Real Estate Finance

In the depths of the Great Recession, a cancer nurse, a car dealership worker, and an insurance fraud specialist helped uncover the largest consumer crime in American history - a scandal that implicated dozens of major executives on Wall Street. They called it foreclosure fraud: Millions of families were kicked out of their homes based on false evidence by mortgage companies that had no legal right to foreclose.

Real estate is a powerful way to build wealth and achieve financial freedom, but the investment options can be overwhelming. Should you flip houses or buy rental properties? Should you buy locally or invest out-of-state? In the wide world of real estate, it can be difficult to identify which strategy best supports your individual vision. There is no one-size-fits-all portfolio, and ongoing uncertainty can result in analysis paralysis, investing burnout, or losing sight of your values altogether.

When I first started investing, I did the worst thing you could do: I followed the crowd. Of course, after six months of grinding, my reward for doing the easy thing was a low credit score and an empty savings account. It wasn’t until I broke away that it all clicked.

Some of the wealthiest people on the planet have made their money through investing in real estate. It is one of the few ways that you can almost guarantee that you will make a return on investment. For those who would like to earn a passive income while having the least to do, it can be the perfect choice.

Real estate can take people by the horns and toss them around. Doors Open When You Knock is about wrestling control back so that you can leave chaos and uncertainty behind, creating a business and a life that brings joy and fulfillment.This book explores what is possible for you—if you are willing to look. It is about being clear. Taking intentional action over time. Developing patience and gratitude. Being responsible. Because if you want boundless opportunity and freedom, it doesn’t happen by accident, it happens on purpose: Doors Open When You Knock.

There was no single, dramatic event that set the current financial crisis off. A whole series of very questionable decisions by many people, in many places, over a period of years, built up the pressures that led to a sudden collapse of the housing market and of financial institutions that began to fall like dominoes as a result of investing in securities based on housing prices. This book is designed to unravel the tangled threads of that story.

The best-selling book Real Estate: The Sustainable Investment offers advice and stories to make the learning curve a bit less steep and measurably safer - with proven strategies for reaching long-term investment goals by including small income property in your asset allocation. Sustainable investing for sustainable living and a more secure financial future.

Raising Real Money covers everything from: How to structure your real estate equity fundraises the correct way for each transaction type and real estate asset type, so you don't have to overpay attorneys to research for you, fund incentive structures such as catch-up fees, promotes, waterfalls, and management fees, so you can explain to your investors how beans are divided and how and when they get paid, how to start up your emerging real estate fund: Expenses and how and when the fund manager recaptures those expenses, and more.

Unlocking Millions – The Ultimate Guide to Using and Investing with the HELOC is a must-listen book for anyone interested in using their home equity to invest in real estate. This book offers practical and easy-to-follow strategies on how to determine your HELOC potential and when to use it for your real estate deals.

Authors Doyle, Dreher, and Saunders share wisdom gleaned from a combined 45 years in the industry, including concepts that lead to an exponential improvement in business outcomes. Along the way, you'll get stories of the authors' own experiences, innovative ways to overcome obstacles, an assessment of the latest technology, and new ideas and simple twists to make what you're already doing more effective.

Struggling to figure out how to make money in real estate without losing your sanity and savings? This is the ultimate guide designed just for beginners, simplifying every step toward financial freedom with rental properties!

Real estate investing can be a very lucrative, passive, and rewarding strategy to help you achieve your financial goals. Whether you are a beginner thinking about buying your first rental property, or a novice wanting to build on existing success in real estate investing, this audiobook will help break down the process into a simple methodology. Learn step-by-step how to find, evaluate, finance, and rent out a condo within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Go from a beginner to an expert by leveraging the success (and mistakes) of over 13 years’ experience.

Most of us give little thought to the hidden systems that bring us water and take it away when we’re done. But these underappreciated marvels of engineering face an array of challenges that cannot be solved without a fundamental change to our relationship with water.

As the real estate industry faces unprecedented changes driven by economic shifts, technological advancements, and societal trends, Building Wealth in Real Estate: Adapting Strategies for Post-2024 Opportunities is a vital guide for investors to navigate this evolving landscape. Whether you're just starting out or are a seasoned real estate professional, this book delivers insightful strategies that will empower you to thrive in a constantly adapting market.

In Rental Property Strategies, you’ll find valuable knowledge and helpful advice based on years of experience in real estate. By equipping yourself with the right knowledge and surrounding yourself with the right people, you can protect yourself from losses and set yourself up for financial independence, sooner rather than later. Build up your rental property portfolio in a sustainable and profitable way.

This audiobook takes you on a step-by-step exploration of various investment avenues, providing valuable insights, practical strategies, and proven techniques that will help you make informed decisions and reap the rewards of successful investing. From the fundamentals of the stock market to the intricacies of index funds, options trading, cryptocurrency, and real estate, this audiobook covers a wide range of investment opportunities, ensuring that you have a well-rounded understanding of the diverse ways to grow your wealth.

A rollicking journey through the wild world of real estate, Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House is the story of "a very imperfect life lived among very imperfect houses" and one woman's obsession with the search for four walls (along with, preferably, a roof not in need of replacing) to call home. In the six houses and many states where Meghan Daum spent her suburban childhood, for the Daum family, "if there was anything that came close to a regular weekend activity it was attending open houses."

Many real estate agents hit their stride only to realize that they became a slave to the business they worked so hard to build, but it doesn't have to be this way. You can run an extremely profitable real estate business that is still highly enjoyable—you just need to understand the structure, system, and sequence of building a rock-solid team.

Since buying their first foreclosed property in 2008, Matthew Tortoriello and Kevin Shippee have built a multimillion-dollar real estate company based in Springfield, Massachusetts. Along the way, they’ve also made every mistake in this book. Now they’re sharing this experience with you—the missteps as well as the victories—so you can avoid their mistakes and make money from foreclosures. But what fun would it be just to read about their lives?

In Top 10 Expired Objections, William J. May will share a strategy for going after the so-called low-hanging fruit of the real estate market: expired listings. A veteran real estate agent in the Los Angeles housing market, William has built his business, with much success, on going after the listings that other agents ignore.