Authors: Dolf de Roos
ISBN-13: 9780471711803, ISBN-10: 0471711802
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: October 2004
Edition: 2nd Edition
DOLF DE ROOS, PHD, is a successful international real estate investor and a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. He frequently conducts seminars across the nation and throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Europe. He is also Chairman of the public real estate investment company Property Ventures Limited.
i>Real Estate Riches will:
Show you why real estate is tens and hundreds of times better than other investments
Train you to find the "Deal of the Decade" every week
Teach you how to massively increase the value of a property without spending much money
Explain how the tax man can subsidize your real estate
Foreword | vii | |
Praise for Real Estate Riches | ix | |
Acknowledgments | xiii | |
Preface: I Don't Have a Job. Shame! | xv | |
Part 1 | Why Is Property So Good? | 1 |
Chapter 1 | Four Magic Questions | 3 |
Chapter 2 | Conspiracy Theory | 19 |
Chapter 3 | A Taxing Issue | 27 |
Chapter 4 | Beating the Averages Easily | 33 |
Chapter 5 | Yes, But... | 63 |
Chapter 6 | Summary: Why Invest in Real Estate? | 69 |
Part 2 | Okay! Show Me How to Do It! | 71 |
Chapter 7 | The 100:10:3:1 Rule | 73 |
Chapter 8 | Finding Properties | 81 |
Chapter 9 | Analyzing Deals | 101 |
Chapter 10 | Negotiations and Submitting Offers | 109 |
Chapter 11 | Getting High on Opium (aka OPM) | 119 |
Chapter 12 | Massively Increase the Value of Your Properties (Without Spending Much Money) | 129 |
Chapter 13 | Managing Your Properties | 137 |
Part 3 | Liftoff! | 149 |
Chapter 14 | Residential versus Commercial Property | 151 |
Chapter 15 | Government Interference | 169 |
Chapter 16 | The Eight Golden Rules of Property | 173 |
Chapter 17 | The World Is Your Oyster | 181 |
Appendix | Other Books by Dolf de Roos | 187 |
About the Author | 189 | |
Index | 191 |