Investing in real estate

Machine generated contents note: Prologue: Invest in property now today's odds point directly towards present and future gains develop and execute your strategy now

Ch. 1 Achieve a prosperous future: 22 Ways you can earn profits with property 1.1 Potential sources of profit from investment property 1.2 Is property your best investment choice?

Ch. 2: OPM: Borrow smart, raise cash, build equity 2.1 The birth of "Nothing down" 2.2 Should you invest with little or no cash or credit? 2.3 Maximize leverage with owner-occupancy financing 2.4 What Are the loan limits? 2.5 High leverage for investor-owner financing 2.6 How to build confidence with lenders, equity investors, sellers, and sales Agents

Ch. 3: Appraisal: Ins and outs of market Value 3.1 What is market value? 3.2 How to estimate market value 3.3 Property description 3.4 The cost Approach 3.5 The comparable sales Approach 3.6 The GRM income Approach 3.7 Income capitalization 3.8 Valuation methods: Summing Up

Ch. 4: Maximize cash flows And grow your equity 4.1 Will the property yield good cash flows? 4.2 Will the property yield profitable increases in price? 4.3 Summing Up Ch. 5: Pay less than market value 5.1 Why properties sell for less (or more) than market value 5.2 Prepare screening criteria 5.3 Bargain sellers 5.4 Seller disclosures 5.5 Summary Ch. 6: Profit with foreclosures 6.1 The foreclosure process 6.2 Buy pre-foreclosures from distressed owners 6.3 Prequalify Homeowners and properties 6.4 Finding Homeowners in default (Prefiling) 6.5 Find Homeowners (Post-filing) 6.6 Satisfy lenders and lien Holders 6.7 Profit from the foreclosure Auction 6.8 The foreclosure sale: Summing Up Ch. 7: Profit from REOs and other bargain sales 7.1 Sad for sellers/builders, bargains for you 7.2 How to find REOs 7.3 HUD Homes and other HUD properties 7.4 Department of Veterans Affairs (REOs) 7.5 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac REOs 7.6 Federal government Auctions 7.7 Buy from foreclosure speculators 7.8 Probate and estate sales 7.9 Private Auctions

Ch. 8: Profit by creating value 8.1 Fix, sell, profit! 8.2 Your "fixer" search 8.3 Improvement possibilities 8.4 Required repairs and Improvements 8.5 You can improve everything about a property

Including its location 8.6 What types of improvements pay the greatest returns? 8.7 Budgeting for resale profits 8.8 Comply with laws and regulations 8.9 Should you buy a "fixer"?

Ch. 9: More techniques to profit with property 9.1 Lease options 9.2 lease purchase Agreements 9.3 Conversions 9.4 Master leases 9.5 Assignments: Flipping purchase contracts 9.6 Summary Ch. 10: Negotiate a Win-win purchase Agreement 10.1 Win-win principles 10.2 The purchase contract 10.3 Summary

Ch. 11: Strategic management builds equity 11.1 The 10:1 Rule (more or less) 11.2 Smart strategic decisions 11.3 Cut operating expenses 11.4 Add value: Closing words Ch. 12: Develop the best lease 12.1 The mythical "Standard lease" 12.2 Craft your rental Agreement 12.3 Tenants rights laws 12.4 Landlording: Pros and cons

Ch. 13: Create promotions that sell 13.1 Design a winning value proposition 13.2 Craft your selling message 13.3 Reach potential buyers 13.4 Should you employ a realty Agent?

Ch. 14: Pay less tax 14.1 The risks of change and complexity 14.2 Homeowner tax savings 14.3 Alternative minimum tax 14.4 Capital gains 14.5 Tax-free exchanges 14.6 reporting rental income and deductions 14.7 Tax credits 14.8 Property taxes 14.9 Summary

Ch. 15: More ideas for profitable investing 15.1 Out-of Area investing 15.1.3 Emerging growth Areas 15.1.4 Emerging retirement/second-Home Areas 15.1.5 Out-of-Area caveats 15.2 Commercial properties 15.3 Triple net (NNN) 15.4 Self-storage 15.5 Mobile Home parks 15.6 Profitable possibilities with Zoning 15.7 Tax liens/tax deeds 15.8 Discounted paper 15.9 Should you form an LLC? Ch. 16: Opportunity for a lifetime 16.1 Right time, right price, right place (USA) Although property investing does not require market timing, market timing does add to our possibilities for scoring great deals. By "great deal," I not only refer to good price, good property as related to today's market prices. more importantly, today's investors will look back from 5, 10, or 20 years into the future and congratulate themselves for acting while the majority waited in idle worry and procrastination. 16.2 Personal opportunity.