Real Estate Riches How to Become Rich Using Your Banker's Money

by de Roos, Dolf

• ISBN13: 9780471711803
• ISBN10: 0471711802
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-20
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

An all-time bestseller, Dolf de Rooss classic Real Estate Riches shows you how to find great deals and make great profits in the real estate market. Youll learn why real estate is such a reliable moneymaker and how to achieve the biggest return possible on your investment. Full of time-honored wisdom, proven tactics, and quick-and-easy tips, this book shows you how to find the best properties with the most potential, analyze deals, negotiate and submit offers, effectively manage properties, and dramatically increase the value of your real estate without spending much money. If you want to be your own boss and quit the nine-to-five life, Real Estate Riches shows you how.

Author Biography

DOLF DE ROOS, PHD, is a successful international real estate investor and a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. He frequently conducts seminars across the nation and throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Europe. He is also Chairman of the public real estate investment company Property Ventures Limited.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Alex Rodriguez	vii
Praise for Real Estate Riches	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Preface: I Don't Have a Job. Sham!	xv
PART ONE Why Is Property So Good?	1	(70)
CHAPTER 1 Four Magic Questions	3	(16)
CHAPTER 2 Conspiracy Theory	19	(8)
CHAPTER 3 A Taxing Issue	27	(6)
CHAPTER 4 Beating the Averages Easily	33	(30)
CHAPTER 5 Yes, But...	63	(6)
CHAPTER 6 Summary: Why Invest in Real Estate?	69	(2)
PART TWO Okay! Show Me How to Do It!	71	(78)
CHAPTER 7 The 100:10:3:1 Rule	73	(8)
CHAPTER 8 Finding Properties	81	(20)
CHAPTER 9 Analyzing Deals	101	(8)
CHAPTER 10 Negotiations and Submitting Offers	109	(10)
CHAPTER 11 Getting High on Opium (aka OPM)	119	(10)
CHAPTER 12 Massively Increase the Value of Your Properties (Without Spending Much Money)	129	(8)
CHAPTER 13 Managing Your Properties	137	(12)
PART THREE Liftoff!	149	(38)
CHAPTER 14 Residential versus Commercial Property	151	(18)
CHAPTER 15 Government Interference	169	(4)
CHAPTER 16 The Eight Golden Rules of Property	173	(8)
CHAPTER 17 The World Is Your Oyster	181	(6)
Appendix: Other Books by Dolf de Roos	187	(2)
About the Author	189	(2)
Index	191