Live in paradise! Just get a rental property and watch it go up in value. All you have to do is be a landlord. How hard could it be? Write a few leases, coat of paint here and there, and live the dream. If you don't have an inheritance, supportive spouse, loving kids, or cushy Social Security, you're gonna have to do SOMETHING! Unless you want to work at the health food store when you're 85. It's that or real estate! So maybe it's landlord time for you? Might as well do it in paradise. ; ) Move to Paradise and buy a rental property! Maybe a fixer¿. Brilliant: make money being a landlord while the property value goes up, up, up. Then in the end, sell it! Or keep it even longer¿pay off the mortgage¿then live large on the rent you collect.

What a great plan!! Hold on a minute, buddy. Not so fast. Maybe think this thing through¿. Is it a slam-dunk? 'Landlady in Paradise - How Not To' is the account of a capable lady, high on ambition but low on wealth and support, who concluded that her only shot at long-term security would be owning rental property. Though she sensed the venture might not be easy, she silenced her fears and plunged in. If you, too, are entrepreneurial, ready to live the dream, and wonder about land-lording but lack experience, this book will brief you in advance about the complete process -- from the search for a property to the day it's sold. Future or wanna-be landlords, get schooled before investing your last dollar! Before pulling on your coveralls, let these chapters educate, enlighten, even entertain you -- from the buying, to the renovating, to the handling of tenants. Here are hands-on lessons, warnings, and insider tips about HOW NOT TO do it Armed with knowledge, you can actually do it right!.