Investing in Real Estate, 5th Edition

This updated edition covers all the new trends and tactics in real estate investing, including how to shop for properties outside your home market and how to use option arms to achieve positive cash flow. As always, you'll find all the information you need to start investing now, as well as up-to-date tips on negotiating deals, spotting market trends, and using the Internet as a research tool to find and buy properties. Let the authors show you how to:

• Buy with a low or no-money down payment
• Build wealth without paying income taxes
• Find the neighborhoods and properties that will appreciate fastest
• Add value to your properties with smart improvements
• Choose the best financing for your investments
• Protect your net worth with LLCs and other legal strategies

Whether you need money for your child's college tuition, a prosperous retirement, or a higher quality of life, Investing in Real Estate, Fifth Edition is the best guide available to help you start building real wealth right now. 352 pp.

Investing in Real Estate, 5th Edition - Table of Contents:

• Why Real Estate Offers Your best Route to a Prosperous Future
• Financing: Borrow Smart, Build Wealth
• Appraisal: How to Discover Great Properties
• Maximize Cash Flows and Appreciation
• How to Find Bargains
• Profit from Foreclosures
• Profit from REOs and Other Special Sales
• Quick Profits Through Fix and Flip
• More Techniques for High Yields and Fast Profits
• Negotiate a Win-Win Agreement
• Managing Your Properties to Increase Their Value
• Develop The Best Lease
• Sell for Top Dollar
• Pay Less Tax
• New Trends and Developments
• An Income For Life
• Internet Appendix
• Index