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 | Tips & Traps When Building Your Home Product# 460683213 Selling for $14.95 "Leading real-estate author Robert Irwin provides home builders with valuable money-saving tips to building a home from the ground up in 'Tips & Traps When Building Your Home. Featuring a self-test to determine whether the reader is more suited to hiring it all out or doing some of it alone, this user-friendly guide outlines the perilous traps that often come with building your own home. Irwin helps readers determine whether or not to hire out the entire process or whether to act as the primary contractor. Once that is decided, Irwin then helps builders determine: How building and contracting effects home-owners' insurance Whether or not to hire an architect If building plans need to be presented to the local zoning board Contractors' and builders' adherence to electrical codes, sewage codes, and occupancy codes" |
 | Home Buyer's Checklist: Everything You Need to Know--but Forget to Ask--Before You Buy a Home Product# 460683262 Selling for $14.95 "The checklist that every home buyer needs to uncover, troubleshoot, and address potential problems in a home and its environs." |
 | How to Find Hidden Real Estate Bargains 2/e Product# 460683323 Selling for $16.95 "From the bestselling author of 'Tips and Traps When Buying Your Home Robert Irwin has been one of the nation's top real estate authors for more than 20 years. His 1991 bestseller, 'How to Find Real Estate Bargains, continues to be one of the most popular guides to finding real estate bargains and buying them at rock-bottom prices. Thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition is for reader in the market for a bargain home for themselves or as an investment for resale profit. Irwin fills readers in on everything they need to know to quickly decide if a property's potential payoff outweighs its risks. With nearly 50 percent all-new material, the second edition features new chapters on: All types of repos, including HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, FDIC, GSA, and SBA Property tax, ATF and IRS, p robate, bare land, and Recreational property sales Finding bargain properties in strong markets by working directly with sellers Using the Web to find the hottest bargains" |
 | Fix It and Flip It Product# 460683445 Selling for $19.95 "Buying, improving, and reselling single-family homes for profit Countless investors and do-it-yourselfers are eager to profit from buying, improving, and reselling homes. In 'Fix It and Flip It, two of America's leading home improvement authorities provide expert advice on how to maximize profit and minimize turnaround time on any remodeling-and-resale project. Featuring unique, step-by-step project time lines for three types of investment properties, this comprehensive 'fixer-upper' guide covers everything from the day-to-day workload to tips on tax issues, financing, and more. Katie and Gene Hamilton present guidelines for choosing an investment property, leveraging investment dollars, and finding investment money. Readers will find clear explanations of the rehabbing-for-profitprocess and learn how to schedule work for: The 60-Day Fast Fix-Up--for quick resale or easy rental The Makeover Conversion--A 180-Day Wonder that expands living space and resale value The Live In, Fix Up, and Sell Later House--occupied by the investor for one year or more, which" |
 | Timing the Real Estate Market Product# 460683448 Selling for $19.95 "How to buy low and sell high in real estate Yes, timing is everything. In the real estate market, that means buying in markets that are ready to take off and cashing out before prices crash. In 'Timing the Real Estate Market, millionaire real estate entrepreneur Craig Hall reveals to America's 17 million real estate investors his secrets for maximizing profits, by knowing when to buy, when to sell, and what to do in between. Following Hall's savvy advice, real estate investors will learn: The seven major trends affecting real estate prices How to predict when real estate prices are poised to increase How to capture maximum profits by knowing when to sell How to add value to a property while waiting for the real estate market to pick up How to survive during a downturn--until the next market upswing" |
 | The Coming Crash in the Housing Market Product# 460683450 Selling for $14.95 "Today's real estate market is a house of cards--learn what homeowners can do to prepare for its pending collapse Soaring home prices and 50-year low interest rates have lulled homebuyers into a false sense of security. But plummeting consumer confidence and record-high personal debt threaten to blindside overextended homeowners and real estate investors. 'The Coming Crash in the Housing Marketshows homeowners how to avoid owing more to lenders than their houses are worth--known as an 'underwater' mortgage--and reveals commonsense steps for protecting one's assets when the bottom falls out. In this compelling, well-documented book, renowned economic consultant John Talbot tells current and potential homeowners how to survive and thrive in tomorrow's world of slashed home values. He presents: Convincing reasons why the housing market will likely crash within two years Startling similarities between this and previous economic disasters" |
 | Building Wealth One House at a Time: Making it Big on Little Deals Product# 460683502 Selling for $21.95 "A nationally recognized expert on real-estate investment shares his strategies for building wealth by starting out with small properties and making wise moves along the way, including advice about how to deal with renters and how to create a workable ten-year plan. Original. 15,000 first printing." |
 | Real Estate for Paralegals Product# 460686162 Selling for $28 "Follows, from beginning to end, a fictional story of one real estate transfer with a built-in problem ('the garden variety purchase of a home'). Exposes readers not only to the legal aspects of the transaction, and to the parts played by the professionals, their expertise, their language, and the timeline of the transaction, but to the human motivation and interaction of the people, clients, and co-workers involved. Concentrates on the application of specific paralegal skills and demonstrates the transference of skills from other areas, e.g. legal research, psychology, and interpersonal communications. Dissects deeds from different states to show that all deeds are basically the same. Features accompanying interactive software -- Docs on Disk (title, documents); The Name Game (real estate terminology)." |
 | Make Money With Fixer-Uppers and Renovations Product# 460688114 Selling for $19.95 "In the Make Money series, renowned real estate investor and bestselling author Gary W. Eldred shows you how to profit from the safest, most reliable wealth builder in the world– real estate. With coverage of all the fundamentals– from finding the right properties to financing and managing them– Eldred shows you the ropes so you don’ t have to learn important lessons the hard way. Unlike general guides to investing in real estate, each title in the Make Money series gives you the speciali expertise necessary to fully profit from a select investment strategy. Make Money with Fixer-Uppers and Renovations shows homebuyers and investors how to build a fortune by purchasing properties at bargain prices, using creative improvements to add thousands to their value, and selling or renting them for high profits. There’ s almost no limit to the number of ways you can increase the value of a property– from quick and low-cost improvements like a fresh coat of paint to more extensive renovations such as multi-unit conversions or kitchen remodeling. This step-by-step guide includes the knowledge you need to combine entrepreneurial thinking with proven market analysis techniques. You’ ll learn to choose properties, plan improvements, and buy low and sell high. Make Money with Fixer-Uppers and Renovations will show you how to: Fix and flip properties for quick profits Buy properties with little or no money down Maximize your property’ s market valueExploit regulatory loopholes Create pizzazz for your interiors Add living space to your property Revitalize neighborhoods to increase property values Market your properties for top dollar Save thousands with owner-occupant financing" |
 | Buying Real Estate Foreclosures Product# 460766758 Selling for $16.95 ".'.'. want to buy a house or other real estate below market value? If so, read this book.'--Robert J. Bruss, syndicated real estate columnist Home foreclosures are at a ten-year high, and this new edition of Melissa Kollen-Rice's bestselling guide fills readers in on everything they need to know to find and finance real estate bargains from banks, S&Ls, public auctions, government agencies, and other sources. Packed with worksheets, checklists, and contact directories, 'Buying Real Estate Foreclosures is the resource for novices and pros alike. This fully revised and updated edition features: Guidance on pitfalls, hidden costs, sources of foreclosure lists, and creative financing strategies Valuable sample forms and documents A new chapter--'What the banks don't want you to know: why are they so motivated to sell?' New strategies to help investors cut through the red tape In-depth discussions of the benefits and risks of all types of financing A completely updated pre-bid checklist" |
 | Investing in Real Estate With Other People's Money Product# 460766767 Selling for $18.95 "Real estate wealth-building techniques that are--for once--grounded in reality instead of hyperbole In a field rife with questionable, get-richquick schemes and scams, Jack Cummings has built a solid career out of providing real estate strategies that are sensible, logical, and achievable. 'Investing in Real Estate with Other People's Money features proven up-to-date strategies and techniques, with detailed examples of how to use each. Everyone from novices to seasoned real estate pros will find useful ideas in this handson, how-to book. It provides all readers with the knowledge and fundamentals they need to become successful, including: How to become a real estate insider'No-money-down' strategies that actually make sense, with real-life examplesSmall details for increasing a property's value without spending a fortune" |