Revised edition of the author's The part-time real estate investor, c2007.
Includes index.
Contents
Anyone can be a millionaire -- Why real estate? -- Finding your strategy -- Real estate as a business -- Get rich quick -- The markets -- Buying your first home -- Bad credit -- Specific strategies -- Land contract and lease purchases -- Buying investment property with no money down -- Foreclosures and reo properties -- Playing the good guy -- The fixer-upper opportunity -- Hud homes -- Tax sales -- Blighted areas and vacant properties -- Indirect real estate investments -- Negotiating tactics -- "Subject to" clause -- Other types of creative financing -- The nuts and bolts -- Conventional mortgages -- Titles and paperwork -- For sale by owner -- Getting the most out of your taxes -- Improving your property's value -- Pre-purchase inspection -- More is better: snowballing your real estate investments -- Getting in over your head -- Tips and techniques.