Is investing in real estate right for you? Are you cut out to be a landlord and manage tenants? How can you tell if property is profitable? Learn how to evaluate the numbers, make informed decisions, and set yourself up to have terrific tenants. Robert Pritchard offers you The Reluctant Landlord's Guide to Profitable Real Estate Property. He shares his experience in easy-to-understand language and helps you successfully navigate the maze of decisions so you too can make lucrative real estate investments. Robert Pritchard is a regular guy-retired after 28 years working a blue collar job as an aircraft mechanic for the Air National Guard. He lives in New York's beautiful Hudson Valley where he is a Village Trustee assigned oversight of the Zoning & Planning Board, and is Director for the Village Economic Development initiative. In 2014 Bob started his own business, incorporating his lifelong wife and partner Ruth Ann for Property management, building upgrades, and renovations. He has been buying, renovating, and building residential properties for over thirty years and practices purposeful, focused, and lasting economic approaches to the successful acquisition and operation of investment property. In this book, Bob offers his principled, entrepreneurial and business management approach.