Creative Cash: The Complete Guide to Master Lease Options and Seller Financing for Investing in Real Estate


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Think you can't afford to invest in multifamily real estate? Now, you can. Discover the best-kept secrets of the two creative, effective financing strategies other investors don't want you to know about: Master Lease Options and Seller Financing. Real estate investor Bill Ham used these strategies to buy his first 400 units without ever stepping into a bank or qualifying for a loan. In Creative Cash, you'll learn step-by-step how to: Buy property without ever stepping into a bank Identify the best emerging markets Find the right deals Analyze and underwrite those deals Make offers and perform due diligence Negotiate successfully Come out ahead with exit strategies for creating wealth Let Bill show you how to close your next deal with little to no money down using the hottest strategies in real estate-leveraging other people's money to come out ahead.




Creative Real Estate Seller Financing


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In this book, you will learn many different styles of creative seller financing. Seller financing is when the seller of a property makes a loan for a buyer to purchase the seller's property. The outside-the-box application of seller financing is creative seller financing in action. You will learn how to apply the different styles by walking step by step through examples of each type of seller financing. You will learn how to apply the different tools to both residential real estate and commercial or investment real estate. Understanding the tools will give you more facility in completing real estate transactions, resulting in expanded benefits to all parties involved. Said another way, creative seller financing will help you close more deals By the end of this book, you will be clear that you can do any of these types of transaction using creative seller financing




Innovative Financing for Development


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Developing countries need additional, cross-border capital channeled into their private sectors to generate employment and growth, reduce poverty, and meet the other Millennium Development Goals. Innovative financing mechanisms are necessary to make this happen. 'Innovative Financing for Development' is the first book on this subject that uses a market-based approach. It compiles pioneering methods of raising development finance including securitization of future flow receivables, diaspora bonds, and GDP-indexed bonds. It also highlights the role of shadow sovereign ratings in facilitating access to international capital markets. It argues that poor countries, especially those in Sub-Saharan Africa, can potentially raise tens of billions of dollars annually through these instruments. The chapters in the book focus on the structures of the various innovative financing mechanisms, their track records and potential for tapping international capital markets, the constraints limiting their use, and policy measures that governments and international institutions can implement to alleviate these constraints.




Advanced Creative Real Estate Financing


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In this book, we explore the Advanced Creative Financing strategies that a real estate investor can use to raise financing and capital for their real estate investments under almost any circumstance.




Creative Cash Flow Reporting


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Successful methodology for identifying earnings-related reporting indiscretions Creative Cash Flow Reporting and Analysis capitalizes on current concerns with misleading financial reporting on misleading financial reporting. It identifies the common steps used to yield misleading cash flow amounts, demonstrates how to adjust the cash flow statement for more effective analysis, and how to use adjusted operating cash flow to uncover earnings that have been misreported using aggressive or fraudulent accounting practices. Charles W. Mulford, PhD, CPA (Atlanta, GA), is the coauthor of three books, including the bestselling The Financial Numbers Game: Identifying Creative Accounting Practices. Eugene E. Comiskey, PhD, CPA, CMA (Atlanta, GA), is the coauthor of the bestselling The Financial Numbers Game: Identifying Creative Accounting Practices.




The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down


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Is your lack of cash holding you back from your real estate dreams? Discover the creative real estate financing techniques that savvy investors are using to do more deals, more often.No matter how much money you have in your checking account, there is always real estate you can't afford. Don't let the contents of your wallet define your future! This book provides numerous strategies for leveraging other people's money for amazing returns on your initial investment.Active real estate investor and co-host of The BiggerPockets Podcast, Brandon Turner, dives into multiple financing methods that professional investors use to tap into current real estate markets. Not only will you be able to navigate the world of creative real estate finance, but you'll get more mileage out of any real estate investment strategy. Financing deals just got easier-learn how to be a smart investor by using creativity, not cash!Inside, you'll discover:- The truth about no-money-down investing?Investing with little to no money down is possible, but it's not about a step-by-step strategy. It's about a mindset.- How to get started investing in real estate?Looking for your first deal, but you have no money or experience? Learn the best strategies for getting your feet wet without paying thousands!- Numerous strategies to mix and match?Creative investing requires a creative mind.- How to attract private money, lenders, and partners?There are millions of millionaires walking the streets. Discover the best way to attract them to you.- The ugly side of creative investing?Learn the downsides to all the strategies mentioned in this book, as well as tips for overcoming those problems.- Strategies for wholesaling, flipping, rentals, and more?Find success no matter what niche you plan to use to build your real estate empire.




Commercial Real Estate Investing For Dummies


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Make your money work for you with sound commercial real estate investment strategies If you're looking for more detailed advice on the commercial real estate market than, "Buy low, sell high," you've come to the right place. Commercial Real Estate Investing For Dummies is where you can find the smart, straightforward, and accurate info you need to get your start—or grow your portfolio—in commercial real estate. You'll learn foundational strategies, tips, and tricks for investing in all sorts of commercial properties, from apartments to shopping malls. You'll also get rock-solid advice on: How to get started in commercial real estate investing, even if you've never tried it before How to work with business and investment partners and protect your own interests with contracts Financing your investments with a variety of instruments and taking advantage of legal tax opportunities Growing wealth by investing in real estate is a strategy as old as money itself. Do yourself a favor and get in on the action with this straightforward and up-to-date guide!




Creative Financing in California


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"Creative financing" is the accepted term for certain methods of financing home purchases that were introduced in California during the 1970s and were common practice at the end of the decade. This report describes the growth of creative financing in the context of a major real estate boom that ended in 1981; it then examines the emerging consequences of creatively financed transactions--consequences for those who borrowed and those who lent, and also for future home-purchase transactions. The source of the data used is a survey of about 1,000 home-purchase transactions conducted in 1981 by California Technical Associates, Inc., under contract to the California Department of Real Estate. The author's recommendations for solving some of the problems connected with creative financing include channeling credit to home purchases, default management, and monitoring the market.




How to Creatively Finance Your Real Estate Investments and Build Your Personal Fortune


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In this book you will learn: how to negotiate with sellers, proven effective valuation techniques, how to use other people's money, use other people's credit, sell it before you buy it or pay for it, create positive cash flow, subject-to deals, over twenty nothing down scenarios, profiting from foreclosures, dealing with over-financed properties, working with judgements and liens, quit claim deeds, discounting mortgages and liens, lease options, wraparound financing and wrap notes, using trusts, self-directed IRA's, 1031 exchanges, create assumable loans, VA loans, options, and futures.




Real Estate Finance and Investment Manual


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Updated and revised to include ten years of new developments in real estate investment, Real Estate Finance and Investment Manual, Ninth Edition is the definitive guide to financing for all real estate investors. Understand all the financing options, learn how to choose an appropriate strategy, read about insider techniques, and get hands-on experience with case studies and helpful checklists.