Making Hard Cash In A Soft Real Estate Market

"Filled with creative strategies that work in today's market. A must-read for the real estate investor!" -Albert Lowry, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of How You Can Become Financially Independent by Investing in Real Estate A few years ago, even reckless real estate investors could still make money because the market was booming. But many markets have softened, and making a profit isn't as simple as it used to be. However-with the right strategy and long-term thinking-there is still plenty of money to be made in real estate. If you're willing to look outside your local market, you'll discover emerging markets that are booming. And there are also smart investing strategies that work especially well in slowing markets. You can do it! You just need the new rules and wise tactics you'll find in this practical, profitable guide: * Invest in up-and-coming, high-growth emerging markets * Learn the powerful strategy of market-timing * Use lease options to get more for your money * Learn creative strategies to engineer hands-off investments * Find foreclosures and other hidden bargains * Invest in bargain-rate new construction projects There are great deals hiding in every real estate market, and this book makes finding those values easy. Whether you want to locate the next up-and-coming growth markets, or find creative ways to finance your investments, Making Hard Cash in a Soft Real Estate Market is a savvy guide to investing for anyone who wants to play it safe and profitably.

A step by step guide to buying your dream home NOW without a mortgage using the rent-to-own method while rebuilding your credit. The entire rent-to-own process is covered explaining key fundamentals including: - How to find your dream home NOW - How you can save thousands of dollars on your purchase - Dozens of ideas to help you rebuild your credit along the way - How to keep from making costly mistakes - Understanding the paperwork - Pitfalls to avoid - How to Make an offer and handle negotiations - How to qualify for financing of the final purchase - Numerous tips to make sure things go smoothly - Ways to add peace of mind/reduce stress during the process

"With Rent-to-Sell, Wendy Patton offers a timeless, proven solution to getting your house sold so you can move on to your next opportunity. It's a strategic must-read for sellers seeking creative options and the real estate agents that support them. Gary Keller New York Times best-selling author of SHIFT: How Top Real Estate Agents Tackle Tough Times "Wendy Patton hit the nail on the head with this one. Wendy covers every aspect from preparing your house for sale to the nitty-gritty paperwork. Wendy is truly a remarkable lady who is more qualified than anyone to teach on this subject. In fact, I would tell you that YOU'RE CRAZY if you don't read this book because it is the most detailed book I have ever seen on the subject...period! Than Merrill Real Estate Investor, Founder of FortuneBuilders.com and Star of A&E's "Flip this House" "Ta daaa... a real "how to" book that covers the creative methods of selling with tremendous detail from "A to Z". It is a survival manual for the Real Estate Professional and the seller." Kathleen Sanchez Associate Broker/Owner Coldwell Banker Shooltz "Wow, talk about timing! This book must be read now by anyone trying to sell their home or any real estate agent that wants to serve their clients more effectively." David Lindahl Real Estate Investment Expert (ReMentor.com) Best Selling Author of Emerging Real Estate Markets and Multi Family Millions and www.rementor.com

Multi-Family Millions offers expert advice for investors who want to make the transition from single-family homes to more profitable multi-family units. Successful real estate investor David Lindahl shows you how to find troubled properties that are ripe for quick profits, how to fix or flip those properties, and how to re-sell at maximum value. With a proven step-by-step system for managing each stage of the process, this book shows you how to get started in moneymaking multi-family units?even while you work your day job.

What if you could consistently bring in $5,000 to $50,000 in real estate cash flow every month? Would you change the way you live your life? Every year, thousands of Americans do just that, using real estate to achieve the wealth and independence they've always dreamed of. In The Real Estate Fast Track, author David Finkel offers step-by-step guidance on building a real estate business that lets you earn more while you work less! You'll master all five of the core skills of the world's wealthiest investors and learn the advanced secrets that have helped Finkel's students and clients buy and sell over $1 billion of real estate, much of it without cash or credit. You'll build your real estate business until you can relax and watch the money flow in. Plus, there's more: Six forms of leverage you can tap into Five fun, easy systems to find deal after deal A simple, three-step system for safely evaluating any real estate deal Twenty-one advanced deal-structuring strategies to close even the toughest deal Fourteen advanced negotiating techniques to make up to an extra $25,000 per deal Ten contract pitfalls that trip up most investors Using true stories from real people to illustrate the basics of successful investing, this practical, step-by-step guide presents the kind of proven, reality-based advice you need to live the life of your dreams—with all the money and free time you want! "Naysayers look out! The Real Estate Fast Track discloses step-by-step strategies that practically guarantee immediate cash flow, no matter what the real estate market does. This stuff works." —Diane Kennedy, bestselling coauthor of The Insider's Guide to Making Money in Real Estate and author of Loopholes of the Rich "This book is just like David: clear, organized, and intelligent with an easygoing style. The valuable information within is actually a blueprint or how-to manual on producing your own passive cash flowing real estate investment business! WOW, what an achievement!" —Bill Tan, President of the San Diego Creative Investors Association and BTi Investments, Inc. David Finkel is one of the nation's leading real estate experts. He is the coauthor of several books, including the Wiley titles Buying Real Estate Without Cash or Credit and How to Retire Fast Investing in Commercial Real Estate, as well as the Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek bestseller Making Big Money Investing in Foreclosures Without Cash or Credit. Over the past decade, Finkel's clients have bought and sold over $1 billion of real estate.

Whether you want to supplement your income, build your retirement, or switch careers, you know you want to make more money to build your dream life. Are you unhappy where you are, but need more income to get you where you want to go? Do you have a strong desire to advance but aren’t sure how to do so? Maybe you’re an existing real estate investor who wants to grow and scale your business to the next level, but you need guidance to do it. That’s where Glenn and Amber Schworm come in. Whether you have a lot of money or none at all, great credit or bad credit, the average person can create wealth with real estate investing. The Schworms can teach you how—and it’s not as complicated as you think! It is, without a doubt, the best and most effective way for average people to build wealth for themselves. People think real estate investment is risky, but it’s not if you have the right education, systems, and tools. This book takes you through every step, and in the end, you’ll have a hard asset that will help you make money. Our process turns real estate investing into a science. If you invest in the stock market, you can lose it all overnight—but with real estate, you have a hard asset. It dramatically reduces the risk factor. Think about the power of that! Glenn and Amber Schworm are passionate about helping everyday people create their best life through real estate investing. They’ve flipped over seven hundred houses with complete success valued at over $65 million and counting, and still actively flip over one hundred houses a year. Through coaching and mentoring, they have taught thousands of people their simple home flipping formula at their Home Flipping Workshop. With this book, they can help you too.

This book is an easy to read narrative on the huge financial benefits of real estate investing regardless of the market's condition. It enthusiastically illuminates the how and why of real estate investing. Readers learn who MUST be on their team of advisors and how to go about finding the best ones. This book is not just dry theory (like other real estate books) but, instead, is filled with vital information for those willing to learn the essential steps to creating real and lasting wealth. Illustrated by the many ways the authors have purchased, managed, and sold their own properties, the real estate market offers a plethora of opportunities for wealth creation in any housing market. This book will help new investors move into this exciting adventure as quickly as possible. Seasoned investors will benefit by bumping up their investing to the next level. After reading Prepare to Profit, the reader will be prepared to take action on all the great and profitable real estate opportunities that present on a daily basis.