Getting Started

Landlording looks simple from the outside, find a tenant, collect rent, repeat. In practice, nearly every part of it affects the others. How you prep the home affects who applies. Who you approve affects how the place gets treated. How you handle maintenance affects whether a good resident sticks around.

Instead of making you hunt down answers one Google search at a time, we've laid out the whole process here, what to expect, what to watch for, and where to go for more detail when you need it.

Whether you're renting out your very first property, managing a handful already, or just testing the waters on whether landlording is for you, treat this as your reference point.

Read start to finish, or jump straight to what's relevant using the table of contents above. Each section stands on its own and links out to deeper resources where it makes sense.

As you go, you'll come across:

• Vegas Pro Tips, practical, on-the-ground insight from managing rentals throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
• Common Mistakes to Avoid, the slip-ups we see most often, and how to steer clear of them.
• Related Resources, more in-depth guides worth saving for later.

Most rentals move through the same basic cycle, whether it's your first or your fifteenth. Recognizing where you are in it helps you plan ahead instead of getting caught flat-footed.

Every section in this guide maps to one of these stages, together, they cover the full lifecycle of owning rental property the right way.