Whether you’re a new landlord navigating your first lease or a seasoned investor looking to streamline operations, our online landlord courses are designed to equip you with the knowledge and tools to succeed. From mastering tenant screening and rent collection to creating standout rental listings, each course provides step-by-step strategies backed by real-world insights. Learn at your own pace, build professional confidence, and take the guesswork out of property management—because smart landlords never stop learning.
Alternatively, if you have a specific question about your rental property, we offer individual one-on-one coaching plans. Sign up for a free 15-minute consultation with us, where we will learn about your specific goals and questions and recommend a coaching plan tailored to you.
Landlording A-Z: The Landlord Course for Independent Landlords
Learn How to Manage Rental Property! This online landlord course will introduce you to the basics and responsibilities of being a landlord and independent rental property owner. We will provide an overview of a landlord’s roles and responsibilities and walk you through the various day to day tasks of operating a rental property from listing and advertising your property, finding and screening applicants, and creating lease agreements, to collecting rent, maintaining your property, managing property finances, and tenant communications.
Landlording A-Z is aimed at both new and experienced landlords. Whether you have just purchased your first investment property, are renting out your backyard cottage, or have a larger portfolio of multi-family buildings, these property management lessons offer fresh insight, time-saving tips and tricks, and best practices that can help all landlords manage their properties efficiently and profitably.
Rental Advertising: Secrets to Standout Listings
In this short course, we’ll cover the essentials of creating effective rental listings and advertising strategies to attract the best tenants. Successfully marketing your rental property is crucial for minimizing vacancies and finding quality tenants as well as ensuring continual cash flow. This lesson is taken from the Listing and Advertising section of our Landlording A-Z course. If you have already taken that complete class, you do not need to sign up here.
After you complete this course, you will be able to create a listing for your rental property on the most popular rental listing platforms like Zillow, Trulia, Apartments.com, and many others. You will learn how to set the optimal price for your rental to maximize income while reducing time on the market. You will also be able to create your own tenant selection criteria, market your property, and select the best tenant from your application and screening process.
Rent with Confidence: Mastering Tenant Screening
In this short course, we’ll cover the steps and best practices for screening tenants, including application processes, background checks, evaluating prospective tenants, and utilizing tenant screening software. This lesson is taken from the Tenant Screening section of our Landlording A-Z course. If you have already taken that complete class, you do not need to sign up here.
Effective tenant screening is crucial for landlords to ensure they select reliable tenants who will care for their property and fulfill their lease obligations. In this lecture, we will cover the steps and best practices for screening tenants, including application processes, background checks, evaluating prospective tenants, and utilizing tenant screening software.
After you have completed this class, you will be able to create your own tenant screening criteria, effectively use and comprehend tenant screening software, and read and understand screening reports. You will also be confident to select the best tenant for your rental, while staying abreast of local laws and requirements.
Get Paid On Time: Rent Collection Strategies that Work
In this short course, we’ll cover methods of rent collection, strategies for ensuring timely payments, handling late payments, pet rent and fees, collecting and handling security deposits, and utilizing rent collection software to streamline the process. This lesson is taken from the Rent Collection section of our Landlording A-Z course. If you have already taken that complete class, you do not need to sign up here.
Effective rent collection is a vital aspect of property management that ensures steady cash flow and the financial health of your rental business.
After completing this lesson, you will be able to sign up and use the most effective rent collection software, get your tenants set up with automatic rent payments so you get paid on-time and in full every month, handle security deposits properly, and determine which form of pet rent or fees are best for your property.
Who We Are
At Landlord Gurus, our commitment is to provide expert advice on the complex and important issues faced by independent landlords and property managers. Together we have over 30 years of experience in residential property ownership and management. In addition to sharing our own expertise and experiences, we call on specialists to help us continue to learn how to manage rental property, including maintenance, law, tenant management, and more. Learn more about us here.