Using the successful, step-by-step, ready-to-apply format that has made McGraw-Hill's 36-Hour Series so popular with business managers, professionals, and entrepreneurs, this "hands-on" real estate course boasts the same practical how-to-do-it guidance, nitty-gritty investing advice, and study and review materials that are usually only available to those who take time-consuming and expensive school and college courses. Each information-packed chapter contains learning objectives, key terms and concepts, common questions with straightforward answers, and a variety of problem-solving examples and goal-achieving methods that aptly illustrate how real estate investors succeed in the real world.

You'll learn how to set clear, realistic goals and develop a workable, flexible plan to accomplish them; get early inside information about future community developments that are likely to produce rare "ground-floor" real estate investment opportunities; find the right property to buy - one that suits your goals, financial situation, and risk tolerance; distinguish the subtle but critical differences between a good location and a truly important one; become familiar with the intricacies of zoning regulations, and learn the secrets of obtaining a zoning change which will increase property values; use public records to obtain important information about potential investments and what you need to build a comprehensive, state-of-the-art property information file; quickly evaluate the current market, and much more! 358 pp.