Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Book 1: Getting Started with Real Estate Investing 5
Chapter 1: Evaluating Real Estate as an Investment 7
Chapter 2: Covering Common Real Estate Investments 25
Chapter 3: Building Your Team 45
Chapter 4: Financing Your Property Purchases 63
Chapter 5: Grasping the Legal Fundamentals of Managing Residential Rentals 83
Book 2: Welcome Home: Buying a House 99
Chapter 1: Knowing Where and What to Buy 101
Chapter 2: Determining a House’s Worth 139
Chapter 3: Negotiating Your Best Deal 159
Book 3: Investing in a Foreclosure Property 185
Chapter 1: Getting Up to Speed on the Foreclosure Process 187
Chapter 2: Picking Your Point of Entry in the Foreclosure Process 199
Chapter 3: Performing Your Due Diligence 215
Chapter 4: Cashing Out on Your Foreclosure Property 237
Book 4: Flipping a House 259
Chapter 1: Devising an Effective Flipping Strategy 261
Chapter 2: Inspecting the Property and Estimating Rehab Costs 273
Chapter 3: Calculating Your Profit and Best Offer 291
Chapter 4: Prioritizing and Planning Your Renovations 303
Chapter 5: Negotiating the Sale to Maximize Your Profit 319
Book 5: Using Your House as an Airbnb 331
Chapter 1: Hosting on Airbnb: What It Really Means 333
Chapter 2: Determining Your Profit Potential 345
Chapter 3: Preparing Your Property 363
Chapter 4: Setting Your Listing Pricing 387
Book 6: It’s All Over: Selling Your House 405
Chapter 1: Deciding to Sell 407
Chapter 2: Timing Is Everything 423
Chapter 3: Price It Right and Buyers Will Come 435
Chapter 4: Marketing Your House 453
Book 7: Gone Global: Investing in International Real Estate 467
Chapter 1: Introducing International Investment Strategies 469
Chapter 2: Investing at Home or Abroad: Which Is Right for You? 485
Book 8: The Next Level: Investing in Commercial Real Estate 501
Chapter 1: A Crash Course in Commercial Real Estate Investing 503
Chapter 2: Evaluating Commercial Real Estate 519
Chapter 3: Property Management: Who’s Minding Your Ship? 549
Index 571
