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Summary: To good reviews, Thank You for stopping me!
Review: After looking at the good and bad reviews,I see this book is a set up. Thank you for telling me the truth, those who told the reality of this book and where the 5 star reviews came from. I am to get a call from these guys this morning. I may just let it ring.
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Summary: More than a how-to book
Review: This book is extremely informative and easy to follow. In addition to the excellent advice and true life experiences, Peter and David offer extensive assistance through the web sites mentioned throughout the book. You can get a very good education and have many hard to find tools at your disposal by following the leads. They also seem to actually care if you are successful in your endeavors by sending info, free info, by email. Worth much more than I paid for the book.
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Summary: Lots of Great Ideas, Easy to Read Book, Highly Recomended!!
Review: My friend recommended this GREAT book to me because it was nominated one of the Top 10 Real Estate Books of the Year by a real estate lawyer who writes a news paper column reveiwing real estate books.I read the book and really LOVED it. I'm relatively new to investing, but I have been studying up on it by reading a lot of books on the topic and this book really stands out as one of the better ones. It has tons of great content & information on how to invest in real estate, as opposed to some other books out there that I thought were full of fluff. It was very motivational too. I liked the easy to read, non-technical, plain language. It was easy to understand. I liked this book a lot, so I bought the authors' next book, on investing in foreclosures too, called "Making Big Money Investing In Foreclosures Without Cash or Credit." So far that one is very good too! I would definately recommend these books to any person interested in investing in real estate.
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Summary: Inviting headaches
Review: I read this book earlier this year and went out to try out the techniques. It was much more pain than I had ever imagined, and as an ex consultant I was prepared for the worst! The book is definitely nicely dressed, but now I have no faith in its value. I wasted 6 months of my time and the opportunity cost of such foolish ventures is too high for me.
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Summary: Best Real Estate Investment Book I Ever Read
Review: I have read between 20 and 30 real estate books in the past year and this is by far the best I have ever read. This one book contains the plan and techniques that make up my current investing strategy. The book not only offers information on investing as other books do, it also arms the reader with specific word patterns that ensure a quick and profitable deal. It includes strategies that I have never heard of in any of the other books I have read. This book is a MUST READ and truly a one of a kind book. It's in a league of its own.
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Summary: Don't waste your time or money. This is an insult.
Review: Yet another book written by authors with slim or no real world experience. Sure, they are master salesmen who say all the right words and assemble all the standard ideas we've all seen a hundred times before into one neat package, but they are ACTING the part of real estate investors. Sure, they've done a deal or two, but the money they've made in the real estate investment business pales in comparison to the money their books imply they've made. And don't get me started on the money they're making selling books, tapes, boot camps and mentoring services. Image is everything and believe you me, they know it. Real investors reading their books may be impressed at how well they are organized and how they include all the right forms and scripts and all that other jazz. I'll give them that much. Yes, they understand how to assemble pretty books that are highly readable. But, there are NO new ideas, certainly NO ORIGINAL IDEAS, and much of the information is recognizable as being lifted from other authors' books where those original ideas were first mentioned. The authors are excellent students of the teaching game. When they set out to write a new book, I'm betting they order every other book on the subject, take notes, make lists and outlines, and eventually assemble a book that "defines" the subject. If that's what you consider a good value, then this is a book for you. But don't you think they should be required to add something new to the mix? Heck no, just throw in a very general success story or two from students who did something similar to what they teach and voila, bestseller. Finkel and Conti have mastered the art of packaging. Do that well, include all the buzz words, pretty charts and forms, and then add a couple testimonials from past students and you will sell millions...to wannabee investors who just don't know better. Real real estate investors don't care about image or tons and tons of generalized, shop worn ideas that get dragged out every decade or so by the lastest and greatest guru on the real estate seminar circuit. Real investors want to make money in the real estate business and will gladly pay for new, cutting-edge ideas they can use to make money in their investment businesses. This book simply FAILS TO DELIVER ANYTHING NEW that will assist them in doing just that.
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Summary: Ignore the brokers and other leeches...
Review: Real estate brokers are like stock brokers; they lack creativity and hate anybody who comes up with a unique way to way money in their field that excludes them.I was at first taken back by the authors on their first book and what I initially perceived as plagerism using Robert Allens popular titles. Then I realized that nobody has a patent on book titles and the content in both of these books is excellent.I highly recommend these books to all serious real estate investors.
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Summary: Shark Infested Waters
Review: Know who you're dealing with here. There are all kinds of people in the real estate business, and then there are sharks. ... In terms of the book itself, some of the tactics here are simply unethical. Much of the book relies on owner-financed deals. In order to get the owners to accept below market interest rates, the authors suggest labeling the payments "thank you payments" instead of interest. "Just by labeling the payment this way you de-emphasize the need to get an interest rate" (p. 103). Lessons in how to deceive and swindle, sweet dreams. They also suggest you push for a same day decision on any property. By all means, don't let the owners sleep on it, they might come to their senses! These are nasty people, every book has some good ideas somewhere, but this one was too nauseating to wade through looking for them.
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Summary: Read it. Do it. Make Money. No excuses.
Review: Great book. Better people. On the Must read list of RE books. It was refreshing to learn that you could buy property with a high level of intergrity and help the sellers feel good about the transaction. I have signed up three properties in three weeks of practicing the techniques. The average locked in profit has been $ 43,000. There are real estate " guru's " that spend a lot of time selling books and seminars that are long on theory and short on great techniques. However, I found David and Peter's techniques and business practices to be very sound and ethical. Anyone can do this, be successful and feel great about the experience. If you read a bad reveiw on this book...check to see if it is written by a licensed real estate agent ? Bottom line. Agents don't make money on Lease options. Naturally they are going to see lease options in a different light. ...
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Summary: Making Big Money Investing In Real Estate:
Review: Peter and David are Real Estate professionals helping out the others. This was a good follow-up book. I highly recommend their other book: How To Create Multiple Streams Of Income.
Both books are clear and concise. Several examples help clear each step towards the Lease Option. Win-Win all the way.
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