Sunday, August 31, 2008

The Pre-Foreclosure Real Estate Handbook: Insider Secrets to Locating and Purchasing Pre-Foreclosed Properties in Any Market


The Pre-Foreclosure Real Estate Handbook: Insider Secrets to Locating and Purchasing Pre-Foreclosed Properties in Any Market


Product Description

The Pre-Foreclosure Real Estate Handbook explains everything you need to know to locate and purchase real estate bargains from banks, public auctions, and other sources. Whether you are a first-time homeowner or an experienced property investor, The Pre-Foreclosure Real Estate Handbook is a tremendous guide for buying pre-foreclosed homes in any market. You will learn the simple formula (developed from real-life experience) that can build massive wealth through real estate foreclosures.

The Federal Reserve Bank indicates"....that foreclosed properties average 22% less than typical properties."

Home foreclosures are at their highest peak in years; you can be one of the thousands earning six-figure incomes in this lucrative segment of the real estate marketplace. You can do this part-time or full-time. Learn how to buy directly from property owners whose mortgage loans are in default and stay away from courthouse-bidding feuds. With the help of this new book, property investing can be a very lucrative line of work. You will learn how to identify the most valuable properties and control every step of the procedure.

We spent thousands of hours interviewing, e-mailing, and communicating with hundreds of today’s most successful real estate investors. If you are interested in learning hundreds of hints, tricks, and secrets on how to make money (or more money) investing in real estate foreclosures, then this book is for you!

The Pre-Foreclosure Real Estate Handbook is the resource for novices and pros alike; it will guide you through every step of the process including finding properties, negotiating, and closing on your first deal. This new exhaustively researched book will arm you with hundreds of innovative ideas that you can put to use right away. This book gives you the proven strategies, innovative ideas, and case studies from experts to help you get more with less time and effort.

Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable... Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable

Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable...

Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable


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An earth-sheltered, earth-roofed home has the least impact upon the land of all housing styles, leaving almost zero footprint on the planet.

Earth-Sheltered Houses is a practical guide for those who want to build their own underground home at moderate cost. It describes the benefits of sheltering a home with earth, including the added comfort and energy efficiency from the moderating influence of the earth on the home's temperature (keeping it warm in the winter and cool in the summer), along with the benefits of low maintenance and the protection against fire, sound, earthquake, and storm afforded by the earth. Extra benefits from adding an earth or other living roof option include greater longevity of the roof substrate, fine aesthetics, and environmental harmony.

The book covers all of the various construction techniques involved, including details on planning, excavation, footings, floor, walls, framing, roofing, waterproofing, insulation, and drainage. Specific methods appropriate for the inexperienced owner/builder are a particular focus and include:

  • Pouring one's own footings and/or floor
  • The use of dry-stacked (surface-bonded) concrete block walls
  • Post-and-beam framing
  • Plank-and-beam roofing
  • Drainage methods and self-adhesive waterproofing membranes

The time-tested, easy-to-learn construction techniques described in Earth-Sheltered Houses will enable readers to embark upon their own building projects with confidence, backed up by a comprehensive resources section that lists all the latest products such as waterproofing membranes, types of rigid insulation, and drainage products that will protect the building against water damage and heat loss.

Rob Roy is a former contractor with 27 years of experience and 12 previous books to his credit, including Cordwood Building and Timber Framing for the Rest of Us. An expert on underground building, he founded the Earthwood Building School in 1981 with his wife, Jaki, and is frequently a speaker at events throughout North America.

Last Harvest: From Cornfield to New Town: Real Estate Development from George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-First Century, and Why We Live


Last Harvest: From Cornfield to New Town: Real Estate Development from George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-First Century, and Why We Live in Houses Anyway


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When Witold Rybczynski first heard about New Daleville, it was only a developer's idea, attached to ninety acres of cornfield an hour and a half west of Philadelphia. Over the course of five years, Rybczynski met and talked to everyone involved in the building of this residential subdivision -- from the developers to the township leaders, whose approval they needed, to the home builders and engineers and, ultimately, the first families who moved in.

Always eloquent and illuminating, the award-winning author of Home and A Clearing in the Distance looks at this "neotraditional" project, with its houses built close together to encourage a sense of intimacy and community, and explains the trends in American domestic architecture -- from where we place our kitchens and fences to why our bathroomsget larger every year.

Last Harvest was voted one of the ten best books of 2008 by the editors of Planetizen, and as Publishers Weekly said, "Rybczynski provides historical and cultural perspectives in a style reminiscent of Malcolm Gladwell, debunking the myth of urban sprawl and explaining American homeowners' preference for single-family dwellings."


Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Architecture critic Rybczynski spent four and a half years observing the progress of New Daleville, a residential subdivision designed by one of his former students in a "neotraditional" style that builds houses close together on smaller-than-usual lots in order to foster a stronger sense of community. He is there to witness every stage of development, from the purchase of a large tract of land in rural Pennsylvania through meetings with local community leaders to get planning approval, to the moment when a family moves into one of the first completed units. The account is forthright about the difficulties New Daleville's creators face in making the project work, but Rybczynski (A Clearing in the Distance, etc.) remains optimistic that "the small lots [and] narrow streets... will all make sense" in the future. Occasionally, he provides historical and cultural perspective in a style reminiscent of Malcolm Gladwell, debunking the myth of urban sprawl and explaining American homeowners' preference for single-family dwellings. But Rybczynski also excels at the "close-up," John McPhee's method of reporting, where every interview reads like an intimate conversation, and a simple walk down neighborhood sidewalks can reveal a wealth of history. This charming mixture of reportage and social criticism fits comfortably on the shelf next to David Brooks's On Paradise Drive. (Apr.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From The Washington Post's Book World/washingtonpost.com
Reviewed by Lloyd Rose

In the 1970s, the federal government approached the challenge of mass-produced housing -- a challenge that had defeated entrepreneurs and housing corporations since the beginning of the century -- in a pragmatic spirit of detente. Under Operation Breakthrough, government and business would meet, with the feds using the expertise of such successful companies as GE and DuPont to crack the problem of providing citizens with roofs above their heads. If you can't call to mind the names of any developments this produced, that's because there weren't any. As Witold Rybczynski notes in his new book, Last Harvest, "It turned out that building affordable and attractive houses was a lot more complicated than putting a man on the moon."

Sound a bit extreme? By the time Rybczynski makes this dry observation, some 200 pages in, he's more than made his case.

Development permeates modern life. In recent months, Washington alone has seen played out such dramas as: a house being built, found to have exceeded legal size limits, and then torn down, at great expense, by the government that made the error in granting the permit; historic preservationists preventing a wheelchair-bound man from adding an exterior ramp to his home in a neighborhood of early 20th-century rowhouses; library supporters arguing over whether the Martin Luther King main branch should remain in its leaky Mies van der Rohe-designed modernist shrine or become part of a commercial and residential building complex a few blocks away. And, meanwhile, Tysons Corner swallows all that approaches. If ever a book was about the way we live now, Late Harvest is it.

Rybczynski focuses on New Daleville -- a housing development in the Pennsylvania countryside, near the Brandywine valley -- beginning with the day in 2003 when a developer he regularly asks to speak to his students at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design mentions another developer's plan for "a small subdivision in southern Chester County. It's nothing special: eighty-six houses on ninety acres of rural land." But it seems that the township doesn't like the plan. "They keep telling him that they want something different, with smaller lots and more open space." A simple enough want, you might think.

But no.

Rybczynski has written several wonderful books exploring the area where the bricks-and-mortar reality of a house merges with the personal, subjective idea of a home. In Home, he investigated the Western meaning and history of that word. The Most Beautiful House in the World told how a simple boat-building shed he was constructing metamorphosed, somewhat to his surprise and a little to his dismay, into a small but full-blown country home. He's a graceful, personable writer, whose considerable erudition is in service to his storyteller's curiosity. How does this begin? What route does it take? And why does it end up where it does rather than where it was headed?

In Late Harvest, Rybczynski takes us on fascinating side trips, including visits to Seaside and Celebration, Fla., two of the pioneering "traditional neighborhood developments" that offered alternatives to conventional suburban planning (big lots, big houses, curvy streets that go nowhere). The idea of the Mythic American Small Town is revisited, and we learn that the United States -- in contrast to Europe, with its attached houses and apartment blocks -- is the home, so to speak, of the single-family house; also that 90 percent of these houses are detached, one of this country's great luxuries that we take as a given. But always he returns to New Daleville, as it slowly rises from a former cornfield.

As the New Daleville development progresses -- often at a stumble -- desire and reality meet, butt heads, try to choke each other, and roll over and over in the mud of compromise. The townspeople would like something with a little character (sidewalks, trees, cul de sacs, non-identical porches), and the developers don't object, but owing to circumstance and expense, they end up using a builder who mass-produces only a certain number of styles for windows, doors, shutters and so on. (As the builder puts it, "Our business is like a hamburger stand. We make hamburgers and cheeseburgers. That's it.")

As a "neo-traditional development," New Daleville gains intimacy and charm from its smaller lots and houses, but it turns out that when people move far away from a city center, theymore space as a trade-off for the longer commute. Picky statutes, miscommunications, personality clashes, occasional incompetence and plain bad luck all make their appearance. Meanwhile, the hot housing market grows cooler and cooler.

And when, after four and a half frustrating years, New Daleville is finally finished, what then? The noisiest critic among the townspeople grumbles, "I know that the houses are not as bad as what is built by most developers around here, but I just wish they were better still." Rybczynski's developer friend philosophically acknowledges, "It's not as good as I hoped it would be, but it's not a tragedy." Rybczynski takes the long view: "Ten years from now, the small lots, the narrow streets, the public park, and the compact cluster of houses on Dr. Wrigley's cornfield will all make sense." Like Rome, the future America won't be built in a day.

Copyright 2007, The Washington Post. All Rights Reserved.

From Booklist
Residential real estate development seems like an unlikely topic for a gripping read, and certainly Rybczynski can't be said to have produced a page-turner. But the author of The Perfect House (2002), among other books, and an architecture critic, most recently for Slate, brings considerable stores of knowledge, curiosity, and writing skill to this readable and at times even suspenseful book about a developer's process of building an exurban subdivision in rural Pennsylvania. In a style that is both digressive (he reviews land development patterns as far back as George Washington's day) and leisurely (including long quotes from sources in the manner of Tracy Kidder), Rybczynski follows the project through its conceptual stages, the politically tricky zoning permits process, and community approvals, to, finally, its finished state as a neotraditional "village" community. Along the way, we learn how land gets developed in the era of the new urbanism and pro- and anti-growth debates, and why so many Americans choose to live in suburbs (as opposed to denser city centers) despite often lengthy commutes. Donna Seaman
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Modern Real Estate Practice Modern Real Estate Practice

Modern Real Estate Practice

Modern Real Estate Practice

I have this book for my Terms and Concepts real estate course and I find it to be hard to understand. I need study aids to understand what the definitions mean. There are terms mentioned in beginning chapters that are not defined until later in the book and that is very confusing. IF the book was meant to be cumulative-chapters building on previous chapters, I am not finding that.

Just One Woman's Opinion

Modern Real Estate4
Great Book loaded with excellent information.
Only draw back was that 2 pages were missing and one page installed upside down. Would love to get missing pages.

Very helpful.4
A great book - well organized, thorough, and well-written. Nice that the authors provide a comprehensive outline of key points after each chapter.
HOWEVER...
One star subtracted for failure to error-check the mathematics in the practice questions. The math here is simple; there is no excuse for the publisher not taking a moment to run the numbers through a calculator.

House Lust: America's Obsession With Our Homes


House Lust: America's Obsession With Our Homes

Product Description

A rich narrative that blends social commentary with incisive reporting, House Lust offers an astute, funny, and sometimes disturbing portrait of the behaviors that drove the greatest real estate boom in history—and its eventual bust.

Owning a home has long been considered the fulfillment of the American Dream. But in the last decade, as the real estate market boomed, Americans’ fascination with homes turned into a frenzy. Everywhere we turned, people were talking about, scheming over, envying, shopping for, refinancing, or just plain ogling houses—in the process, we’ve transformed shelter from a basic necessity into an all-consuming passion.

In House Lust, Newsweek’s Daniel McGinn travels the country to explore the roots of this mania. Even as the real estate boom has turned to bust, Americans remain obsessed with houses—many of us are still trading up, adding on, or doubling down to buy vacation property. But for others, this zeal for housing has carried a painful price, one that’s evident in the soaring foreclosure rates and mounting despair as millions of homeowners (and their lenders) realize they’ve stretched too far to buy the home of their dreams.

In a compelling narrative that takes us inside the homes—and psyches—of the House Lust–afflicted throughout the nation, McGinn examines the forces that turned housing into the talk of dinner parties. He explores the arms race for square footage and introduces readers to a menagerie of characters from the real estate world—from “renovation psychologists” who treat remodeling-addled clients to a guy who trades vacation time-shares the way kids trade baseball cards. McGinn also jumps into the fray himself by enrolling in real estate school and buying an investment property, sight unseen, over the Internet.

House Lust shows us just how contagious the ideal of owning the best home on the block can be. And as the real estate boom recedes into memory, McGinn offers cautionary tales to help us curb our lust when prices start rising again.

Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House: Bringing Your Home into Harmony with Nature (Natural Home & Garden)


Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House: Bringing Your Home into Harmony with Nature (Natural Home & Garden)


Product Description

To have a home that’s more in touch with the earth, you don’t have to start from the ground up! It’s possible—and more environmentally friendly—to go green by renovating an existing home. With the help of Carol Venolia, an award-winning architect and bestselling author, and Kelly Lerner, a world-famous innovator in the field of sustainable development, even the least mechanically inclined person can make a difference in his or her dwelling…and to the planet. The two have produced a remarkable book—packed with information and photos, and the first ever in full color to cover the subject. It’s lush and exquisite to look at, filled with motivational case studies and informative graphics, and completely user-friendly.
“Some of us would like to become more Earth-Friendly, but we don’t have 10,00 acres in Montana or the passive solar ATM machine to get us the cash to buy the above. Breathe! Center! There is help. Groundbreaking architects, Kelly Lerner and Carol Venolia have just completed a book (to help you). There are plenty of checklists and resource guides to go with all the glossy photos.” -- Kevin Taylor, The Pacific Northwest Inlander
“You don't have to build a new home to have a green home. The book builds on the construction wisdom our forebears used to design homes that capitalized on nature's light, warmth, coolness and other benefits. Venolia and Lerner cover everything from simple changes to complex systems that make a home more ecologically sensitive, comfortable and livable. The book is dense with ideas and information for homeowners considering renovations.” --Akron Beacon Journal

Kelly Lerner is an innovative architect who spearheaded a project responsible for building more than 600 passive-solar-heated straw-bale houses in China. Her designs have been featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine, Metropolis Magazine, The Straw Bale House, and Green by Design.

Carol Venolia specializes in the field of eco-healthy building. Her first book, Healing Environments, has enjoyed international success, and her home designs have been featured in The Natural House Catalog, Earth to Spirit, The Healthy House, and Environ magazine. Carol currently writes the "Design for Life" column for Natural Home & Garden magazine.




Practical Real Estate Law

Practical Real Estate Law

Practical Real Estate Law

Product Description

The perfect mix of theory and practice make Practical Real Estate Law, fifth editon a must have resource for paralegal students and professionals dealing with real estate law and transactions. The intricacies of real estate law, both residential and commercial, are presented in an easy-to-understand format through numerous examples, checklists, and sample forms. This book includes critical topics such as closings, sales, loans, surveys, title insurance, and a chapter devoted to leasing with an emphasis on commercial leasing.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #32770 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-03-13
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 704 pages

Monday, August 25, 2008

Multi-Family Millions: How Anyone Can Reposition Apartments for Big Profits

Multi-Family Millions: How Anyone Can Reposition Apartments for Big Profits

Multi-Family Millions: How Anyone Can Reposition Apartments for Big Profits


Product Description

Discover why apartment houses are the best investment in today's real estate market

The key to making big profits in real estate is to go against the traditional wisdom. When the masses are buying, it's often time to sell. When everyone is selling, there are huge bargains to be found. In Multi-Family Millions, contrarian real estate investor Dave Lindahl shows you how to read the market cycle, and explains why now is a great time to get started investing in apartment houses—even if it's your first time investing in real estate and you have no money for a down payment.

With a simple two- to five-unit multi-family property, or a thirty-unit apartment building, you can implement the same strategies Lindahl used in over 500 deals to build his own real estate fortune:

  • How to reposition a multi-family property for maximum profit

  • Where to get the money for your first deal

  • How to own an apartment house and never deal with tenants

  • Ten bad mistakes rehabbers make

  • Three proven principles for attracting great deals on multi-family properties

  • When and how to resell for huge profits

Conventional wisdom says real estate investors should start with single-family houses. Discover why it's easier and much more profitable to invest in multi-families!


Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #11600 in Books
  • Published on: 2008-04-25
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 272 pages

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

Dave Lindahl was a broke landscaper when he used a cash advance on his credit card to buy his first three-unit apartment house—and immediately reaped a $972 per month positive cash flow. Twelve months later he owned eleven multi-family buildings and had $10,000 per month in extra income. Today, he controls over $140 million in real estate. In Multi-Family Millions, Lindahl shows you how anyone can get started investing in small apartment houses and make great money doing it. You can do it on a part-time basis, and best of all, you never need to deal with tenants.

Compared with single-family homes, multi-family properties hold much greater profit potential and allow you to earn more money on each deal you complete. There is also far less competition in the multi-family market. In addition, having more units under a single roof reduces your investment risk and offers higher long-term profits. The rewards of multi-family investing are obvious, but how can you benefit when you have very little time or money?

Multi-Family Millions is the step-by-step guide that shows you how to get into the multi-family game—and get out with big profits. It provides expert coverage of the most effective investing strategies and gives you guidance on every stage of the process—from finding properties with great profit potential to buying, renovating, and reselling them for big money.

With Lindahl's expert help, you'll discover how to:

  • Identify troubled multi-family properties that are ripe for repositioning

  • Negotiate great purchase prices for target properties

  • Flip properties for fast cash or improve them with affordable, value-adding repairs

  • Resell properties at maximum value with minimum hassle

No matter your level of investing expertise or experience, Multi-Family Millions gives you the perfect strategy for success—especially for investors with little time and little cash on hand. Whether you're an expert investor or just starting out, Multi-Family Millions reveals the proven strategies, tactics, and infor-mation you need to make big profits—faster and easier than you ever thought possible.

About the Author

David Lindahl is an accomplished real estate investor who has been involved in more than 500 deals and controls more than $140 million in real estate. He is principal owner of The Lindahl Group, a real estate investment company that acquires properties in emerging markets across the nation. He operates RE Mentor (www.rementor.com), a publishing and seminar company that shows investors how to profit from all forms of real estate investing. He is also a popular speaker and expert at real estate investment clubs, conventions, and seminars throughout the country. For more information, please visit www.multifamilymillions.com.

Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing: How to Buy "No-Equity" Properties Directly from the Bank -- at Huge Discounts

Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing: How to Buy "No-Equity" Properties Directly from the Bank -- at Huge Discounts

Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing: How to Buy "No-Equity" Properties Directly from the Bank -- at Huge Discounts


Product Description

Learn all about short-sales, the hottest topic in today’s real estate investing market, with Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing: How to Buy "No-Equity" Properties Directly from the Bank -- at Huge Discounts. Understand how to buy properties at big discounts, creating windfall profits. Using this guide, you can access information about a topic that 900f real estate agents and investors know nothing about. Discover how to make huge profits from the banks’ misfortune, how to help homeowners in foreclosure while helping yourself, and how to stay on the cutting edge of the down market.

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #27108 in Books
  • Published on: 2008-06-30
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 240 pages

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"The ultimate book on short sales! Dwan and Sharon have made it easy for you to profit in today's gold mine of foreclosure opportunities."
—Robert Shemin, New York Times bestselling author of How Come That Idiot's Rich and I'm Not?

"Having invented new real estate markets for over twenty years, I can strongly recommend Dwan and Sharon's book. This dynamic duo invented the short-sale market—nobodyknows more!"
—Frank McKinney, international bestselling author and real estate "artist"

"As a national speaker and teacher for over twenty-five years, I've never met anyone who knows more about short sales than Dwan and Sharon. I've spoken to hundreds of their students who have earned tremendous profits. You could be their next success story!"
—Nick Sidoti, a.k.a. Dr. Cashflow

Make a fortune in pre-foreclosures with help from the queen of the short sale

Millions of distressed homeowners are in danger of foreclosure, but can't sell their homes and walk away because their property is worth less than the mortgage. Banks don't want to foreclose because the process is so expensive and time-consuming. The solution is a short sale—the process by which an investor buys the troubled property from the homeowner at a price far below the outstanding mortgage and the bank takes a write-off. Real estate investor Dwan Bent-Twyford and her students have made millions with short sales—while helping homeowners prevent foreclosure.

Finally, here's a single resource that tells you everything you need to know to get into this high-profit game:

  • Find "underwater" properties and pre-foreclosures

  • Approach distressed homeowners facing foreclosure

  • Prepare an offer that helps you and the homeowner

  • Negotiate with banks and mortgage holders

  • Earn big profits through wholesaling, rehabbing, or renting

About the Author

Dwan Bent-Twyford, "The Queen of Short Sales," is the country's leading authority on buying pre-foreclosure properties directly from lenders. She also leads popular boot camps for real estate investors.

Sharon Restrepo is known as "Short Sale Sharon" and specializes in buying foreclosure and distressed properties. She is the coauthor of numerous real estate home study courses, offers training workshops, and is cofounder of several real estate companies.

Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management (2nd Edition)

Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management (2nd Edition)

Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management (2nd Edition)


Product Description

Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management, 2/e is the first text to provide an integrated and comprehensive treatment of both operations and supply chain management. In the 2nd edition, the authors provide deeper coverage of important topics while maintaining a trim, integrated book. It now provides substantial coverage of the major operations management topics and tools, while extending coverage to include core supply chain management issues.

Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investments (with CD-ROM)

Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investments (with CD-ROM)

Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investments (with CD-ROM)


Product Description

The well-known and respected authorship team of Geltner and Miller bring you a new edition of what has become the undisputed and authoritative resource on commercial real estate investment. Streamlined and completely updated with expanded coverage of corporate and international real estate investment, this upper-level text presents the essential concepts, principles and tools for the analysis of commercial real estate (income producing) from an investment perspective. This new book continues to integrate relevant aspects of urban and financial economics to provide users with a fundamental analytical understanding and application of real estate investments – now using ARGUS software. Contributing author Piet Eichholtz from the University of Maasstricht contributes an entire chapter that explores international real estate investments, both opportunistically and structurally, by outlining elements for developing and implementing real estate investments successfully abroad. Jim Clayton from the University of Cincinnati thoroughly revised and updated the finance coverage and real-life applications throughout. Geltner and Miller enhance their pedagogy by adding in a discussion of the real options application to real estate development and streamlining the discussion of data returns.


Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #11145 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-12-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 880 pages

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
This book presents the essential concepts, principles, and tools for the analysis of commercial real estate from an investment perspective—integrating relevant aspects of urban and financial economics. It bridges the gap between mainstream finance and the current cutting edge of professional real estate practice with a look at asset market inefficiency and illiquidity, after-tax analysis for various types of investors, tax-exempt institutions, and private investment. Other chapter topics include periodic returns measurement, risk analysis, asset valuation, investment analysis, leverage, capital structure, portfolio theory, and option valuation theory. For individuals aware of the importance of real estate, and interested in its financial economic aspects.

About the Author
David Geltner is a professor at MIT where he is also Director of the Real Estate Center. He received his Ph.D. in 1989 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a Professor of Real Estate at the University of Cincinnati from 1989 through Spring, 2002. He specializes in the areas of real estate investments, urban economics, and the financial economics of the real estate industry. He has published extensively in leading academic journals, including Real Estate Economics (formerly The AREUEA Journal), The Journal of Urban Economics, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, The Journal of Real Estate Research, The Journal of Housing Economics, and The Journal of Property Research, among others. He serves on the editorial boards of the three leading US academic real estate journals (Real Estate Economics, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and The Journal of Real Estate Research) and of the leading British journal (The Journal of Property Research). He is a co-managing editor of a leading real estate research journal, Real Estate Economics for AREUEA. He serves on the Academic Advisory Board of the Real Estate Research Institute, a research promotion and funding agency sponsored by the leading real estate investment firms. Dr. Geltner has consulted for leading real estate investment advisory firms including serving on the Board of Ohio based STRS.

Norman G. Miller has been the Director of the Real Estate Program at the University of Cincinnati since 1981 when he launched a new real estate program, and holder of the West Shell, Jr. Professorship in real estate since 1988. He received his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 1977, after which he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia until 1981. During 1985-86 he was the Visiting Chairholder at the University of Hawaii. He is active on the Editorial Board of several nation/international, journals including The Journal of Real Estate Research, The Journal of Real Estate Literature, Journal of Property Finance, The Journal of Real Estate Education, and was Co-Managing Editor of Real Estate Finance for several years with David Geltner. Currently, he is the president-elect of the American Real Estate Society.

Dr. Miller is a prolific writer and scholar with numerous academic articles, books, and trade market publications. Aside from managing REIT mutual fund, he has consulted for developers, investors and with several national data firms on market analysis techniques and project feasibility. He is the primary instructor for the national NAIOP program on 'Developing in the 21st Century' and a Distinguished Fellow with NAIOP. He has worked extensively with various trade associations including the National Association of Realtors, the Urban Land Institute, BOMA, CCIM, NNCREW, AIREA, NACORE, NAIOP, and NAHB. As a Homer Hoyt Lan Use Institute Faculty member, he is involved with some premier though leaders among academics and industry professionals in a think tank setting for annual conferences on real estate issues and trends. Dr. Miller also developed the popular national and international web site www.real-jobs.com free to students to post resumes for any commercial real estate are or to search for jobs.

Jim Clayton is an Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati where he teaches courses in real estate finance, investment and development. He received his Ph.D. in Urban Land Economics in 1994 from the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of British Columbia. He also has an MA degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario (1988) and an Honours BA in Economics from Queen's University (1987). Jim serves on the editorial board of Real Estate Economics and the advisory board of the Real Estate Research Institute (RERI). Awards and honors include the Journal of Property Research best paper at the 2005 European Real Estate Society meetings, best paper in the Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management in 2001, best paper in real estate valuation at the 1996 American Real Estate Society meeting, four research grants from the Real Estate Research Institute (RERI), and a Homer-Hoyt Institute post-doctoral fellowship in 2000. His articles have appeared in Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, Journal of Property Research, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Canadian Investment Review and Real Estate Finance. Professor Clayton created and is the lead instructor for an Advanced Real Estate Finance course offered through the National Association of Office and Industrial Properties (NAIOP). He has also taught professional development courses in Real Estate Finance and Capital Markets at the MIT Center for Real Estate and for PriceWaterhouseCoopers Real Estate Group.

Piet Eichholtz is Professor of Real Estate Finance and chair of the Finance Department at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. He teaches courses in Finance and in Real Estate Finance and Investments. His practical experience includes positions at the ABP and NIB Capital, and non-executive board memberships of property investment companies NSI and Oppenheim Immobilien Kapitalanlagengeselschaft. Eichholtz has also earned a solid reputation as an entrepreneur. In 1996 he started Global Property Research, an international consultancy firm specialized in property companies, which was acquired by Kempen & Co in 2001. After leaving Kempen in 2004, he became co-founder of Finance Ideas, a financial consultancy company. He is currently a member of the Advisory Boards of Redevco and the RO Group, of the Investment Committees of Blue Sky Group and Servatius, and of the Housing Scenario Group of Bouwfonds.

Eichholtz has provided extensive services to public society, mainly through board memberships of industry organizations in the property sector, but also as an advisor to various government agencies. In early 2004, he was a special property advisor to the UN Good Offices Mission on Cyprus, and he has consulted with the Dutch ministry of housing on several occasions. He has been on the board of the ROZ-IPD Commercial Property Index foundation, and is currently the chairman of the board of the AEDEX-IPD Dutch Social Housing Index foundation. Eichholtz' academic work has resulted in a great number of publications, both in the Netherlands and internationally. Most of his work regards real estate markets, with a focus on international investment, portfolio management and housing markets.

Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable...

Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable...

Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable...


Product Description

An earth-sheltered, earth-roofed home has the least impact upon the land of all housing styles, leaving almost zero footprint on the planet.

Earth-Sheltered Houses is a practical guide for those who want to build their own underground home at moderate cost. It describes the benefits of sheltering a home with earth, including the added comfort and energy efficiency from the moderating influence of the earth on the home's temperature (keeping it warm in the winter and cool in the summer), along with the benefits of low maintenance and the protection against fire, sound, earthquake, and storm afforded by the earth. Extra benefits from adding an earth or other living roof option include greater longevity of the roof substrate, fine aesthetics, and environmental harmony.

The book covers all of the various construction techniques involved, including details on planning, excavation, footings, floor, walls, framing, roofing, waterproofing, insulation, and drainage. Specific methods appropriate for the inexperienced owner/builder are a particular focus and include:

  • Pouring one's own footings and/or floor
  • The use of dry-stacked (surface-bonded) concrete block walls
  • Post-and-beam framing
  • Plank-and-beam roofing
  • Drainage methods and self-adhesive waterproofing membranes

The time-tested, easy-to-learn construction techniques described in Earth-Sheltered Houses will enable readers to embark upon their own building projects with confidence, backed up by a comprehensive resources section that lists all the latest products such as waterproofing membranes, types of rigid insulation, and drainage products that will protect the building against water damage and heat loss.

Rob Roy is a former contractor with 27 years of experience and 12 previous books to his credit, including Cordwood Building and Timber Framing for the Rest of Us. An expert on underground building, he founded the Earthwood Building School in 1981 with his wife, Jaki, and is frequently a speaker at events throughout North America.


Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #23736 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-03-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 256 pages

Editorial Reviews

About the Author
Rob Roy is a former contractor with twelve previous books to his credit, including Cordwood Building and Timber Framing for the Rest of Us. An expert on underground building, he founded the Earthwood Building School in 1981 with his wife, Jaki, and is frequently a speaker at events throughout North America.

House Lust: America's Obsession With Our Homes

House Lust: America's Obsession With Our Homes

House Lust: America's Obsession With Our Homes


Product Description

A rich narrative that blends social commentary with incisive reporting, House Lust offers an astute, funny, and sometimes disturbing portrait of the behaviors that drove the greatest real estate boom in history—and its eventual bust.

Owning a home has long been considered the fulfillment of the American Dream. But in the last decade, as the real estate market boomed, Americans’ fascination with homes turned into a frenzy. Everywhere we turned, people were talking about, scheming over, envying, shopping for, refinancing, or just plain ogling houses—in the process, we’ve transformed shelter from a basic necessity into an all-consuming passion.

In House Lust, Newsweek’s Daniel McGinn travels the country to explore the roots of this mania. Even as the real estate boom has turned to bust, Americans remain obsessed with houses—many of us are still trading up, adding on, or doubling down to buy vacation property. But for others, this zeal for housing has carried a painful price, one that’s evident in the soaring foreclosure rates and mounting despair as millions of homeowners (and their lenders) realize they’ve stretched too far to buy the home of their dreams.

In a compelling narrative that takes us inside the homes—and psyches—of the House Lust–afflicted throughout the nation, McGinn examines the forces that turned housing into the talk of dinner parties. He explores the arms race for square footage and introduces readers to a menagerie of characters from the real estate world—from “renovation psychologists” who treat remodeling-addled clients to a guy who trades vacation time-shares the way kids trade baseball cards. McGinn also jumps into the fray himself by enrolling in real estate school and buying an investment property, sight unseen, over the Internet.

House Lust shows us just how contagious the ideal of owning the best home on the block can be. And as the real estate boom recedes into memory, McGinn offers cautionary tales to help us curb our lust when prices start rising again.


Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #37915 in Books
  • Published on: 2008-01-08
  • Released on: 2008-01-08
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 272 pages

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Despite the current downturn in the housing market, the country's mania for homes that exploded during the last half-decade is still alive and well, according to Newsweek writer McGinn. The fascination with homes—talking about, valuing, scheming over, envying, shopping for, refinancing, or just plain ogling homes—has continued even after the market has cooled, McGinn argues, and can be seen in the ongoing popularity of HGTV, the 24-7 real estate and home improvement cable channel and its flagship show, House Hunters. To prove his thesis, McGinn entertainingly explores the gamut of housing obsessions, from buying personally designed and oversized trophy homes, attempting large-scale renovations and spending obscene amounts of time on real estate Web sites such as Zillow and PropertyShark to actually going out and getting a real estate license, which McGinn himself does after only minimal training. It is this ability to get inside the actual lives of the housing-obsessed rather that relying purely on statistics to prove his point that makes this book as enjoyable as an episode of Flip This House, another popular housing reality show that McGinn cites in a book that is, at heart, all about behavior, not economics. (Dec. 26)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From AudioFile
Daniel McGinn reflects on America's obsession with real estate--building enormous new houses, fixing up old ones (although the author argues that in this "post-handy world" our hands are only useful for writing checks to contractors), watching HGTV, and nosily looking up the price of our friends' houses on zillow.com. The author invests in a rental property in Pocatello, Idaho, which doesn't work out so well. One tenant goes to jail, the other drinks on the porch with his homeless friends, and the property manager disappears with the rent money. David Drummond's well-modulated no-nonsense tone is a pleasure. His timing is impeccable, especially in delivering the author's frequent use of humor, and he consistently differentiates the narrative from the dialogue. A.B. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Review
Praise for HOUSE LUST
"House Lust remains relevant in spite of the bust because, by and large, people will never stop jonesing to keep up with the Joneses."--USA Today

"[House Lust] raises provocative questions that strike at the covetous soul of America’s culture and economy."--The New York Times

"[House Lust] is a witty survey of the world of buying, selling, and gossiping about homes."--The Wall Street Journal

"Daniel McGinn examines what drove history's greatest real estate boom with insightful, often amusing, anecdotes."--The New York Post

"To understand this overweening desire for residential improvement, McGinn takes a humorous journey across the country... it's obvious McGinn has done his homework." --The Seattle Times

"[House Lust] has been something of an instant hit."--The Worcester Telegram & Gazette

"McGinn writes like a social historian, albeit one with an impish curiosity and willingness to follow each thread to the end... House Lust is a good-humored and entertaining first book."--The Real Deal

"A highly-readable... snapshot album of 21st century American Life."--Kirkus

"It is [McGinn's] ability to get inside the actual lives of the housing-obsessed rather than relying purely on statistics to prove his point that makes this book as enjoyable as an episode of Flip This House."--Publishers Weekly

"After an odyssey that brought him in contact with every aspect of the housing boom, Daniel McGinn gives a deep sense of the spirit of our times--the Zeitgeist--and an understanding how this boom has led to our current economic problems."---ROBERT SHILLER, author, Irrational Exuberance

“The best part of this smart, entertaining book is that while you're laughing at other people's excesses, you're simultaneously calculating how much it would cost to do a renovation like theirs.”---JOEL STEIN, columnist, Time Magazine

“Hot properties, hypnotic home shows, and hysterical American homeowners – HOUSE LUST has it all. Daniel McGinn has written an insightful, comical read for the real estate junkie in all of us.”---ALEX McLEOD, original host, “Trading Spaces”

"A satisfying fix for anyone suffering from REAS--that's ‘Real Estate Addiction Syndrome,’ of course."---MICHAEL GROSS, author, 740 Park

"Every social gathering may end as a gabfest on real estate, but no one is as entertaining, informative, or knowledgeable about why we love our homes--and how the building industry makes use of our passions--as Daniel McGinn. HOUSE LUST is like a cocktail party without the hangover.”—STEVEN LEVY, author, The Perfect Thing

“It's Tracy Kidder-meets-Freakonomics as Daniel McGinn wryly explains our national obsession, profiling a cast of quirky characters along the way. HOUSE LUST is required reading in boom or bust."---ALISON ROGERS, author, Diary of a Real Estate Rookie

Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur: What It Takes to Win in High-Stakes Commercial Real Estate

Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur: What It Takes to Win in High-Stakes Commercial Real Estate

Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur: What It Takes to Win in High-Stakes Commercial Real Estate


Product Description

A front row seat into the world of high-stakes commercial real estate investing

“A must-read book … one of the best real estate investment books I have ever read. On my scale of 1 to 10, this unique book rates an off-the-charts 12.” ---Robert Bruss

Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur is for the individual who is ready to get serious about investing. Not a rah-rah or get-rich-quick book, this book is for someone who is prepared to think about what he or she wants to accomplish. James Randel provides the how and why.

James Randel has been a successful investor and educator for 25 years. He teaches investing through stories and anecdotes – bringing to the limelight not just his successes (and there are some amazing stories of these) but also his mistakes. His candor is instructive and entertaining.

It is said that “those who can, do, and those who can’t, teach.” James Randel is a rare exception as he is both a highly successful investor as well as an excellent teacher. As said by Jeff Dunne, Vice Chairman of the largest real estate company in the world, CB Richard Ellis:

“I’ve tracked Jimmy’s incredible run of successful real estate investments for 20 years and more recently invested very profitably with him. His new book is a must read for anyone interested in real estate investing.”

If you are tired of the “same old, same old” and prepared to play in the big leagues, this book is calling your name.


Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #12070 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-12-19
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 224 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review

One of Robert Bruss'Top 10 Real Estate Books of 2006

“This book's theme is 'add value' to real estate, whether you invest in raw land, houses, run-down factory buildings with rezoning potential, or fixer-upper apartments and offices. The self-deprecating author shares his mistakes and his successes, along with his advice to invest with as little of your own cash as possible so profits can be maximized.”

(Bruss, Robert J. San Francisco Chronicle. )

From the Back Cover

Insider Secrets to Better Ventures and Bigger Returns in Commercial Real Estate

If you're ready to move beyond basic buy-and-hold or fix-and-flip investing, Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur is for you. Full of real-world wisdom from successful investor James Randel, this insider's guide is packed with detailed examples of real-life deals, demonstrating strategies to help you you avoid the mistakes that Randel and other investors learned the hard way. You'll learn about:

  • Due diligence and researching properties
  • Financing strategies that maximize your buying power
  • Legal terms, issues, and conditions you should understand
  • Profiting through option agreements
  • The thirteen vital skills for real estate success

"Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur provides all the tools for analyzing, buying, improving and profiting from the investment in income producing properties."--Jeff Dunne, Vice Chairman, CB Richard Ellis

"Jim's focus on the building blocks, the creativity, and the strategy of deal making gives readers a front row seat into this high stakes, and richly rewarding game."--Jim Fagan, Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield

(20061208)

About the Author

James Randel is a real estate attorney, broker, and investor with more than 25 years of experience investin in both in commercial and residential real estate. He has been a featured commentator on television and has spoken at national real estate conferences around the United States.

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook


Product Description

The conservative, thoughtful, thrifty investor’s guide to building a real-estate empire.

Profitable real-estate investing opportunities exist everywhere as long as you know what to look for and understand how to make prudent deals that transform property into profits. David Crook, of The Wall Street Journal, shows how to make safe and sane investments that ensure a good night’s sleep as your real-estate portfolio grows, your properties appreciate and your income increases. The Wall Street Journal Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook offers the most authoritative information on:

• Why real-estate investing is a great wealth-building alternative to stocks and bonds and why it’s crucial that you avoid get-rich schemes
• How to get the financing and make the contacts to get started
• How to start small and local, be hands-on and go step-by-step with a vacation home to rent out, a pure rental property or a small apartment building
• How to find and value great properties, do the numbers and ensure you have that beautiful thing called cash flow
• How the government blesses real-estate investors with tax breaks and loopholes, and how you can be one of the anointed
• How to deal with the nuts-and-bolts of being a landlord and have a strife-free relationship with your tenants


Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #38298 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-12-26
  • Released on: 2006-12-26
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 256 pages

Editorial Reviews

About the Author
DAVID CROOK is the editor of The Wall Street Journal Sunday, the personal finance section that appears in more than 75 papers around the country. He was part of the original team that developed and launched the highly successful “Weekend Journal” of Friday’s Wall Street Journal. He also developed the “Home Front” and “Property Report,” the Journal’s residential and commercial real-estate sections.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

The California Landlord's Law Book: Rights & Responsibilities. Book with CD-Rom (12th edition)

The California Landlord's Law Book: Rights & Responsibilities. Book with CD-Rom (12th edition)

The California Landlord's Law Book: Rights & Responsibilities. Book with CD-Rom (12th edition)


Product Description

The most comprehensive -- and easiest to use -- guide to California residential property management available.

Every California landlord and residential property manager needs The California Landlord's Law Book: Rights & Responsibilities. The definitive guide for over 20 years, it clearly and comprehensively covers everything you need to know about:

  • security deposits
  • leases and rental agreements
  • inspections
  • liability
  • lead paint
  • discrimination
  • rent control
  • satellite dishes
  • and more

    The book provides you with all the forms you need as tear-outs and on CD-ROM, including rental applications; leases and rental agreements 3-, 30-, 60- and 90-day notices -- and much more.



    The 12th edition includes up-to-date landlord-tenant laws and forms, including new rules for terminating a tenancy. It also has updated rent control charts for 15 cities. All forms included as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.



    Also available: California Landlord's Law Book: Evictions


  • Product Details

    • Amazon Sales Rank: #12817 in Books
    • Published on: 2007-02-28
    • Original language: English
    • Number of items: 1
    • Binding: Paperback
    • 624 pages

    Editorial Reviews

    Sacramento Bee
    "Recommended by the state Department of Consumer Affairs."

    Los Angeles Times
    "Exactly what it purports to be, but unblighted by unnecessary legal jargon...an up-to-date book such as this is as necessary as a rent receipt book or a good repair person."

    San Francisco Chronicle
    "Before putting a For Rent sign out... consult The California Landlord's Law Book: Rights & Responsibilities, an excellent reference book published by Nolo."

    The 16% Solution: How To Get High Interest Rates in a Low Interest World with Tax Lien Certificates

    The 16% Solution: How To Get High Interest Rates in a Low Interest World with Tax Lien Certificates

    The 16% Solution: How To Get High Interest Rates in a Low Interest World with Tax Lien Certificates


    Product Details

    • Amazon Sales Rank: #10672 in Books
    • Published on: 1994-11-23
    • Original language: English
    • Number of items: 1
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • 208 pages

    Customer Reviews

    Good presentation, easy to read, a little rosy for my tastes3
    This book rates well with me in terms of presentation and qualified information. I will admit at the front that I have never purchased a tax lien and I would weigh that heavily in terms of the merits of any review of this book. If there are among these reviews some who have purchased tax liens and have not lost their shirt in the process, I would weigh their review ahead of all others.

    With that said, I should note that I have a considerable amount of experience in the real estate arena which will validate at least some of my review. Despite this book being presented in a very qualified manner, experience will show that typically the returns presented in investment specific books (particularly those with the anticipated return on its cover) are almost always on the rosy end of reality.

    Obtaining liens at this high a rate will inevitably not be as easily achievable as this book presents. That is not to suggest is not possible, as I am quite aware it is. I say this more as a caution because this book spends only a minimal amount of time on risk and otherwise encompasses nearly all its time on the potential reward. For this reason I am in the middle of the road on how I view this book and thus give it 3 stars.

    To reiterate, I admit I have not purchased any tax liens, so understand that this opinion is based on what I know of the entire market place of real estate and anticipated returns. If tax liens are of interest to you, this book will in fact provide you with a solid foundation about the intricacies of such dealings.

    Just buy this book if you are interested in Tax Lein Certificates.5
    This book is great if you want to get acclimated with Tax Liens. I would say the book is superior when it comes to actually giving you numbers for each state and explaining the dynamics in each.

    I will say that other books on the subject will educate you probably just as well, but this is considered the standard on the subject and I found it's appendix in the back for each state better than the rest. BOTTOM LINE: I took out every book at the library on the subject, read them all, and then bought this book to keep around.

    Great Inro into Real Estate4
    This book discribes how investors can make money in the tax lien market. Tax liens are those liens attached to your deed when you do not pay your property taxes. Since your municpality needs these taxes to pay for service (fire, police, etc.) and they do not need the real estate, they either sell the liens or the actual real estate (not really covered in this book) at an auction. The investor needs to wait a period of time (Each State is Differnt) and then the investor forcloses on the defaltee either requiring the tax payer to pay cash or take possesion of the real estate to do what he wishes with it.

    The four sectons of the book explain the basics of these liens, what they are, how to get them, who to contact, what to look for, where they are held and the basics of how to redeam them. There is also a reference on the individual state laws on how each state handles the leins and what the investor must do.

    Mr. Moskowitz gives plenty of exapmples of which states has tax liens (Certificates) and which ones have tax deeds (Real Estate). He explains the pros and cons of each and he explains how to take advantage of each situation.

    For the small investor though, this can cause some problems as your cash is tied up for a period time and you may have to foreclose on the tax payer when then do not pay. If you need the money and there are no current markets to to sell off your certificate if the need arrises. If you have enough money to part with, investing in these vehicles are safe and secure and you can get some hefty profits from them if you are willing to deal with som small problems.

    He reminds you that these profits are guarrenteed by the government and are perfectly legal.

    This book helps you understand the concept of these investments, but you need to do more research before you start. Are you willing to evict someone when there term is up. Many states allow tax payers to pay thier taxes after the have sold it you with out owing you interest (generally with in a certain time frame). These and other questions needs to be ask as you read the book.

    Mr. Moskowitz does a great job at explaining everything except how to get tax Deed (real estate). This is recommened as a starting point for anyone who want to get involved in this type of investment. Further reading and inquiry of others who actually use these investments are still needed.

    The Millionaire Real Estate Investor

    The Millionaire Real Estate Investor

    The Millionaire Real Estate Investor


    Product Description

    “This book is not just a bargain, it’s a steal. It’s filled with practical, workable advice for anyone wanting to build wealth.”—Mike Summey, co-author of the bestselling The Weekend Millionaire’s Secrets to Investing in Real Estate

    Anyone who seeks financial wealth must first learn the fundamental truths and models that drive it. The Millionaire Real Estate Investor represents the collected wisdom and experience of over 100 millionaire investors from all walks of life who pursued financial wealth and achieved the life-changing freedom it delivers. This book--in straightforward, no nonsense, easy-to-read style--reveals their proven strategies.

    The Millionaire Real Estate Investor is your handbook to the tried and true financial wealth building vehicle that rewards patience and perseverance and is available to all--real estate. You'll learn:

    • Myths about money and investing that hold people back and how to develop the mindset of a millionaire investor
    • How to develop sound criteria for identifying great real estate investment opportunities
    • How to zero in on the key terms of any transaction and achieve the best possible deals
    • How to develop the "dream team" that will help you build your millionaire investment business
    • Proven models and strategies millionaire investors use to track their net worth, understand their finances, build their network, lead generate for properties and acquire them

    The Millionaire Real Estate Investor is about you and your money. It's about your financial potential. It's about discovering the millionaire investor in you.


    Product Details

    • Amazon Sales Rank: #7388 in Books
    • Published on: 2005-03-17
    • Original language: English
    • Number of items: 1
    • Binding: Paperback
    • 368 pages

    Editorial Reviews

    Robert J. Bruss, Inman News Features
    "On my scale of one to 10, it rates a solid 10."

    – Mike Summey co-author of the best selling The Weekend Millionaire’s Secrets to Investing in Real Estate
    "Filled with practical workable advice for anyone wanting to build wealth."

    Download Description
    Thoroughly researched with interviews and insights from more than 100 millionaire real estate investors who have struck it rich through Keller's concepts and practices, this book shows readers how to "think like a million."

    Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing: How to Buy "No-Equity" Properties Directly from the Bank -- at Huge Discounts

    Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing: How to Buy "No-Equity" Properties Directly from the Bank -- at Huge Discounts

    Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing: How to Buy "No-Equity" Properties Directly from the Bank -- at Huge Discounts


    Product Description

    Due to the wave of refinancing and subprime lending in recent years, and the subsequent fall in home values, millions of properties are worth less than their mortgages. The only way for these properties to sell is through a "short sale," in which the bank holding the mortgage agrees to sell the property at a loss -- to a savvy investor. Banks will do this because they need to get "upside down" loans off their books and they do not want to be holding property that is in default.

    Short sales are the hottest topic in today's real estate investing market, yet most real estate agents and investors don't know how they work or how to make money on them. This book will teach investors how to negotiate with banks to buy properties at big discounts, creating windfall profits for the investor. Readers will learn:

    • what 900f real estate agents and investors don't know about: the short sale.
    • how to make huge profits from the banks' misfortune.
    • how to help homeowners in foreclosure and get a killer deal yourself, at the same time.
    • how to buy properties for fifty cents on the dollar with no real estate license, using no money or credit.
    • how to "buy low" and "sell low" during the crashing foreclosure market.
    • how to stay on the cutting edge of the down market and how to get rich...now.

    Product Details

    • Amazon Sales Rank: #34574 in Books
    • Published on: 2008-06-30
    • Original language: English
    • Number of items: 1
    • Binding: Paperback
    • 240 pages

    Editorial Reviews

    From the Back Cover

    "The ultimate book on short sales! Dwan and Sharon have made it easy for you to profit in today's gold mine of foreclosure opportunities."
    —Robert Shemin, New York Times bestselling author of How Come That Idiot's Rich and I'm Not?

    "Having invented new real estate markets for over twenty years, I can strongly recommend Dwan and Sharon's book. This dynamic duo invented the short-sale market—nobodyknows more!"
    —Frank McKinney, international bestselling author and real estate "artist"

    "As a national speaker and teacher for over twenty-five years, I've never met anyone who knows more about short sales than Dwan and Sharon. I've spoken to hundreds of their students who have earned tremendous profits. You could be their next success story!"
    —Nick Sidoti, a.k.a. Dr. Cashflow

    Make a fortune in pre-foreclosures with help from the queen of the short sale

    Millions of distressed homeowners are in danger of foreclosure, but can't sell their homes and walk away because their property is worth less than the mortgage. Banks don't want to foreclose because the process is so expensive and time-consuming. The solution is a short sale—the process by which an investor buys the troubled property from the homeowner at a price far below the outstanding mortgage and the bank takes a write-off. Real estate investor Dwan Bent-Twyford and her students have made millions with short sales—while helping homeowners prevent foreclosure.

    Finally, here's a single resource that tells you everything you need to know to get into this high-profit game:

    • Find "underwater" properties and pre-foreclosures

    • Approach distressed homeowners facing foreclosure

    • Prepare an offer that helps you and the homeowner

    • Negotiate with banks and mortgage holders

    • Earn big profits through wholesaling, rehabbing, or renting

    About the Author

    Dwan Bent-Twyford, "The Queen of Short Sales," is the country's leading authority on buying pre-foreclosure properties directly from lenders. She also leads popular boot camps for real estate investors.

    Sharon Restrepo is known as "Short Sale Sharon" and specializes in buying foreclosure and distressed properties. She is the coauthor of numerous real estate home study courses, offers training workshops, and is cofounder of several real estate companies.

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