Foreclosures. COM Guide to Real Estate Investing Secrets You Won't Learn Anywhere Else »

Alexis McGee is cofounder of one of the most popular and the longest-running foreclosure Web sites in the country, ForeclosureS.com. She is one of the nation's leading foreclosure investing experts and has appeared or been quoted in many renowned media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal and Forbes.

From the cofounder of ForeclosureS.com, this handy guide shows you the inside secrets of successful foreclosure investing that professional investors dont want you to know. It covers three main strategies: buying the deed and taking the title through foreclosure; buying through foreclosure auctions; and buying from REO lender auctions. Together, these three strategies offer big-time profit-making opportunities for first-time and seasoned investors alike. If you want to take the next step to investing success, this is the guide for you.

Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     xi
Get Ready to Advance: The Next Step in Foreclosure Investing
Why Bother with Advanced Foreclosure Investing?     3
Essentials That Seal the Deal     17
Deeds of Trust
A Primer on Buying Deeds of Trust     39
Finding the Deal That Adds Up     57
Trustee and Courthouse Auctions
The Reality behind the Hype     79
The Dollars and Sense of Finding and Figuring the Deals     95
REOs and Short Sales
Another Option, Another Opportunity     115
The Deal: Find It, Figure It, and Win     127
Short Sales     143
REO Auctions
The Phenomenon Is on a Roll     161
Time to Deal     179
Selling in a Soft Market
Winning in Today's Market     193
Epilogue     203
Sample Documents     205
State Foreclosure Laws in Brief     235
Glossary     247
Index     263
About Foreclosures.com     269
About our Education Programs     270
Free Tele-Conference!     271