Showing titles in Real Estate

When you turn on the tap or twist the cap, you might not give a second thought to where your drinking water comes from. But how it gets from the ground to your glass is far more complex than you might think. Is it safe to drink tap water? Should you feel guilty buying bottled water? Is your water vulnerable to terrorist attacks? With springs running dry and reservoirs emptying, where is your water going to come from in the future? In Drinking Water, Duke professor James Salzman shows how drinking water highlights the most pressing issues of our time.

By saving and investing just seven percent of your paycheck for a down payment, you can already own real estate and start reaping the benefits. Financial Freedom with Real Estate is a straightforward guide to help you understand how wealth creation works through real estate. It provides useful tools and strategies for real estate investing, even without millions of dollars.

Are you tired of trading hours for dollars? Do you dream of building a business that gives you true time and financial freedom? In this groundbreaking book, land investing expert Mark J. Podolsky reveals the step-by-step system he used to go from working 50+ hours a week to just 2 hours a month - while dramatically increasing his income. Drawing on his years of experience mentoring thousands of land investors, Podolsky lays out a proven blueprint for transforming your land business into a passive income machine that runs on autopilot.

Learn the best way to invest in rental properties in this well-researched audiobook by real estate investor Mark Ferguson. This book gives you the exact details on how to finance, find, analyze, manage, and even sell rental properties. Where other books lack the details on how to actually make money in real estate, this book is all about the details. It is presented by someone who has been investing in real estate for over 15 years and is still investing today.

Financial freedom with property investment isn’t about owning 100 doors. You want a fun life, not a frantic one! You just need a few quality houses, a couple hours a week, and a comfy armchair. When you’re working a nine-to-five and investing in property for passive income, risky, and overwhelming options can lead to big financial losses and bigger regrets. Real estate should fund your life, not run your life! With the right strategies, buying and selling real estate can be a low-risk, high-reward side business that can make you a millionaire - without costing you time or sanity.

Why gamble on a startup when you can step into a business with immediate cash flow, an established customer base, and a track record of success? The Business Acquisition Blue Print: A Guide for Entrepreneurs unveils the smarter way to entrepreneurship: acquiring an existing company. Startups face a 50% failure rate within five years, but buying a business offers stability, quicker profits, and less risk. This book is your key to unlocking that potential.

How Real Estate Developers Think considers developers from three different perspectives. Brown profiles the careers of individual developers to illustrate the character of the entrepreneur; considers the roles played by innovation, design, marketing, and sales in the production of real estate; and examines the risks and rewards that motivate developers as people.

Thinking about becoming a landlord? Property Management Kit for Dummies gives you proven strategies for establishing and maintaining rental properties, whether a single family or multi-resident unit. You'll find out how to prepare and promote your properties, select tenants, handle repairs, avoid costly mistakes and legal missteps - and meet your long-term goals.

Flipping houses isn’t just a one-off strategy for cash—it’s a scalable investing framework with the potential for compounding success. With over 3,500 flips since 2005, James Dainard is one of the foremost experts on extracting value through flipping houses. In The Flipping Framework, this full-time real estate investor provides a comprehensive guide to efficiently flipping properties and maximizing profits.

Carleton Sheets is recognized as the best-selling author of the No Down Payment® home study course as well as other successful real estate books, video, and audio programs. He has sold more than 3,000,000 copies of his programs in the United States alone. After working in the private sector for nearly 10 years, Carleton became a full-time investor in 1970. In addition to a successful real estate career, he also enjoyed teaching local real estate classes for the National Association of Realtors® (NAR).

Getting bored with residential real estate? Do the exact same thing in the commercial space for ten times the profit—with no extra time, money, risk, or corporate red tape. Most commercial real estate books leave you with plenty of information but no idea where to start. That’s why Commercial Real Estate Investing provides one simple, proven, step-by-step roadmap for doing your first commercial deal. Stop competing against rookies who watched an HGTV episode and decided they were house flippers. Everything you need to find and fund your first deal is right here.

Raising capital is the single most sought-after and lucrative skill in the entire real estate sector. It's the one skill that, if truly mastered, can ensure you’ll always have a place in the world of investment real estate. Unfortunately, the pervasive myth that’s perpetuated throughout the real estate sector is that if you have a great deal, the money will just show up. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Airbnb, Vrbo, and other listing services have become massively popular in recent years - why not tap into the gold mine? Whether you’re new to real estate investing or you want to add a new strategy to your growing portfolio, vacation rentals can be an extremely lucrative way to add an extra income stream - but only if you acquire and manage your properties correctly.

With a rapidly aging population, we must start planning how we will house and care for the senior population in the future. In 2019, the not-for-profit Senior Living organization, National Senior Campuses, reported only 21,000 Senior Living units across the United States.

Do you have a passion for real estate and the skills to manage properties? 'How to Start a Property Management Business' is your essential handbook for launching and growing a successful property management firm. Whether you're looking to manage a few properties on the side or build a large-scale operation, this guide provides detailed insights and expert advice. From understanding legal requirements and managing tenant relations to marketing your services and expanding your client base, every aspect of property management is covered to ensure your business thrives.

In Real Estate Prospecting: Create a Million-Dollar Life Through Relationships, Online Leads, Technology, and Social Media, founder, consultant, and real estate team leader Tristan Ahumada delivers a comprehensive discussion of the resources and strategies available to rookie and experienced agents who wish to succeed at the highest levels of the industry.

Land investing is one of the most overlooked but lucrative opportunities in real estate investing, offering financial freedom, flexibility, and high-profit potential. Unlike traditional real estate investments that require considerable capital to start and ongoing maintenance, land investing allows you to buy low, sell high, and scale quickly with minimal overhead. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned investor, this book will show you how to invest in yourself and create a business that fits your lifestyle.

In Shark Tales, Barbara shares her hilarious stories about growing up, getting into trouble, failing miserably, and then starting over again. In each chapter, she comes back to one of her mom's unconventional lessons, and how it applies in the real world of business. Whatever your calling, the homespun lessons that work for Barbara will help you use what you've got to create success in your life.

Real estate remains the only reliable investment in which profits can be made consistently. Whether employment figures and stock prices are high or low, the real-estate market never dries up; it is one of the most dynamic income-producing vehicles ever created. There will always be plenty of foreclosures, which are great opportunities to purchase properties cheaply.

If you feel you're "late to the party" when it comes to creating wealth through real estate investing, Think again! Now is the perfect time to realize your potential and accomplish measurable goals in just weeks, even if you're starting with limited capital. Financial Freedom has never been this accessible!