Fix 'em Up, Rent 'em Out: How to Start Your Own House Fix-up & Rental Business in Your Spare Time; or, Investing in Real Estate and Creating Wealth with Fixer-Upper Houses

This award-winning book describes how to get started repairing houses and renting them out in your spare time. It covers various components such as house selection, what to repair, handling tenants, managing the books, and taxes. The book describes the two safest ways to make money in real estate, and one chapter is devoted the the "Zen of Repairing Properties." The author uses illustrations from his own experiences, humor and motivational examples to encourage the reader down a path that will be rewarding on many different levels.