Flipping Houses For Dummies


Book Description

This guide provides an overview of the many components of the popular practice of flipping properties. Coverage spans the flipping process from start to finish—finding, buying, fixing up, and selling—and the variables needed to make all of those steps successful and profitable. Also included is coverage on negotiating, property inspections, mortgages, taxes, and working with contractors, brokers, and real estate agents. The book is perfect for responsible investors who want to flip houses the right way and steer clear of legal gray areas that get some investors into trouble.




Foreclosure Investing For Dummies


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A practical guide that helps you thoroughly research properties, so you know what you’re getting into before you buy or bid on a property With the housing bubble of recent years bursting and interest rates on the rise, there has been an upsurge in the number of foreclosures across the country, creating many opportunities for profit. But investing in real estate foreclosures can be a tough job, especially when a negative stigma is attached. How do you make money while preserving your morals and trust? Foreclosure Investing For Dummies shows you how to invest in foreclosures ethically without being accused of stealing homes from “little old ladies.” When you approach the process in a fair-minded way, presenting homeowners with various options and offering a reasonable price for their home, you can walk away with your integrity intact—and potentially a reasonable profit, too. This step-by-step guide helps you research property, find the best opportunities, purchase foreclosures, and avoid misleading distressed homeowners. If you’re committed to success, dedicated to mutually beneficial solutions, can treat foreclosure investing as business, and you can talk to people, this book is for you, but it doesn’t promise quick profits through minimal work. This book will provide you with invaluable information to become a successful investor, including how to: Identify opportunities and understand risks Obtain information, tools, support, and resources Locate properties prior to foreclosure Assist homeowners through the foreclosure process Acquire properties below market value prior to the auction Buy property at an auction, from lending institutions, and government agencies Repair, renovate, and sell or lease property A hands-on guide with tips and strategies for refinancing your property and maximizing your profits, this book also provides advice on how to assist homeowners, have them work with you, and avoid common mistakes. It even contains an appendix that covers foreclosure rules and regulations. It’s time to go out and make the most of foreclosure investing, and with Foreclosure Investing For Dummies by your side, your hard work and devotion will bring tons of success!




The Book on Flipping Houses


Book Description

This no-fluff book contains detailed, step-by-step training perfect for both the complete newbie or seasoned pro looking to build a killer house-flipping business. In this book you'll discover: --How to get financing for your deals, even with no cash and poor credit! --How to evaluate a potential market or "farm" area! --What types of properties you should buy, where and from whom! --How to find great deals from motivated sellers! --How to evaluate deals quickly and accurately! --How to make competitive offers and complete your due diligence efficiently and effectively! --How to create a Scope of Work, a Budget and a Schedule! --How to hire the best contractors and manage your rehab to completion! --How to get your properties under contract for top dollar! --How to get your property to the closing table as efficiently as possible so you can collect your check!




Real Estate Investing For Dummies


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Real Estate Investing For Dummies, 2nd Edition, is completely revised and updated to help you overcome the challenges and and take advantage of the opportunities in any real estate environment, including a down market. But Eric Tyson and Robert Griswold's core message remains as relevant today as it did upon the initial publication of Real Estate Investing For Dummies -- investing in real estate is time-tested vehicle to build wealth in the long term. Tyson and Griswold don't tell you how to become a millionaire overnight. Instead, they offer proven, practical, and actionable advice so that if you chose to invest in income-producing properties, you can do so wisely and confidently.




Flipping Properties


Book Description

Real estate has probably made more millionaires than any other financial vehicle. Flipping Properties highlights one method of investing in real estate, "flipping," which is a great way to begin building wealth with real estate. Flipping is growing so popular, in fact, that in Broomfield, CO (a suburb of Denver), 40 percent of newly built homes were sold to investors who intended to "flip" the properties. This practice is continuing to grow in cities across the country. Flipping Properties teaches beginners how to reap the financial and personal rewards of a full or part-time venture in real estate investing, including cash flow, security, and long-term wealth.




Investing in International Real Estate For Dummies


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Aspiring international real estate investors—expand your portfolio today! The real estate world can be a particularly difficult place to do business, and this book helps aspiring international investors of all skill levels avoid some of the pitfalls first-timers often make. Expert author Nicholas Wallwork opens your eyes to how accessible international real estate can be and provides an excellent introduction to some of the main strategies and nuances when investing at home or away. Investing in International Real Estate For Dummies covers expert strategies for investing in international real estate, going beyond the more obvious tactics like buy-to-lease and flipping houses. It gives you a solid roadmap for successful property investing that actually works in any market. It lays out checklists of tasks and offers step-by-step guidance and advice based on over a decade of in-the-trenches experience working in the international real estate investment sector. Learn previously unseen expert strategies Find out how to choose which countries to invest in Easily navigate your way around lease options Build an in-country network of reliable contacts Manage your new assets with ease How to build the mindset of a top real estate investor Looking to start or expand your international real estate portfolio? Everything you need is at your fingertips!




Real Estate Investing for Beginners


Book Description

Real estate investing can be very satisfying. It gives you the opportunity to work for yourself and independently make money on a consistent basis. It also gives you financial freedom and peace of mind, because you can work whenever you feel like it. You will never have to clock in or deal with office politics. You are not held responsible by your boss, because you are the boss. However, real estate does require work and the competition is fierce. Nowadays, with information so freely available on the internet and in books, many people do not want to climb the corporate ladder. And who blames them. No one feels like working 30-40 years for companies with only 3 weeks of paid time off, barely making enough money to live off, invest for your future and put a roof over you or your family’s head. The new trend is to retire early and enjoy a somewhat stress free life. Real estate can truly fulfill this promise and just keep in mind…if you don’t do it, then your next door neighbor will!




How To Flip Your First House: The Beginner's Guide To House Flipping


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Are you looking to flip your first house? Are you overwhelmed by the amount of information out there on real estate investing? In this book, we go over a simple and practical process for successfully flipping your first house and what to watch out for along the way. This is a great starting guide for beginners to real estate investing who are looking to become successful in this highly lucrative business. When properly done, house flipping is a great way to build wealth and provide a full time income no matter where you live. There is a lot of information on house flipping out there however in this book we have distilled it down to only the most important information so that you can succeed on your first deal. Everything in this book is practical, straightforward, and action oriented, so that you can get started in this business today! Discover How To: -The right, and best ways to find discounted properties in any market using 5 proven strategies -Become a transaction engineer so that you can flip any type of deal -Partner with the top investors in your area to flip your first house -Transition from your first deal all the way up to building a successful flipping business -How to build a dream team of contractors, real estate agents, lenders, and more -Avoid the top mistakes most new investors make -The quickest way to tell if its a good deal or not -10 house flipping hacks that will save you time and money -And MUCH MORE How To Flip Your First House is a great way to start your real estate investing journey and will open your eyes to the possibilities out there to making money in house flipping.




Skip the Flip: Secrets the 1% Know About Real Estate Investing


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Want to get started investing in rental property, but not sure how? Do you want to become a full time real estate investor, but not sure where to start or how to buy rental property with confidence? Have you heard about real estate loopholes, but not sure how to use them to benefit you? This useful and informative guide will break down all the barriers you have to get started investing in real estate. Skip The Flip teaches you the fundamentals you have to know to be a successful investor. The system is broken. What was once great advice of going to school, getting good grades, saving money and investing in a 401K is long gone. Many things in our financial system are broken and pitted against you. Were you taught in school how you can use other people's money to make yourself wealthy? Were you taught how you can generate millions a year in passive income through buying assets that puts cash in your pocket each month? Were you taught how to legally avoid paying a dollar in taxes. No, you weren't. Skip The Flip busts down all those walls and shares with you in an easy to read format exactly how you can use the information that the wealthy 1% has been using for decades. Skip the Flip gives you the knowledge you need to change your financial life. After reading this book you will be able to: Invest in Real Estate with no money Pay no taxes (legally) so you can keep all the money you earn Use debt to grow you wealth Value any piece of real estate so you will know what is a good deal Build your monthly cash flow so you never have to worry about money again. Follow the advice in this easy to read book and your bank account will compeltely different in less than a year. What is stopping you from building enough wealth and passive income to quit your job and live the life of your dreams? Scroll to the top and click the "buy now" button.




Investing Now


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In the economic climate of today, a new paradigm is needed, and Investing Now fills that void. A step-by-step book to overcoming the primary challenges of today's difficult real estate market to create income and build wealth by flipping houses. Jim Ingersoll's how-to guide will help create extraordinary opportunity in the one of the toughest recessions in history by teaching you: * How to find the right house to buy (with or without a Realtor) * How to fund your purchase without needing a bank * How to renovate your new home to increase its maximum value * How to prepare to sell your home * How to use the power of the Internet and social media to help sell your home Timely, incisive, and fundamentally sound, Jim Ingersoll's primer on creating opportunity, income, and wealth amidst an economy on the downturn is a revelation, the kind of handbook that is more gift than guide. "This book is an excellent road map for real estate investors to follow as they invest in today's economic climate. With a clear vision Jim Ingersoll shows the reader how to properly buy and sell in this incredible market. An excellent read!" Troy Ross, President of RRIEA "FINALLY, a no-nonsense, step by step, REAL LIFE, guide to Real Estate Investing! I have read many guides to Real Estate Investing and find this to be the one that should be used as THE industry textbook. As a Real Estate and Small Business Accountant with a huge portfolio of Real Estate Professionals and Investors across the country I will be suggesting this book as required reading and plan to offer it for sale in my office and on my website. Thank you, Jim, for once again providing a superb product!" Jennifer L. Davis, EA, ATA, ATP "Jim is one of the few people who's writing I can trust. Investing Now will show you how to grow and thrive while others are cowering, retreating and running away." Michael Jake, Founder of Swift Results, Inc "Investing Now is the best news of the year. It will prepare you to gain control over uncertainty at the same time when many others are busy burying their head in the sand." David Phelps, former private practice dentist and founder of David Phelps, International Reader Review's First, I think I will reread it when I can, because even though I made notes it has a lot of information to take in.Second, as someone who has been dealing with rentals for sometime there was a lot of things that you pointed out that will be very helpful... like the info about the "Self Directing IRA", and the tips for finding houses... like talking to your local code enforcement (which I did today, they gave me three houses to check already! that have been vacant for a year or more). Matthew Starr Jim, I just got done reading your book and it had a great influence on me. I definitely learned a lot. Melissa and I are committed to learning more. Great job Michael and Melisa Nevins