Making Hard Cash in a Soft Real Estate Market Find the Next High-Growth Emerging Markets, Buy New Construction--at Big Discounts, Uncover Hidden Properties, Raise Private Funds When Bank Lending is Tight

by Patton, Wendy; Ryan, Justin

• ISBN13: 9780470152898
• ISBN10: 0470152893
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-17
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

How should your real estate investing strategy change when the housing market has cooled off? This book explains that there is still great money to be made in real estate, but you have to use tactics that work in the current market, not yesterday's boom market. The authors explain: how to find 'emerging markets'-- the next hot growth areas (like North Carolina , Alabama and The Gulf Coast, Texas, New Mexico , and Idaho ) -- regardless of the challenging state of the national real estate market. how a soft market can help you buy new construction from a distressed builder at a big discount. how to find money, when bank lending is tight. how to find hidden properties with enormous profits And much more.

Author Biography

Wendy Patton is a sought-after real estate speaker, investor, and broker who owns brokerages and offices in multiple states. She has extensive experience in land development, property management, multifamily homes, pre-construction, rehabs, foreclosures, and lease options. She is also the author of Investing in Real Estate with Lease Options and "Subject-To" Deals, from Wiley.

Justin Ryan is a real estate investor and speaker who used the power of real estate to become financially free before the age of thirty. He has extensive experience in creative landlording, rehabbing for retail, short sales, and new construction.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Why You Can Still Make Good Money in a Soft Real Estate Market

How Real Estate Investing Must Change When the Market Shifts from Hot to Cool - Why Therea??s Still Good Money to be Made in a Cool Market

The Secret is Out & How the Wealthy Make Their Money

The Psychology of Successfully Investing in a Down Market When Others are Running Scared

The One Thing That Stops an Investor Before He Even Starts

The Science of Risk Management for the Real Estate Investor

The BEST Investment Strategies for a Soft Market

Find the Next High Growth "Emerging Markets

Time the Market -- When Will it Be Safe to Start Investing Again in NV, FL, AZ, and Other "Burst Bubbles

The Power of Lease Options in a Soft Market

A New Opportunity in the Soft Market - Land Contracts & Seller Financing

Getting the Deed from Sellers in Trouble -- AKA "Subject To

Invest in Foreclosures and Other Hidden Bargains

Buy Unsold, Discounted Inventory from Builders in Distressed Markets

The Way to "Buy & Hold" in a Down Market

Our Favorite Investment Strategy: Investing in New Construction, in the Emerging Market, in a Hands-Off Fashion

Creative Financing in a Soft Market When Bank Lending is Tight

Determining How Much Investing You Can Afford To Do

Successfully Financing Your Real Estate Investments

The Importance of Using Other Peoplesa??Resources

The Nuts and Bolts of Numerical Analysis

New Construction Investing: An Ideal Soft-Market Strategy

The Development Process -- How it All Comes Together

The Power of Group Buying

Exit Strategies -- When & How to Sell

Base Your Investing on a Foundation of Reality

Appendix A

References & Contacts

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