How to Creatively Finance Your Real Estate Investments and Build Your Personal Fortune: What Smart Investors Need to Know – Explained Simply
For years the traditional way to finance a real estate purchase was with a 5-20 percent down payment. Investing in real estate in this manner was a slow go, but things have changed with the release of this new book. There are now hundreds of different methods for creatively financing your real estate investments. Smart investors know the secrets to using other peoples money to finance their investments and now for the first time you can learn how to buy houses, lots, land, and commercial prop
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Review by Lynn Means for How to Creatively Finance Your Real Estate Investments and Build Your Personal Fortune: What Smart Investors Need to Know – Explained Simply
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Would you like to increase your real estate profits by using some new investment tools? If that’s the case, then this is the book you need to read to learn the ins and outs of creative financing. Sharpen your approach, understand what tools are tailor-made for you and move forward with a new perspective! When you’re ready to expand your financial horizons this book shows how to maximize your profits as either a buyer or seller of investment properties.
Knowing how to negotiate using creative financing is the essence of using this book to its full potential and author Susan Smith Alvis takes you through the process with amazing clarity and a user-friendly approach. The reader will understand everyone’s role in putting together a tight package. Choose the right agent, line up your financing (VA, FHA, assumable, wraparound or seller financing) and set the terms to buy a property that works for you.
Taking a creative approach to financing opens up a world of profitable advantages in the realm of vacation rentals, foreclosures and “damaged by reputation” real estate. Use this book to find the money and learn how to build a portfolio of no-down properties that give you the leverage you need to be a successful owner and savvy seller–on your terms. When you’re ready to start thinking outside the box, give yourself a treat and read this book for a look at what’s going on around the traditional business of real estate.
Review by Jean M. Wensink for How to Creatively Finance Your Real Estate Investments and Build Your Personal Fortune: What Smart Investors Need to Know – Explained Simply
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How to Creatively Finance Your Real Estate Investments and Build Your Personal Fortune offers the reader the knowledge to build financial wealth. Even if you don’t think you can ever become wealthy, Susan Smith Alvis shows you the steps to acquiring wealth by using the real estate market.
She is thorough in covering the pros and cons of a variety of options for investments. Even with relatively little risk and cash at hand, you can become a real estate owner and investor.
This book provides practical knowledge on how to use creative financing, options, buying and selling, closing costs and a host of other topics to obtain a profit. Even if you know little about the housing market, this book will teach you how to get people such as agents and investors in your corner. The scenarios throughout the book make it easier to visualize a real-life application of the suggestions and show how it really is possible to put theory into practice. Overall, if you are looking to increase your wealth by playing smart in the real estate game, then this book is for you. You can be on your way to realizing your dreams with just a small investment- a book.
Review by Dorian Dawson for How to Creatively Finance Your Real Estate Investments and Build Your Personal Fortune: What Smart Investors Need to Know – Explained Simply
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The down-to-earth, conversational tone of How to Creatively Finance is positively refreshing. The book’s attractive layout and neat organization make it a pleasure to read. I found the anecdotes and case studies to be both informative and thoroughly enjoyable. Tables and charts make the financial examples clear. How to Creatively Finance offers a variety of scenarios for real estate investors, including advice on buying in unpopular markets, vacation rentals and foreclosures, and acting as landlord.
After reading the book, I actually found the title of the book to be a bit narrow. The topics of advice on the various aspects of real estate investments are much more varied than the title might indicate. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in discovering how to invest in the real estate market without emptying the bank account.
Review by Gerald Shaw for How to Creatively Finance Your Real Estate Investments and Build Your Personal Fortune: What Smart Investors Need to Know – Explained Simply
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The old ways of investing in real estate are gone, and the times have been changing for the better, the author points out. She shows you all the methods to become financially secure, even if you are flat broke. Whether you are interested in rental properties, making huge profits in selling, or just holding onto a good investment, Alvis demonstrates how to step out of the box to propose creative deals when buying and selling real estate.
Along with the traditional ways of financing, the book reveals how you can use your 401(k), options, the seller’s money or second, assumable, overlapping and wraparound mortgages. You can even use someone else’s money and credit, instead of drawing from your own bank account.
Alvis, who has been a licensed real estate agent, explains how to diversify in real estate from handy-man specials to apartment buildings with long-term tenants, how to branch out using several banks and lenders, and how to find moneymaking foreclosures.
The book holds your hand from the beginning to help you find the right real estate agent, financier and property on your way to becoming a successful property investor.
Review by Harmony Homes Management Corp for How to Creatively Finance Your Real Estate Investments and Build Your Personal Fortune: What Smart Investors Need to Know – Explained Simply
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This book presents a variety of financing options, but is far too general to be very useful to an investor with much experience. Too heavy on the theoretical and too light on the practical application.