Maverick Real Estate Investing: The Art of Buying and Selling Properties Like Trump, Zell, Simon, and the World's Greatest Land Owners

Lessons from real estate moguls who have thrived in every market over the past 50 yearsMaverick Real Estate Investing shows readers how to successfully buy and sell properties by following the examples of some of the best minds the real estate business has ever known. This comprehensive resource offers strategies from moguls such as Sam Zell, Melvin Simon, and Donald Trump, all of whom amassed huge real estate empires by dominating and outsmarting the competition. Each chapter profiles a different maverick, provides insights into their colorful careers, and reveals how readers can apply the winning strategies of these gurus to their own real estate investments.Steve Bergsman (Mesa, AZ) is a nationally recognized financial and real estate writer. For the past 20 years he has been a contributor to many leading publications and regularly writes the 'Ground Floor' real estate column in Barron’s.

Real Estate Millions in Any Market

A step-by-step guide to developing cash flow and long-term wealth in real estate with little or no money downReal Estate Millions in Any Market identifies and explains, in easy-to-understand language, the most innovative techniques that can be used in any market condition or geographic area to create a fortune, buying and selling real estate with little or no money down.

How to Find Hidden Real Estate Bargains

Robert Irwin has been one of the nation's top real estate authors for more than 20 years. His 1991 bestseller, How to Find Real Estate Bargains, continues to be one of the most popular guides to finding real estate bargains and buying them at rock-bottom prices. Thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition is for reader in the market for a bargain home for themselves or as an investment for resale profit.

Make Money in Real Estate Tax Liens

Top real estate experts reveal the ins and outs of tax liens This comprehensive, step-by-step guide shows investors how to invest profitably in real estate tax liens. Husband-and-wife real estate consultants and respected real estate authors Chantal and Bill Carey present everything investors need to know to profit from tax liens.

Buying Real Estate Foreclosures

“... want to buy a house or other real estate below market value? If so, read this book.” - Robert J. Bruss, syndicated real estate columnist Home foreclosures are at a ten-year high, and this new edition of Melissa Kollen-Rice’s bestselling guide fills readers in on everything they need to know to find and finance real estate bargains from banks, S&Ls, public auctions, government agencies, and other sources. Packed with worksheets, checklists, and contact directories, Buying Real Estate Foreclosures is the resource for novices and pros alike. This fully revised and updated edition features: Guidance on pitfalls, hidden costs, sources of foreclosure lists, and creative financing strategies Valuable sample forms and documents A new chapter - “What the banks don’t want you to know: why are they so motivated to sell?” New strategies to help investors cut through the red tape

Investing in Real Estate With Lease Options and "Subject-To" Deals

How to use lease options to buy property with little or no money down Real estate investing is hot, but the biggest barrier for many people is finding the cash for their first down payment. This book teaches a technique the author has used for years to buy homes with little or no money down–lease options.

Successful Real Estate Investing: How to Avoid the 75 Most Costly Mistakes Every Investor Makes

This book walks the reader, step by step, through an understanding of all the common mistakes novice real estate investors make and the specific, real-life strategies they can use to avoid them. Readers will learn to avoid mistakes like: failing to screen potential tenants, not receiving adequate cash flow, missing out on special loans programs, overlooking bad houses, not having the proper insurance, and owning a rehab or rental house that won't sell or rent.

Selling Real Estate Without Paying Taxes

Through case studies and actual client transactions, Selling Real Estate without Paying Taxes discusses basic tax deferral methods for new property investors, as well as introducing some uncommon and complex techniques that the seasoned real estate investor/agent may not have considered.

40 Days to Success in Real Estate Investing

A step-by-step blueprint for successful real estate investing With the combination of low mortgage rates, capital gains laws that benefit property owners, and a dicey stock market, real estate remains one of the most popular and reliable investment vehicles around.

Secrets of a Millionaire Real Estate Investor

If you want to invest in real estate, don't be misled by "one size fits all" infomercials that promise instant riches. Learn from an expert. Investor Robert Shemin shares the real life strategies he's used to amass a real estate portfolio worth millions.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Real Estate Investing

If you are interested in home renovation, setting up a small business, or delving into commercial real estate development, this book will give you straight answers to the questions you need to ask. It explains the basics of real estate, how development deals work, how to research property, how to buy land, and how to check out the background of a potential partner. It is a comprehensive guide to the ins and outs of real estate investment.

Trump Strategies for Real Estate

How to do it like Trump?from start to finish This is the first real estate investing book to reveal the principles and strategies of the world?s most famous real estate developer?Donald Trump. Author George Ross is Trump?s celebrity costar on the hit TV show, The Apprentice, and has been Trump?s right-hand man and business advisor for 25 years.

Buying Real Estate Without Cash or Credit

Proven advice and real-world stories from successful real estate investors Real estate is a tried-and-true way to build significant wealth over time with a low level of risk. Thousands of Americans are getting into the real estate game–investing for retirement, college tuition, or just more money for day-to-day living.

How to Make Money With Real Estate Options

Real estate options are more profitable and easier to use than most property-flipping strategies being taught today In this handy, practical guide to real estate option investing, Thomas Lucier shows investors how to earn substantial profits from properties without actually having to own them.

Financing Secrets of a Millionaire Real Estate Investor

A brief but thorough overview of the mortgage loan market, from the concept of inflation to the different categories of lenders and loans. This book builds a solid framework for understanding how to make money in real estate by choosing the right financing.

Millionaire Real Estate Mentor

Through savvy investing and the basic principles of entrepreneurship, experienced and novice investors alike can find financial freedom in real estate investments. Global real estate expert Russ Whitney provides an easy to read, comprehensive look at both traditional and creative methods of real estate investment.

Real Estate Riches: How to Become Rich Using Your Banker's Money

A large percentage of the rich in America today make their wealth (or keep it) through real estate. In REAL ESTATE RICHES, self-made real estate mogul Dolf De Roos reveals why investing in property is so astoundingly simple and lucrative, as well as insider secrets for getting into-and ahead-in this high-profit business.

Real Estate Investing from A to Z

Investors rocked by today’s stock market woes are increasingly turning to real estate. Real Estate Investing from A to Z has become recognized in previous editions for explaining this potentially lucrative field in no-nonsense, easy-to-understand terms, while at the same time providing detailed information suitable for more seasoned investors. Substantially revised and updated chapters include discussions of REITs, risk reduction, the investment potential of single-family homes, group investments and joint ownership, and more.

Building Big Profits in Real Estate: A Guide for The New Investor

A guide to real estate profits for the long termAs Wall Street continues to prove disappointing and frightening to many investors, real estate investing has grown in popularity. Interest rates have attracted borrowers and as a result, investing in real estate has become a part-time and full-time occupation for many people. Building Big Profits in Real Estate focuses on the sound strategies that everyone needs to understand before they invest in real estate. Rather than focusing on the short-term results of instant riches, this book takes a longer view—examining how individuals can make real estate investment a viable investment as well as a possible full-time job. Building Big Profits in Real Estate introduces readers to important real estate topics such as analyzing markets and managing a real estate portfolio, and shows them how they can go from a casual investor to full-time real estate entrepreneur in a matter of months.