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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| The Way Things Were Many Moons Ago | |
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| The Old Way of Doing Business | |
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| The Down Payment of Years Gone By | |
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| Dealing with Banks and Mortgage Companies | |
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| Interest Rates | |
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| Taking the Creative Road to a Better Approach | |
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| Finding the Perfect Property Using the Perfect Agent | |
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| Why Using a Real Estate Agent Works for Investors | |
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| Finding the Agent You Need for Your Goals | |
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| What to Expect from Your Real Estate Agent | |
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| How to Find the Best Property for Your Goals | |
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| What You Need to Know to Make Smart Investments | |
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| Do Not Touch That Bank Account | |
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| The Other Guy's Dough | |
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| Preparing Yourself for Smart Investing | |
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| Banks and Loan Officers | |
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| Finding the Best Property at the Best Price Without Using Your Cash | |
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| The Paper Trail You Need to Prepare | |
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| Living on Borrowed Dimes | |
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| Loans and Fees | |
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| Hard Truths | |
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| The Change Up and Breaking a Million | |
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| Negotiating with Sellers to Get the Financing You Need | |
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| Seller on the Fly and Investor on the Run | |
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| Selling Your Ideas to the Seller | |
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| Writing Winning Offers | |
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| Let's Talk Money | |
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| Looking at Your Options | |
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| Using the Investor's Money and Credit | |
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| Trump the Contrarian | |
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| Buck the System | |
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| Will That Be Cash or Credit? | |
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| Approaching Creditworthy Investors | |
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| Finding the Best Investors | |
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| Things to Know About Using Investors | |
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| The Investor-Investor Contract | |
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| Options Are Gold | |
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| Understanding Options | |
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| The Best Way to Use Options | |
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| Approaching the Right Seller with an Option | |
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| Things to Know about Options | |
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| The Best Option Contract | |
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| So You Want to Be a Landlord | |
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| Finding the Best Rental Properties | |
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| What You Should Know Before You Become a Landlord | |
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| Turning a Tenant into a Buyer | |
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| Things to Know About the Renting Business | |
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| Contracts You Need Before You Become a Landlord | |
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| Finding Deals in Vacation Rentals, Foreclosures, and Subject-to Deals | |
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| Smart Buying with Foreclosures | |
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| Finding the Foreclosure | |
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| Working with Foreclosures | |
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| How to Make Foreclosures Work for You | |
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| Things to Watch for in Foreclosures | |
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| Just a Word about Subject-to Deals | |
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| Smart Buying When No One Is Buying | |
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| Smart Buying Vacation Rentals | |
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| The Financing You Need | |
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| FHA and VA Loans | |
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| Assumable Mortgages | |
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| Wraparound Financing | |
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| Finding the Best Way to Finance the Property You Want to Buy | |
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| Where to Find the Money | |
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| Calling Off a Deal Going Bad | |
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| The Undesirable Properties | |
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| Dealing with Over-Financed Properties | |
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| Too Many Liens Can Be Advantageous to the Buyer | |
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| Working with Undesirables | |
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| Damaged-by-Reputation | |
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| How to Find the Money You Need | |
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| Where to Find the Money | |
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| Getting Money Out of Your 401(k) | |
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| Using Your Self-Directed IRA | |
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| A Note About Short-Term Loans | |
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| Bringing It All Together | |
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| How to Promote Sales | |
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| Selling When Everyone Is Selling | |
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| What Really Affects the Time to Sell | |
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| Where the Market is Today | |
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| Ask Questions | |
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| How to Finance Your Real Estate (to Buyers Who Want to Buy) | |
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| Finding the Best Approach | |
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| The Best Buyer a Seller Can Have | |
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| On the Contrary, I Am Speculating Successfully | |
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| The Contrarian Collects Real Estate, Not Dust | |
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| Speculating Successfully Using Purchase-Money Mortgages | |
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| Assumable Mortgages | |
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| Second Mortgages and Investing | |
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| Using Options to Speculate in Real Estate | |
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| Private Investors and the Contrarian | |
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| The Property Collector's Portfolio | |
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| Other Thoughts on Your Real Property Collection | |
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| Overpriced and Climbing | |
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| Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Glossary of Terms | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Before Closing As the Buyer | |
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| Home Inspection Checklist for Rental Properties and Handy-Man Specials | |
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| Sample Amortization Tables | |
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| References | |
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| Author Dedication and Biography | |
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| Index | |