The Landlord’s Edge
Practical, no-fluff playbooks on pricing, costs, tenants, maintenance, and the law — written for people with one to ten units, not property empires.
What an LLC does (and doesn’t) do for a landlord, the due-on-sale risk, one LLC or several, real costs, and a 7-step setup.
Every deduction landlords can claim — depreciation with the math, repairs vs. improvements, passive-loss rules, and the five write-offs owners miss most.
Why the 1% rule no longer works — and the five-filter framework serious landlords use to evaluate multifamily deals today.
TransUnion SmartMove vs. RentPrep — pricing, pros, cons, and the exact screening process used across a 200+ unit portfolio.
Honest reviews of Buildium, TenantCloud, RentRedi, Avail, and DoorLoop — with pricing and a clear recommendation by portfolio size.
The clauses most new landlords forget — and why they matter.
The small, cheap moves that dramatically cut your turnover costs.
Stop emergency repairs before they happen with a simple yearly plan.
Where money quietly leaks every month — and how to plug each one.
A fair, defensible process that protects you and your applicants.
A repeatable way to price any unit using local comps and demand signals.
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