Real Estate Investing All-in-One For Dummies

This All-in-One collects the expertise of a team of For Dummies authors, including Eric Tyson, Robert Griswold, Ralph Roberts, Joe Kraynak, Ray Brown, Symon He, James Svetec, Nicholas Wallwork, Peter Conti, Peter Harris, Kyle Roberts, and Laurence C. Harmon.

• Introduction 1Book 1: Getting Started with Real Estate Investing 5Chapter 1: Evaluating Real Estate as an Investment 7Chapter 2: Covering Common Real Estate Investments 25Chapter 3: Building Your Team 45Chapter 4: Financing Your Property Purchases 63Chapter 5: Grasping the Legal Fundamentals of Managing Residential Rentals 83Book 2: Welcome Home: Buying a House 99Chapter 1: Knowing Where and What to Buy 101Chapter 2: Determining a House’s Worth 139Chapter 3: Negotiating Your Best Deal 159Book 3: Investing in a Foreclosure Property 185Chapter 1: Getting Up to Speed on the Foreclosure Process 187Chapter 2: Picking Your Point of Entry in the Foreclosure Process 199Chapter 3: Performing Your Due Diligence 215Chapter 4: Cashing Out on Your Foreclosure Property 237Book 4: Flipping a House 259Chapter 1: Devising an Effective Flipping Strategy 261Chapter 2: Inspecting the Property and Estimating Rehab Costs 273Chapter 3: Calculating Your Profit and Best Offer 291Chapter 4: Prioritizing and Planning Your Renovations 303Chapter 5: Negotiating the Sale to Maximize Your Profit 319Book 5: Using Your House as an Airbnb 331Chapter 1: Hosting on Airbnb: What It Really Means 333Chapter 2: Determining Your Profit Potential 345Chapter 3: Preparing Your Property 363Chapter 4: Setting Your Listing Pricing 387Book 6: It’s All Over: Selling Your House 405Chapter 1: Deciding to Sell 407Chapter 2: Timing Is Everything 423Chapter 3: Price It Right and Buyers Will Come 435Chapter 4: Marketing Your House 453Book 7: Gone Global: Investing in International Real Estate 467Chapter 1: Introducing International Investment Strategies 469Chapter 2: Investing at Home or Abroad: Which Is Right for You? 485Book 8: The Next Level: Investing in Commercial Real Estate 501Chapter 1: A Crash Course in Commercial Real Estate Investing 503Chapter 2: Evaluating Commercial Real Estate 519Chapter 3: Property Management: Who’s Minding Your Ship? 549Index 571