Investing in Real Estate, 5th Edition

Investing in Real Estate, 5th Edition
by Andrew James McLean, Gary W. Eldred

Investing in Real Estate, 5th Edition
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Author: Andrew James McLean, Gary W. Eldred
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2005-11-18
ISBN: 0471741205
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Wiley

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Book Review: RE investing A - Z
Summary: 5 Stars

If you are just beginning in RE investing you must get this book. It goes over all of the different types of RE investing. This book is a must have for Real Estate investors.

Summary of Investing in Real Estate, 5th Edition

THE BESTSELLING GUIDE TO REAL ESTATE INVESTING

Now in its fifth edition, Investing in Real Estate is the straightforward guide that helps you start growing your fortune by investing in houses and small apartment buildings. Successful real estate investor Gary Eldred shows you how you can outperform the stock market by investing in residential real estate—the surest and safest way to build assets.

This updated edition covers all the new trends and tactics in real estate investing, including how to shop for properties outside your home market and how to use option arms to achieve positive cash flow. As always, you'll find all the information you need to start investing now, as well as up-to-date tips on negotiating deals, spotting market trends, and using the Internet as a research tool to find and buy properties. Let the authors show you how to:

  • Buy with a low or no-money down payment
  • Build wealth without paying income taxes
  • Find the neighborhoods and properties that will appreciate fastest
  • Add value to your properties with smart improvements
  • Choose the best financing for your investments
  • Protect your net worth with LLCs and other legal strategies

Whether you need money for your child's college tuition, a prosperous retirement, or a higher quality of life, Investing in Real Estate, Fifth Edition is the best guide available to help you start building real wealth right now.


A new and improved Fifth Edition of the classic real estate investor's bible Now back and better than ever, the new Fifth Edition of Investing in Real Estate remains the investor's go-to source for unbeatable advice on winning in the real estate game. Easy to read, full of examples, and packed with tools and tips for every investor, the book covers such topics as financing, valuation techniques, maximizing cash flow, fixing and flipping properties, buying foreclosures, and lease options. All the tried-and-true advice readers expect is here. Plus, new information for the new century covers fresh topics like finding properties outside the investor's home market; how to find the next hot real estate market; using the new financing technique called option arms and using the limited liability company as a form of company ownership.

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