Investing in Income Properties : The Big Six Formula for Achieving Wealth in Real Estate.

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I THE BASICS -- CHAPTER 1 Why Commercial Real Estate? -- Real Value, Real Ownership, Real Estate -- The Control Factor -- Financing Options -- The Leverage Edge -- Tax Benefits -- Access to Information -- Easy Troubleshooting -- Overcoming Fear -- The Bottom Line -- CHAPTER 2 Real Estate 101 -- What Is Real Estate? -- Types of Income Properties -- What Real Estate Can Do for You -- The Search Begins -- Purchase and Sale Contracts -- Closing -- Education -- Real Estate Lingo -- The Bottom Line -- CHAPTER 3 Assembling the Team -- The Broker -- The Attorney -- The Certified Public Accountant -- The Bottom Line -- CHAPTER 4 Getting the Money -- Obtaining a Home Equity Loan -- IRA Accounts -- Cash Value of Life Insurance -- Customized Creativity -- The Use of Options -- OPM -- Present Sacrifice for Future Benefits -- The Bottom Line -- PART II THE BIG SIX FORMULA -- CHAPTER 5 Location: Planting Investment Roots -- Evaluating Locations -- Industrial Properties -- Short-Term Gains and Declines -- Long-Term Gains and Declines -- The Bottom Line -- CHAPTER 6 Building Quality and Design Efficiency: Ensuring the Long-Term Viability of your Portfolio -- Class A Buildings -- Class B Buildings -- Class C Buildings -- Class B Apartment Buildings -- Class B Retail Strip Store Centers -- Class B Office Buildings -- Industrial Properties -- The Bottom Line -- CHAPTER 7 Tenant Profile: The Right Fit -- Factor No. 1: Rental Rate and Terms -- Factor No. 2: Gross or Net Lease -- Factor No. 3: Size of Units -- Factor No. 4: Impact of a National Tenant -- Factor No. 5: Right of First Refusal -- Factor No. 6: Potential Condo Buyers -- Factor No. 7: Parking Considerations -- Factor No. 8: Undesirable Mix of Tenants -- The Bottom Line.

CHAPTER 8 Upside: Maximizing the Return on your Holdings -- Tenants Can Set the Price of a Building -- Upside Strategies -- Let the Building Talk to You -- The Bottom Line -- CHAPTER 9 Financing: Choosing the Fiscal Formula That Matches Your Goals -- Before You Begin: Your Credit Report -- Financing Components and Dynamics -- Appraisal -- The Advantages of Dealing with Local Banks -- Ideal Financing -- Getting Your Loan Approved -- Insurance Companies -- Private Lenders -- The Romance of Leverage -- Infinite Return -- All-Cash Buyers -- Burn the Mortgage Quickly -- Mortgage Brokers -- Healthy versus Unhealthy Debt -- The Bottom Line -- CHAPTER 10 Price: Looking Beyond the Price Tag to See the Big Picture -- The Price-Is-Too-High Syndrome -- Things to Know -- The Bottom Line -- CHAPTER 11 Anatomy of a Big Six Deal -- Adam's Manor -- The Sellers -- Listing the Property -- The Buyer -- Setting the Stage -- The Buyers' Strategy -- Sealing the Deal -- Brokers Meet the Sellers -- Now What? -- The Bottom Line -- PART III MOVING FORWARD -- CHAPTER 12 Management and Leasing to Enhance Your Investment -- Managing Apartment Buildings -- Managing Small Retail Centers -- Managing Small Bay Warehouses -- Managing Office Buildings -- The Bottom Line -- CHAPTER 13 Condo Conversions: Big Money in Converting Rental Apartment Buildings -- My Start in Condo Conversions -- Criteria for Condominium Conversions -- Critiquing the Units -- Announcing the Conversion -- Announcing the Improvement Program -- Handling the Unsold Units -- Legal Requirements -- Bradford Terrace: A Mini Case Study -- The Bottom Line -- CHAPTER 14 One Good Real Estate Investment Is Worth a Lifetime of Labor -- Love at First Sight by Tony DeRosa -- If I Never Made Another Deal by Cliff Suchman -- You Can Never Know Too Much by Anthony Dilweg and Andy Roberts -- I Made It in Buying by Kenneth D. Rosen.

The Bottom Line -- Glossary -- About the Author -- Index -- EULA.

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