| | |  | Wireless Technologies | Home » » » The Part-Time Real Estate Investor: How to Generate Huge Profits While Keeping Your Day Job | | | | | | | Description: | | Fortune Magazine states, 97 out of 100 self-made millionaires made their fortunes through Real Estate Investing, and the next 10 years will be a Golden Era for the informed Real Estate Investor. If you are saying to yourself That sounds great but I can not quit my job and begin investing full time. I have bills, kids in school, car payments, and a mortgage to support, you are in luck. This new book is for you! You will learn how to become a skilled professional Real Estate Investor who can generate thousands, and yes, even millions of dollars, in your spare time. Unlike starting a retail business where you need to be there every day, you can work a full-time job and invest in real estate on the side, and reap huge profits. The key is time. The real estate investing business is a perfect part-time business because real estate is a business where the assets appreciate and cash flow is generated even when you are absent. This new book will give you the information and advice necessary to buy, finance, and successfully manage a small number of positive cash flow producing properties in your spare time. Investing in real estate is one of the safest and smartest investments you can make. Real estate appreciates at a rate far greater than the rate of inflation, builds equity, provides a steady return on investment, provides cash flow, and can offer substantial tax benefits. With the sound guidance in this book you will be able to retire comfortably and EARLY! A sampling of what s covered in this encyclopedic book includes: how to find below-market deals, investing with little or no down payment, seller financing, foreclosures and REOs, investment property, negotiating, purchase offers, managing rental property, flipping, auctions, tax sales, financing, mortgage terms, agents, cash flow, inspections, contracts, tenants, lease agreements, insurance, taxes and accounting, escrow, essential mathematical calculations, sample forms, development, taxation, and exchange rules. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Dan W Blacharski | | Paperback:
| 288 pages | | Publisher:
| Atlantic Publishing Company (FL) | | Publication Date:
| January 20, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
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24 of 26 found the following review helpful:
 First real-estate investing book with a humble, realistic perspectiveSep 27, 2007
By Jason Seagraves
I've read and reviewed a number of "how to make millions investing in real estate" type of books, and I didn't think I'd ever need to read another one, since they are mostly the same (in varying degrees of quality). However, I was attracted to the Part-Time Real Estate Investor precisely because of the humility of its title -- it seeks to help real people achieve real income from real estate while keeping their feet planted solidly on the ground. Since I know the realities of the current real-estate market precludes the possibility of doing it full time (at least from my starting position), I decided to take a gamble on this book, and I wasn't disappointed.
As with any "how-to" real-estate investment book, the Part-Time Real Estate Investor covers a lot of ground, and thus is skimpy on the details in some areas. Fortunately though, this book focuses on some areas that are ignored by the pie-in-the-sky type of investment books. For example, it spends ample time on subjects like "Buying Your First Home," buying a home with bad credit, "Land Contract and Lease Purchases," etc. The bad credit chapter was particularly informative, I thought, as it examines whether or not you should buy a home with below-average credit, given the higher interest rates you'll incur. Most books are simply rah-rah for homebuying (and selling), but this one is more sensitive to individual's situations.
There is no ONE book that will tell you everything you need to know about being a real-estate investor, but this one is a good place to start, particularly for people with realistic and modest goals. Others, like those from the Rich Dad series or by author William Bronchick, are also helpful, especially from a psychological perspective. But this book contains some of the best pure information of any I've read. I would advise others in my shoes to grab this book as well as two others I recently reviewed, Inspect Before You Buy (by Charlie Rose) and Your Real Estate Closing Explained Simply (by Michelle Blain), which go into those two areas in greater depth than this book is able to. No ONE book will teach you all you need to know, but these three books as a set come pretty close!
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Great foundation book - read this one firstMar 13, 2007
By Ryan W. Worthy
This book explains everything you'd need to know to start investing in residential properties. It includes explanations and suggestions from the very basics of starting your own business including how to update your wardrobe and set up a home office as well as delving in depth into the real estate procedures, policies, and terms required to succeed. Unlike many books I've read on real estate investing, this one is easy to read since it is written in a conversational, personal tone (almost like having your own mentor). I especially liked that for most of the concepts explained, he provided examples with actual dollar amounts to help illustrate the ideas. From a technical perspective, this book provides a solid overview of how to buy with little or no money down, how to buy a foreclosed house, how HUD works, the advantages and disadvantages of the "fixer-upper", and the risks and potential gains of abandoned/vacant properties. It also is a good introduction to how real estate taxes work and tips for maximizing your profit. The "Tips and Techniques" section provides good insight and the index makes this not book one you'll want to hang onto. If you were only going to buy one book about real estate investing, this would be the one.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
All Fact and No Fluff Makes For a Great Business Building ToolMar 12, 2007
By Miranda L. Miller
Having read a good deal of real estate investment guides, I had prepared myself for another run-of-the-mill, same old investment book. I was pleasantly surprised, not only by the sheer volume of useful information presented in this book, but also by the incredible organization of Blacharski's innovative take on a popular subject.
Who doesn't want to make money in real estate? The Part-Time Real Estate Investor effectively takes the guesswork out of getting started, making this lucrative investment strategy accessible to even the most novice of real estate investors. Broken into three major sections with twenty-eight comprehensive chapters, this book flows easily from real estate education and goal setting, into the nitty gritty of starting a business and evaluating deals, right into what to do with your earnings once you "make it" in real estate investing. Blacharski has left no stone unturned as he explains in easy to understand terms every important facet of real estate investment.
The techniques and principals outlined in the book are more than fanciful theory, as each is explained in a way that can be applied in real life investing. I found the exhaustive glossary at the back of the guide educational and a great bonus on top of the step-by-step investment strategy throughout the rest of the book. One walks away from this book feeling confident that they have been given the guidance and instruction necessary to make it in real estate investment.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
A Long and Winding RoadJan 09, 2008
By Eugene W. Maloney
"SkipM624"
You gotta love a guy who opens a book about part-time real estate investing with the information that he hasn't "had a real job in 15 years." Dan W. Blacharski then proceeds to explain in exhaustive detail how you, in 15 years (perhaps less), can write the same sentence.
Among the many things you'll learn from reading The Part-Time Real Estate Investor: How to Generate Huge Profits While Keeping Your Day Job is the fact that while the shortest distance between the two points (idea and success) isn't really all that long, the actual path can be long and winding and you should, first and foremost, prepare yourself for a less than instantaneous journey.
"There may well come a point when you will be working only a few hours a day and taking in millions," he writes, "but that point is not today. It will take a lot of hard work to get there."
You will also learn that in many ways, bankers and real estate agents are not going to be your best friends in this investment endeavor of yours. In fact, Blacharski will explain, they will often be at odds with your goals. Real estate agents earn commissions from the sale of a home and are likely, therefore, to view alternative methods of purchasing real estate with considerable skepticism. Banks are in business to make money. They are not in the business of making you money, so like the real estate agents, they will tend to view any creative financing ideas with the same sort of skepticism. Alternative methods of purchasing real estate and creative financing ideas are the backbone of the method(s) that Blacharski details in the book.
He walks you through it all, clearly and concisely, detailing all of the alternatives and creative financing arrangements that are available and desirable to the potential, part-time real estate investor. What seems clear is that many of the people who've trod this path (i.e., those who've made initial investments and parlayed the profits into millions) did so by using some combination of the techniques outlined in this book.
What is not so clear is whether you, dear reader, will be able to do the same thing, especially if the plan actually entails maintaining a full-time `day job' while you explore the possibilities inherent in real estate investment. To his credit, Blacharski makes no claim, offers no guarantee and doesn't climb on a media soapbox claiming that you're going to be a success through the simple application of the principles he outlines. He tells you upfront that it's going to be hard work and in many cases, will involve failure. He recommends that you absorb such failure and soldier on, using each instance of failure as a lesson learned, not to be repeated.
If there's a concern about how this information is laid out for you, it's that it has a tendency to come at you like a comfortable shower, which is all well and good, as long as you don't have to pay strict attention to and retain a specific memory for each drop of water that lands on you. It's just a lot to absorb in a single setting, or two even, or even the amount of time it would normally take you to read a book. Without a photogenic memory, you're going to have to go back and re-visit the concepts and specific details of each situation in order to effectively utilize the strategies and tactics that Blacharski has outlined in this book. Some of it, of course, will come with experience, but even initial experiences with this investment route will need to be supported by a strong knowledge base that can't realistically be learned simply by reading the book.
This is not necessarily a bad thing. The devil, as we all know, is in the details, which, no matter how clearly Blacharski outlines them (and he does do that), will still be your responsibility to execute. Bearing this in mind and being aware that this book is a blueprint, not the finished `building' of wealth that you, as a potential part-time real estate investor, are seeking, the 290 pages of clearly articulated and well-written information are well worth your time.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Good bookAug 17, 2009
By Mariusz Skonieczny
"Author"
While many authors may try to persuade you that you can make millions of dollars working a few hours a week and enjoy the rest of your time, the author of this book does not make this promise and I appreciate that. While this book is for people who want to start in real estate and keep their job, at some point you might want to make it a full-time career, but you need to realize that it will take a lot of hard work to get there. He says when the time comes to quit your job, you are more likely to work longer hours for yourself than you did for someone else. So don't think that initially you will be able to set your own hours like you always wished.
Whether you invest full-time or part-time, the author says that real estate is a business and you need to treat it as one. So get nice-looking business cards, a website, business attire, and a clean and well-maintained car. I don't think that you will be disappointed reading this book.
- Mariusz Skonieczny, author of Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market? Learn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market
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