An Insider's Guide to Real Estate Hot Spots »

Everyone who buys real estate - whether as an investment or as a family home - wants to see the value of their property grow and grow. Achieving fast and strong capital gains should never be left to chance ... and needn't be if you purchase a property in a real estate hot spot. An Insider's Guide to Real Estate Hot Spots allows you to view the market through the eyes of an expert investor, and to recognise the factors that signal an area is about to go through a period of rapid growth. The key to making money from real estate is to identify these hot spots early - before the rest of the market.

Foreword     7
Introduction     11
Acknowledgements     17
What Defines a Real Estate Hot Spot?     19
Hot Spot, or Not?     37
What Drives Hot Spots to Emerge?     59
How to Identify Hot Spots and Cold Spots     91
Hot Spot Goal Setting     111
Three Steps to Investing in Hot Spots     139
Fear and Greed     153
The Real Estate Cycle and Hot Spots     161
A Country Perspective on Hot Spots and Real Estate Crashes     175
Tables of SuburbWatch Movements for Cyclical Hot Spots     185
About the Author     189