Why rent when you can buy?” More than any other, this phrase captures the overwhelmingly unanimous promotion of home ownership to Canadians. Real estate agents, mortgage brokers, family, friends, and even the government promote ownership as a safe, attractive, and sure-fire path to personal wealth. This one-size-fits-all advice ignores the reality of Canada’s housing market. Canadians deserve better advice. Faced with expensive house prices in a near-zero interest rate world, it’s time Canadians heard the virtues of renting and seriously considered renting as an alternative to home ownership. Real estate analyst Alex Avery insists renting offers a simple, more affordable way to live, plus in Canada’s frenzied housing market, going month-to-month is dramatically lower risk. He claims the reputation of home ownership as a wealth building strategy is unfounded and shows renters how to replace bricks-and-mortar with better investment opportunities.




One Rental at a Time


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Have you ever thought about real estate investing as a path to financial freedom? Have you kicked around the idea but felt you were too busy with work and family responsibilities?If so, One Rental at a Time will transform your life, just as it has transformed my life and the lives of thousands of others.This book reveals how buying and holding rental properties will create a second income that can, in time, allow you to quit your day job. It worked for me and it can work for you too. What's stopping you? Read the book and learn how One Rental at a Time can lead to financial independence.




50 Real Estate Investing Calculations


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When Real Estate Investors say, "I wish I'd known that," this is what they are talking about. Real Estate Investing Calculations are the Rules of Real Estate Investing, and you must know the rules. Real Estate Investing offers you four huge benefits that other forms of investing do not. *Cash Flow. *Asset Appreciation. *Financial Leverage. *Special Tax Treatment. But your success will depend on how well you estimate these items before you purchase a property, and how well you manage them after you purchase. A basic rule of Business Management is "In order to manage, you must first measure." And that's the purpose of 50 Real Estate Investing Calculations. This book teaches you how to generate these numbers yourself, and explains their meanings. These Calculations are the tools of your trade.




The Complete Guide to Your First Rental Property


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The book covers property selection, tenant selection, inspecting premises, marketing and advertising of property, showing the property, tenant application, credit verification, employment and income verification, reference verification, lease agreement, deposits, walkthrough with tenant, collection of rent, late notices and collecting fees, statements, owner's proceeds, tenant complaints and requests, repairs, use of contractors, compliance with state and local regulation, property inspection after tenant leaves, deposit refund, accounting and computer software, income and expense, depreciation, a special section on using computers and the Internet, landlord tenant laws for all 50 states, federal housing regulations and disclosure information, legal issues, real estate terminology, techniques, advice, real estate management tools and software. Includes over 25 forms for use in the business.