The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks
Acquire Your Real Estate Fortune Today
1st Edition
Published on 28. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-471-75705-4 (ISBN)
Description
A real estate guide unlike any other, The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks is the true story of a seemingly impossible investing challenge and the two investors who pulled it off--all to prove that you can do it too.
Successful real estate investors Dolf de Roos and Gene Burns wanted to show skeptical investors that there are always great deals to be found. So they set out to buy fifty-two homes in just one year. Not only did they succeed, they did it in less than ten months and earned a lot of money in the process! Tracing this ten-month real estate adventure in depth and detail, The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks explains the authors' strategies and techniques for acquiring almost any property in any market. Inside, you'll find step-by-step guidance on:
Finding the perfect market to invest in
Designing your strategy and getting started
Making your first deal
Finding the help you need to succeed
Changing strategies midstream
Networking to find new leads and opportunities
And much more
Combining unbeatable investing guidance with firsthand accounts of real deals, The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks arms investors with a diverse mix of strategies and tactics that will turn every real estate deal into a moneymaker.
Successful real estate investors Dolf de Roos and Gene Burns wanted to show skeptical investors that there are always great deals to be found. So they set out to buy fifty-two homes in just one year. Not only did they succeed, they did it in less than ten months and earned a lot of money in the process! Tracing this ten-month real estate adventure in depth and detail, The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks explains the authors' strategies and techniques for acquiring almost any property in any market. Inside, you'll find step-by-step guidance on:
Finding the perfect market to invest in
Designing your strategy and getting started
Making your first deal
Finding the help you need to succeed
Changing strategies midstream
Networking to find new leads and opportunities
And much more
Combining unbeatable investing guidance with firsthand accounts of real deals, The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks arms investors with a diverse mix of strategies and tactics that will turn every real estate deal into a moneymaker.
Reviews / Votes
To prove there are good real estate investments out there in any market, the authors challenged themselves to buy one home every week for an entire year. They used a variety of acquisition and financing techniques and present a mix of strategies all good investors should be ready to use. (Realtor Magazine, July 2006)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Exhibits: 5 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
312 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-75705-4 (9780471757054)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Dolf de Roos | Gene Burns
The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks
Acquire Your Real Estate Fortune Today
E-Book
02/2006
82nd Edition
Wiley
€14.99
Available for download
Persons
DOLF DE ROOS, PHD, is the Chairman of Property Ventures Limited, a successful real estate investor, and a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. His public seminars are popular across the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Europe. His other books include Real Estate Riches, The Insider's Guide to Real Estate Investing Loopholes, and The Insider's Guide to Making Money in Real Estate, all from Wiley.
GENE BURNS is a full-time real estate investor who specializes in buying distressed homes in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has pioneered several techniques for helping distressed sellers.
GENE BURNS is a full-time real estate investor who specializes in buying distressed homes in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has pioneered several techniques for helping distressed sellers.
Content
Introduction. Chapter 1. The Real Estate Challenge.
Chapter 2. What We Did in Vegas, and What You Can Do Anywhere.
Chapter 3. Determining Your Strategy and Gertting Started.
Chapter 4. Our First Deals.
Chapter 5. Learning to Ask for Help.
Chapter 6. Shift in Strategies.
Chapter 7. Networking.
Chapter 8. Being Flexible.
Chapter 9. Why Las Vegas will Continue to Grow.
Chapter 10. You Can Do it Too.
Appendix A: Authorization to Release Information.
Appendix B: Grant, Bargain, and Sale Deed.
Appendix C: Limited Power of Attorney.
Appendix D: Binding Legal Agreement.
52 Homes-Some Photos.
Further Tips, Tools, and Information.
About the Authors.
Other Books by Dolf de Roos.
Index.
Chapter 2. What We Did in Vegas, and What You Can Do Anywhere.
Chapter 3. Determining Your Strategy and Gertting Started.
Chapter 4. Our First Deals.
Chapter 5. Learning to Ask for Help.
Chapter 6. Shift in Strategies.
Chapter 7. Networking.
Chapter 8. Being Flexible.
Chapter 9. Why Las Vegas will Continue to Grow.
Chapter 10. You Can Do it Too.
Appendix A: Authorization to Release Information.
Appendix B: Grant, Bargain, and Sale Deed.
Appendix C: Limited Power of Attorney.
Appendix D: Binding Legal Agreement.
52 Homes-Some Photos.
Further Tips, Tools, and Information.
About the Authors.
Other Books by Dolf de Roos.
Index.