The Insider's Guide to Home Buying, San Francisco Edition includes advanced home buying secrets for beginners that will open the door to becoming a prepared homeowner. Shawn Kunkler's latest book demystifies the San Francisco home buying process with an easy to follow home buying blueprint. He efficiently guides you through the basics of how to begin, who to talk to and what documents are required to get started. This concentrated guide spotlights early warning signs and basic mistakes to avoid. Discover how to identify current market trends to find the best deals.
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
An expert guide to the ins and outs of real estate financing Secrets of Buying and Selling Real Estate . . .Without Using Your Own Money! is the definitive insider's guide to traditional and creative (yet legal and ethical!) real estate financing. In understandable, step-by-step language, it walks you through explanations and examples of conventional real estate financing so you understand clearly how most financing works. It examines all the available creative or unusual financing strategies that seasoned investors and homebuyers use every day to buy and finance properties. Drawing on his long experience as a successful real estate investor, Robert Shemin spotlights the advantages and disadvantages of various types of mortgages, terms, and financing strategies so you know all your best options. He also includes informative material on how credit scoring works and understanding credit ratings and credit problems that could scuttle your loan. Offering proven techniques, expert tips, and creative alternatives along the way, Shemin details every important aspect of the financing process, with in-depth discussion of topics such as: * Owners' terms * Contracts for deed, land contracts, and lease options * How to use partners or cosigners * How to get approval after a mortgage company turns you down * How to buy property even if the bank says "no" * Creative ways to obtain down payments, getting the seller to contribute using nonprofit programs
If you are thinking about buying or selling a coop or condo apartment in New York City, this book is a must! Written by Neil Binder, co-founder and co-owner of the Bellmarc Companies, one of the largest residential brokers in New York City, this book details every essential point you need to know.
This book explains how to start or buy, then develop and sell, a business in order to realize capital and personal wealth. When making profit plans, most owners work only on a day-to-day basis and give no thought to an exit or succession. Many are unaware that it is possible to work on the profit and capital value at the same time. Here the authors show the owner how to achieve maximum income during his/her stewardship of the business, while planning for a sizeable business asset through a sale. Using case studies and detailed guidance, the book provides practical advice on how to create and improve capital value through various means, such as leadership, people, culture and branding.
Exchange traded funds, one of the most exciting new classes of funds, provide investors with an opportunity to get the benefits of individual stocks at the lower costs associated with mutual funds. Although they are a very new type of fund (they were first introduced in 1993), ETFs have nearly 100 billion in assets under management. Written by senior editors Jim Wiandt and Will McClatchy at IndexFunds.com, Exchange Traded Funds clearly explains this exciting class of funds for savvy individual investors and investment professionals alike. The authors provide a frank appraisal of the advantages of exchange traded funds including low management fees and lower capital gains taxes. They acquaint readers with the full range of what's available, and provide valuable information on evaluating the funds' usefulness and performance. They also describe proven strategies for using exchange traded funds to balance investment portfolios and manage long-term and short-term risk. IndexFunds.com is a Web site devoted to index funds. It currently hosts more than 100,000 visitors each month.
Increase Your Profits and Lower Your Tax Bill with Tax Loopholes for Every Investor The Insider's Guide to Real Estate Investing Loopholes reveals all the best and most effective tax loopholes that successful real estate investors use to maximize their profits. Completely updated with over fifty percent new material, this Revised Edition also covers all the new tax laws, and features new and updated case studies and examples. Real estate is probably the best investment money can buy, in part because there are so many profit-maximizing tax loopholes that directly benefit real estate investors. In this practical and straightforward real estate classic, bestselling authors Kennedy and de Roos show investors how to increase their investment profits and use real estate as a legal tax shelter. Inside, you'll find practical guidance and trustworthy advice on: * Tax loopholes that turn your home into a profit center * Tricks for using your vacation home as a tax-savings investment * Real estate investment strategies for taking advantage of international tax laws * Creative cash flow techniques for increasing your investment's profitability * How to cut taxes through the 1031 tax-free exchange, pension funds, real estate loss deductions, homestead exemptions, and joint tenancies * Real estate pitfalls and how to avoid them * And much more
This book will help buyers, sellers, brokers, investors, and other professionals buy and sell more real estate using techniques that may make you a LOT of money, and save you a LOT of grief. Owner Will Carry is the insider's guide to nationwide techniques that work!
