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Title: The Complete Guide to Flipping Properties by Steve Berges ISBN: 0-471-46331-0 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 14 November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Financial Analysis!
Comment: I've read a half dozen or more books on flipping/rehabbing and none of the others come close to this one when it comes to financial analysis. Most authors focus on the "how to's" of flipping, which Berges does also, but he outshines all of them when it comes to analyzing real estate.
Berges walks the reader through using several examples in a financial model to help properly analyze an investment property . At the end of the analysis, if the returns are acceptable, you buy the property and if they are not, you pass on it and go on to the next one. No emotional attachments here. Buying and selling is done strictly on an analytical basis.
A lot of authors tend to focus on getting in to a deal for "nothing down" but say very little, if anything, about value. Just because you can buy a house for nothing down doesn't mean it's a good deal or that you should buy it. Out of all the real estate books I've read over the years, Berges is the only one to really emphasize value.
My guess is that Berges will lead the way among future writers by emphasizing value and financial analysis just like Robert Allen led the way with the nothing down techniques in the 80s and 90s.
Two thumbs up!
Rating: 1
Summary: Not nearly as good as his first book
Comment: His book on flipping properties is not nearly as good as his "The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings."
I really liked his first book, and when I saw this one on the bookshelf, I picked it up without hesitation. To my dismay, this book doesn't do its job getting a REI newbie off the starting blocks, and it definitely doesn't give any additional information to the flippers who have been in the business for a while.
My advice is to skim through this one while you are at the bookstore, and then put it back on the shelf.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Guide to Flipping
Comment: I've read most all of the books on flipping and rehabbing. This book is by far the best! The author uses many examples and provides step-by-step instructions that are easy for readers to follow. He also includes an entire chapter on how to actually find these properties which was really helpful to me. I was able to use this information to locate four houses over the last month and currently have one of them under contract.
I highly recommend this book to both beginning investors and to those who are more experienced as the author seems to have a knack for writing to a wide range of audiences. Great book!
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Title: Flipping Properties: Generate Instant Cash Profits in Real Estate by Robert Dahlstrom, William Bronchick ISBN: 0793144914 Publisher: Dearborn Trade Publishing Pub. Date: 25 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Buy It, Fix It, Sell It: Profit! by Kevin C. Myers ISBN: 079312610X Publisher: Dearborn Trade Publishing Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Fix It and Flip It: How to Make Money Rehabbing Real Estate for Profit by Gene Hamilton, Katie Hamilton ISBN: 0071421483 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 22 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings by Steve Berges ISBN: 0471436399 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 16 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Making Big Money Investing in Foreclosures by David Finkel, Peter Conti ISBN: 0793173655 Publisher: Dearborn Trade Publishing Pub. Date: 15 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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