Defensive Real Estate Investing: 10 Principles for Succeeding Whether Your Market is Up or Down

William Bronchick, Gary Licata1427754632, 9781427754639

As the real estate market changes after years of aggressive growth, investors everywhere are faced with uncertainty, wanting to know how to prepare for a potential real estate bust and make sure they don’t lose money.   In his authoritative new work, Defensive Real Estate Investing, bestselling author and real estate expert William Bronchick provides guiding principles to safe investments for beginning to intermediate real estate investors. This book, based on Bronchick’s successful lectures and articles, gives practical, sensible tips for anyone looking to limit risk and make sound investment choices, no matter what their local market conditions. This easy-to-follow, indispensable guide provides reassurance to investors that they can still make safe choices and achieve maximum, long-term wealth in real estate.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 6
Preface……Page 10
Introduction……Page 12
CHAPTER 1: Don’t Try to Get Rich Quick……Page 16
CHAPTER 2: You Can Profit in Any Market, But You Must Know Your Market……Page 24
CHAPTER 3: Learn How to Valuate a Property……Page 44
CHAPTER 4: Determine Your Profit before You Buy……Page 60
CHAPTER 5: Always Invest in “Safe” Deals……Page 76
CHAPTER 6: Manage Your Cash Flow……Page 96
CHAPTER 7: Have Multiple Exit Strategies……Page 108
CHAPTER 8: You’ve Earned It, Now Learn How to Keep It……Page 126
CHAPTER 9: Avoid Common Investment Scams……Page 144
CHAPTER 10: Treat Real Estate Investing as a Business……Page 156
SUMMARY: The Ten Principles of Defensive Investing……Page 180
APPENDIX 1……Page 182
APPENDIX 2……Page 184
APPENDIX 3……Page 208
APPENDIX 4……Page 210
APPENDIX 5……Page 212
APPENDIX 6……Page 214
APPENDIX 7……Page 218
APPENDIX 8……Page 222
APPENDIX 9……Page 226
APPENDIX 10……Page 228
APPENDIX 11……Page 248
Index……Page 260