All About Real Estate Investing: The Easy Way to Get Started (All About Series) - Softcover

Benke, William; Fowler, Joseph M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071374310 ISBN 13: 9780071374316

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2001

Synopsis

Investors battered by today’s tumultuous stock market—and attracted by continued low interest rates—are making real estate one of today’s hottest investment markets. All About Real Estate Investing, Second Edition, provides objective, time-tested techniques and worksheets for evaluating a property, negotiating and closing a transaction, and more.

A simple yet comprehensive overview for anyone who owns—or is considering owning—real estate, this common sense guidebook explains how to buy and manage any property, from fixer-upper two flats to multi-unit complexes. New information includes:

* How to make inflation—whether moderate or raging—work for the investor
* The changing broker/client relationship, including the role of the buyer broker
* Extensive updates based on new tax laws and regulations

About this title

About the Author

William Benke retired from Boeing as a strategic business analysis executive, following related experience with other national and international companies. His books include All About Land Investment, Land Investor's Profit Guide and Negotiating Manual, and the first edition of All About Real Estate Investing.

Joseph M. Fowler retired from Boeing as Director of Financial Analysis, Asia Pacific Area. In this capacity, Fowler consulted with international airlines in financial planning and equipment forecasting. He was coauthor of the first edition of All About Real Estate Investing.

From the Back Cover

Everything You Need to Know About Real Estate Investing­­What to Look for, How to Negotiate, When to Buy

All About Real Estate Investing will make you a smarter, more accomplished real estate investor. This concise yet comprehensive guidebook­­complete with sample forms, charts, and worksheets­­provides objective techniques for evaluating a particular investment property, tips on negotiating the best price, financing methods to substantially increase your leverage, and more.

Updated to reflect today's tax laws and investing environment, All About Real Estate Investing shows you how to calculate quickly the potential profitability of a property, compare it to rates of return paid by stocks, bonds, and other alternatives, then make the best investment choice. Whether you choose to become a passive real estate investment trust (REIT) investor or an active landlord, this is the essential book for judging the suitability of a real estate investment­­and establishing a profitable, long-term real estate investment portfolio.

Whether you are an experienced real estate investor or a beginner, All About Real Estate Investing reveals:

• Financing strategies
• Negotiating tactics
• How to find the best agent
• Analyses of popular approaches, from individual properties to syndicates to REITs
• Why­­and why not­­to buy a "fixer-upper"
• How to find the best tenants
• How to make inflation work for you
• New tax laws and regulations
• and much more

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0071374310
• ISBN 13: 9780071374316
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256