This guide to real estate investment outlines five strategies relating to fixer-uppers, lease/options, wholesales, buy-and-hold, and single and multi-family rentals. Lumley is a real estate broker. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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| Ch. 1 |
Five Magic Paths to Making a Fortune in Real Estate |
1 |
| Ch. 2 |
Making Money with Fixer-Uppers |
12 |
| Ch. 3 |
Finding the Fixer-Upper Bargain |
25 |
| Ch. 4 |
Finding Foreclosed, Repossessed, or Condemned Property |
40 |
| Ch. 5 |
Repairs That Make You the Most Money |
57 |
| Ch. 6 |
Valuing Properties Is the Key to Profits |
74 |
| Ch. 7 |
Negotiate to Get Your Offers Accepted |
87 |
| Ch. 8 |
Wholesale Property for Steady Gains |
103 |
| Ch. 9 |
Financing I: Working through Conventional Lenders |
119 |
| Ch. 10 |
Financing II: Help from the Seller |
136 |
| Ch. 11 |
Lease/Options I: Arranging Rent-to-Own with Tenant-Buyers |
150 |
| Ch. 12 |
Lease/Options II: Arranging Contracts and Closings with Tenant-Buyers |
168 |
| Ch. 13 |
Buy-and-Hold I: The Single-Family |
182 |
| Ch. 14 |
Buy-and-Hold II: The Multifamily |
198 |
| Ch. 15 |
Finding the Value of an Income Property |
213 |
| Ch. 16 |
Making the Offer on the Multifamily |
228 |
| Ch. 17 |
Financing the Multifamily |
247 |
| Ch. 18 |
Managing Your Property |
266 |
| Ch. 19 |
The Magic Formula for Success: Use Flexible Strategies |
279 |
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Epilogue: Success Is Not about Education, or Even Hard Work - It's about Following Through |
285 |
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Index |
287 |