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Summary: Misleading Title, Cover, and Table of Contents....
Review: As with most of the other reviews, this book was disappointing. Instead of the title saying "Selling (and renting)" it should say just "Renting." He discourages selling consistently, so if you are looking for a book on buying, fixing, and selling, this is NOT it. He also seems to completely ignore the power of the internet in the process of marketing and selling houses, doing research on properties, etc. Additionally, he uses terms frequently that are never defined, especially for discussions on financing. Overall, a real disappointment... Too bad I did not read the reviews before buying the book. I would have made a different choice.
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Summary: Misleading Title, Cover, and Table of Contents....
Review: As with most of the other reviews, this book was disappointing. Instead of the title saying "Selling (and renting)" it should say just "Renting." He discourages selling consistently, so if you are looking for a book on buying, fixing, and selling, this is NOT it. He also seems to completely ignore the power of the internet in the process of marketing and selling houses, doing research on properties, etc. Additionally, he uses terms frequently that are never defined, especially for discussions on financing. Overall, a real disappointment... Too bad I did not read the reviews before buying the book. I would have made a different choice.
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Summary: I really...
Review: dont see the other reviewers beef with this book. Nowhere on the cover does the book mention anything about flipping. I also wonder if they bothered to read it. It clearly does not advocate becoming a "slum lord". It recommends against investing in these types of properties. It does recommend investing in older neighborhoods, in fact on pg. 97 it breaks down the 5 general types of areas or neighborhoods in most towns or cities and tells you exactly where to invest.
As far as flipping, if you follow Jay's advice instead of renting you could then sell. The book is all about how to find these types of properties and how to purchase them for the right price( As most real estate investors know, the profit is made in the purchase.) Starting on pg. 56 he offers 4 ways to find such properties. On pg. 73 he tells you step by step what to do when you find such a property. On pg. 86 how to find the right real estate agent to help you. It covers negotiating, fix-up strageties, where the profit centers to each deal are, financing and refinancing,finding partners, other avenues for investment monies and landlording skills towards the END of the book. I really thought this a practical book full of good advice for the beginner.
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Summary: I really...
Review: dont see the other reviewers beef with this book. Nowhere on the cover does the book mention anything about flipping. I also wonder if they bothered to read it. It clearly does not advocate becoming a "slum lord". It recommends against investing in these types of properties. It does recommend investing in older neighborhoods, in fact on pg. 97 it breaks down the 5 general types of areas or neighborhoods in most towns or cities and tells you exactly where to invest.
As far as flipping, if you follow Jay's advice instead of renting you could then sell. The book is all about how to find these types of properties and how to purchase them for the right price( As most real estate investors know, the profit is made in the purchase.) Starting on pg. 56 he offers 4 ways to find such properties. On pg. 73 he tells you step by step what to do when you find such a property. On pg. 86 how to find the right real estate agent to help you. It covers negotiating, fix-up strageties, where the profit centers to each deal are, financing and refinancing,finding partners, other avenues for investment monies and landlording skills towards the END of the book. I really thought this a practical book full of good advice for the beginner.
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Summary: Good Book...Deceptive Title
Review: I agree with some of the other reviews in that this book does not say much about rehabs for resale. Also, it says very little about the actual rehab process. From looking at the cover on would think there was greater emphasis selling the property, but this is not the case. Jay DeCima actually discourages you from selling. However, most real estate books are not very good, and I thought this one was better than most. It seemed to take a more realistic approach to things, it uses numbers and check lists (rather than generalities). This book is not great, but is is a good book if someone is interested in rental property. The best real estate book I have read is, "Investing in Real Estate, 4th Ed., Andrew McLean & Gary W. Eldered, PhD."
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Summary: Carbon copy of every other book out there
Review: These books all seem to be the same -- give a few basic ideas, then repeat them for 200 or 300 pages. By the time I got to the end of this, I was half expecting him to finish with a pitch for one of his seminars. I am interested in the renting aspects, and there were a few helpful nuggets in here, but I suspect it could have all been boiled down to a much shorter book.
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Summary: Perhaps "RENT" should be highlighted............
Review: This book contains alot of good information, however the title is deceiving. The main topic of the book is "how to obtain and then rent multiple unit structures for monthly cash flow". Jay barely touches on rehabbing for quick sale as the title might suggest. Also, many of "Fixer Jay's" points are repaeted throughout the book, almost for the sake of quantity of content......A decent book for the individual thinking of owning rentals, but for rehab flipping, FORGET IT!
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Summary: Misleading Title, Cover, and Table of Contents....
Review: This book doesn't go into "adding value" as the title suggests. He also goes little into selling property. Here is the whole book:
Buy a crappy looking house with apartments and slummy tenants. Slowly get rid of the slummy tenants. Do cheapo paint jobs, put blinds on the windows, clean up the trash and water the grass. Now raise rents for tenants. The profit is from rents. Not selling. If you want to become a slum lord this is a great book.
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Summary: Focused on becoming a landlord-NOT SELLING
Review: This book doesn't go into "adding value" as the title suggests. He also goes little into selling property. Here is the whole book:
Buy a crappy looking house with apartments and slummy tenants. Slowly get rid of the slummy tenants. Do cheapo paint jobs, put blinds on the windows, clean up the trash and water the grass. Now raise rents for tenants. The profit is from rents. Not selling. If you want to become a slum lord this is a great book.
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Summary: Not too much help
Review: This book offers very little advice in the way of flipping real estate. If you are looking to buy houses and use them for rental property than this is the book for you. If you are looking to buy-fix-sell then this book overlooks that type of audience.
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