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The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks: Acquire Your Real Estate Fortune Today by Dolf de Roos, Dolf de Roos, Gene Burns  
A real estate guide unlike any other, The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks is the true story of a seemingly impossible investing challenge and the two investors who pulled it off—all to prove that you can do it too.

Successful real estate investors Dolf de Roos and Gene Burns wanted to show skeptical investors that there are always great deals to be found. So they set out to buy fifty-two homes in just one year. Not only did they succeed, they did it in less than ten months and earned a lot of money in the process! Tracing this ten-month real estate adventure in depth and detail, The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks explains the authors' strategies and techniques for acquiring almost any property in any market. Inside, you'll find step-by-step guidance on:
* Finding the perfect market to invest in
* Designing your strategy and getting started
* Making your first deal
* Finding the help you need to succeed
* Changing strategies midstream
* Networking to find new leads and opportunities
* And much more

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
Chapter 1	The Real Estate Challenge	1
	Who We Are and How the Challenge Came About	3
	Gene's Early Real Estate Deals	6
Chapter 2	What We Did in Vegas and What You Can Do Anywhere	11
	An Explosion of an Experience	13
	Why We Chose Las Vegas	15
Chapter 3	Determining Your Strategy and Getting Started	23
	Strategy	25
	Motivated Sellers	34
	Real Estate Acquisition Program (REAP)	42
	What It Takes to Succeed	46
	Commitment	48
	Not All Deals Work	49
	Respect for Others	50
Chapter 4	Our First Deals	53
	Everybody Wins	56
	Inspiring Steve	60
	The Veteran Who Came Home to Die	63
	Four Dobermans and a Private Eye	68
	Three Bed, Two Bath, One Trans Am	72
	The Blackjack Dealer's Wife and the Federal Agent	76
Chapter 5	Learning to Ask for Help	81
	The Beautiful Girl and the Private Eye	83
	Hire a Title Agent	85
	Fire and Water	87
	Helping a Widower	90
	Buyer's Agents	91
	When We Party, We Like to Party	95
	The "Looks Too Good to Be True, But It Wasn't" Deal	99
	Feeding Frenzy	101
	The Big Picture	104
Chapter 6	A Shift in Strategies	107
	Surrounded by Investors	109
	Finding Tenants in Dark Times	110
	Mountain and Wall Views	115
	A Sun-Room for a Quilter	117
	Single Momster	119
	Model Lease-Backs	121
	Back to Hawaii	123
Chapter 7	Networking	127
	Gene's Niece	129
	Our Lender	129
	Our Lender's Loan Officer	130
	Tax Lien Homes	130
	Our Odds Shift	135
	Phase Ones	136
	Pretty Views with Bad Golfers	137
Chapter 8	Being Flexible	139
	Market Changes	141
	Success	142
Chapter 9	Why Las Vegas Will Continue to Grow	143
Chapter 10	You Can Do It, Too	149
	Appendixes	155
Appendix A	Authorization to Release Information	157
Appendix B	Grant, Bargain, and Sale Deed	159
Appendix C	Limited Power of Attorney	161
Appendix D	Binding Legal Agreement	165
	52 Homes-Some Photos	167
	Further Tips, Tools, and Information	183
	About the Authors	185
	Other Books by Dolf de Roos	187
	Index	191