How to Get Started in Real Estate Investment index
Index
Symbols
16 Harvard Avenue 54
2000 U.S. News & World Report America’s Best Colle 37
A
accountant 10, 35
acquisition 29
Advanced RAM 41
Advertising 10
Agents 57
Aggressive Tax Avoidance for Real Estate Investors 34, 44
American Real Estate and Urban Economics Associati 44
American Society of Real Estate Counselors 44
annual retainer 48
apartment buildings 54
apartment-building sales 50
Appraisal Institute 36
appraisals 13
Arizona State 38
Army 51, 53
asking price 55
Asset protection 16
B
bad credit 16
bankruptcy 21, 25
bargain purchase 29
bargain-purchase 23
Bay Area Investors Education Services 36
Beck, John 45
Better housing and schools 7
brokerage 51
Bruss, Bob 37
budget 15
building inspectors 13
Building Owners and Managers Association Internati 20
Burns School of Real Estate 36
buyer’s remorse 56
C
Calculator Power! Profits in discounted notes 34
California real estate 25
Call option 21
cap rate 29
capitalization rate 29, 57
captial-intensive business 10
Cassettes 44
CCIM 34, 36
central air-conditioners 42
Certified Apartment Maintenance Technician 41
Certified Apartment Manager 41
Certified Apartment Property Supervisor 41
Certified Leasing Professional 41
Chamber of Commerce speech 26
Charitable remainder trust 11
Chicago Creative Investors Association 11
Chock Full O’ Nuts Coffee 7
Code of ethics 13
Coldwell Banker 38, 51
College costs 5
collusion 13
Columbia 4, 38
Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute 36
Commercial Real Estate Magazine 44
commissioned sales 50
Comprehensive financial plan 16
Computer 34
Condos 23
Consumer laws 18
continuing-education 33
Cornell 38
Counselors of Real Estate 36
Creative Investors Association 36
Creative Real Estate On Line 46
Credit 28
creditors 16, 22
Crocker Bank 51
D
dangerous hobbies 8
Danko, William 7
Delaware Valley Apartment Owners Association 37
Deutscher, Irv 47
disability 19
Distressed Real Estate Times 43
divorce 21
down payment 27
Duplexes 18
E
Easements 21
economies of scale 19
Education cost 5
Education for your kids 4
EEOC 19
elder-care planning 21
employees 11, 19
estate planning 21
Ethics 52
Executive-education 39
Exit strategy 11
Extension course 39
F
fee simple 20
FHA 15
finance 35
financial calculator 33
financial leverage 8
financial writers 7
Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban economics 39
Fitzgerald, Ella 4
Flat roofs 25
Flipping 27
Foreclosure 33
foreclosure 52
foreclosure auction 27
Foreclosure Super-Bargains 45
G
Garvey, Jane 11
genealogy 35
General partnership 23
get-rich-quick guys 28
Graduate real-estate programs 38
Grainger 34
Group ownership 22
gurus 15, 23, 28, 29, 39, 44, 48
H
Haas School of Business 39
Harvard Business School 8, 10, 50
Hewlett-Packard 12-C 33
Hillman, Clarence 37
hobbies 6
Hotel School 38
How I Turned $1,000 into $1,000,000 in Real Estate 9
How I Turned $1,000 into $5,000,000 in Real Estate 15, 47
How to Buy Real Estate for at Least 20% Below Mark 22, 25, 29, 43
How to Do a Delayed Exchange 43
How to Increase the Value of Real Estate 29, 43
How to Make A Fortune Today Starting From Scratch 15
How to Manage Residential Property for Maximum Cas 41, 43, 49
How to Use Leverage to Maximize Your Real Estate I 34, 35, 43
I
impressive round number 9
Income-tax law 34
Incorporating 24
Indiana’s School of Business 38
infomercial 7, 45
inheritance 22
Institute of Real Estate Management 20, 36, 41
institutional real estate 37
International Association of Structural Movers 35
International Council of Shopping Centers 20
Internet 46
investment strategy 52
IRS liens 21
Irwin, Robert 46
J
joint tenancy 23
Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management 44
junk bonds 13
K
Kennedy, John 6
Kiyosaki, Robert 40
L
landlord business 10
Landlording 11, 12, 24, 41, 43, 45
landlords 11
Lease 21
Lease options 31
lenders 16
Levine, Mark 36, 46
license 33
Lien 21
lien 33
Life estate 21
Limited partnerships 23
List of profit strategies 29
litigation 23
Loan-to-value ratio 7
loan-to-value ratio 13
Lusk Center for Real Estate’s Executive Education 39
lying 13
M
M.I.T. 38
MacInTax 34
Maintenance Warehouse 34
major 38
Making the Most of Your Money 17
Management expertise 20
Management intensity 19
management-intensive properties 11
Manufactured Housing Institute 20
Manufacturer training 42
Marcus, Stanley 7
Mass marketers 15
MBA degrees 38
McCorkle, William 15
Mentor 40
mentor 48, 49
Mentors 47
million dollars equity 9
Millionaires 11
millionaires 7
Miniwarehouses 19, 20
Mobilehome 20
mortgage applications 13
mortgage broker 11
multi-family properties 19
N
National Apartment Association 20, 41
National Apartment Leasing Professional 41
National Association of Home Builders 20, 41
National Association of Investigative Specialists 35
National Association of Office and Industrial Park 20
National Association of Office and Industrial Prop 20
National Association of Realtors® 4, 33, 36
National Association of REITs 24, 35
National Association of the Remodeling Industry 35
National Foundation for Credit Counseling 16
National Real Estate Investor 44
National Real Estate Investors Association 36
need-blind admission policies 5
need-blind college 5
New England Real Estate Journal 44
Nickerson, William 9, 12, 15, 25, 47, 57, 58
nonconforming use 19
Nonresidential 18, 19
nonresidential 37
Nothing down 31
nothing-down deal 15
O
Office Building Acquisition Handbook 43, 56
office buildings 11
Office of Real Estate Research 39
OJT program 51
operating expenses 56
OSHA 19
overbuilding 9
P
Paid ‘mentors’ 48
Painless Guide to Profitable Property Management 40
Paper 14
Partner 55
Perot, Ross 8
Phillips Exeter Academy 5
poor-credit market 16
Pritchett Realty 52
private schooling 5
Professional Edition of J.K.Lasser’s Your Income T 35
Professional Real Estate Problem Solving Using the 34
property management 13
property manager 10
Psyche up 45
public schools 4
Put option 21
Q
Quicken 34
Quinn, Jane 17
R
raw land 18
Reader’s Digest Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual 41
real estate agent—acquisition 10
real estate agent—disposition 10
Real Estate Economics 44
Real Estate Educators Association 37
Real Estate Investing Letter 51, 53
Real Estate Investment Strategy 43
Real Estate Investor’s Monthly 23, 29, 33, 43
Real Estate Investor’s Monthy 43
Real Estate Issues 44
Real-estate B.S. artist detection checklist 46
Real-estate law 33
real-estate-brokerage 50
Realtors Land Institute 36
region 25
Reinke Realty 52
REITs 24
Remainder interest 21
renovation 10, 54
repos 25
resident manager 10, 19
Residential 18
Residential Property Acquisition Handbook 43, 56
Retirement 5
Rich Dad, Poor Dad 40
Richards, Jon 34
Right of redemption 21
Robert Kiyosaki 45
Robinson, Leigh 11, 12, 15, 24, 41, 43, 45
Ruff, Howard 16
Rule of 78s 33
S
S corporations 24
Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center 39
San Francisco 4, 9
San Francisco Bay Area 51
Schaub, John 11
scholarship 5
securities 16
Self Storage Association 20
Self-employment 9, 10
Serendipity 53
Sheets, Carleton 40, 46
shills 13
Shopping list 4
Showing off 6
Single-Family Lease Options 14, 43
Society of Industrial and Office Realtors 36
Society of Industrial and Office Realtors® 20
sole proprietor 38
Speed Queen 42
Stanley, Thomas 7
Starr, Ron 45
strategy 29
Suitability 13
T
tax benefits 10
Tax liens 25
Tax Reform Act of 1986 9, 27, 55
Technical building systems 41
tenancy by the entirities 23
tenants in common 22
Texas A&M University 39
Texas Real Estate Research Center 39
The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 44
The Journal of Real Estate Research 44
The Millionaire Next Door, the Surprising Secrets 7
Thompson, Paul 10, 12, 15, 27
time value of money 33
timeshare condos 20
Tirone, John 34
title searcher 10
trade associations 35, 36, 47
Training 28
Trammel Crow 38
Trump, Donald 37
Truth in Lending Law 33
U
University of Southern California 39
Urban Land Institute 20
usury law 15
V
VA 27
VA mortgage 15
vacant property 56
Vaughn, J. 46
W
Weil-McLain boilers 42
Wharton School 37
World Association of Detectives 35
World Wide Web 39
Worthington chiller 42
Y
Youngstown, OH 4
Z
Zaro, Victor 47
Zero employees 11
zoning 13, 18
Symbols
16 Harvard Avenue 54
2000 U.S. News & World Report America’s Best Colle 37
A
accountant 10, 35
acquisition 29
Advanced RAM 41
Advertising 10
Agents 57
Aggressive Tax Avoidance for Real Estate Investors 34, 44
American Real Estate and Urban Economics Associati 44
American Society of Real Estate Counselors 44
annual retainer 48
apartment buildings 54
apartment-building sales 50
Appraisal Institute 36
appraisals 13
Arizona State 38
Army 51, 53
asking price 55
Asset protection 16
B
bad credit 16
bankruptcy 21, 25
bargain purchase 29
bargain-purchase 23
Bay Area Investors Education Services 36
Beck, John 45
Better housing and schools 7
brokerage 51
Bruss, Bob 37
budget 15
building inspectors 13
Building Owners and Managers Association Internati 20
Burns School of Real Estate 36
buyer’s remorse 56
C
Calculator Power! Profits in discounted notes 34
California real estate 25
Call option 21
cap rate 29
capitalization rate 29, 57
captial-intensive business 10
Cassettes 44
CCIM 34, 36
central air-conditioners 42
Certified Apartment Maintenance Technician 41
Certified Apartment Manager 41
Certified Apartment Property Supervisor 41
Certified Leasing Professional 41
Chamber of Commerce speech 26
Charitable remainder trust 11
Chicago Creative Investors Association 11
Chock Full O’ Nuts Coffee 7
Code of ethics 13
Coldwell Banker 38, 51
College costs 5
collusion 13
Columbia 4, 38
Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute 36
Commercial Real Estate Magazine 44
commissioned sales 50
Comprehensive financial plan 16
Computer 34
Condos 23
Consumer laws 18
continuing-education 33
Cornell 38
Counselors of Real Estate 36
Creative Investors Association 36
Creative Real Estate On Line 46
Credit 28
creditors 16, 22
Crocker Bank 51
D
dangerous hobbies 8
Danko, William 7
Delaware Valley Apartment Owners Association 37
Deutscher, Irv 47
disability 19
Distressed Real Estate Times 43
divorce 21
down payment 27
Duplexes 18
E
Easements 21
economies of scale 19
Education cost 5
Education for your kids 4
EEOC 19
elder-care planning 21
employees 11, 19
estate planning 21
Ethics 52
Executive-education 39
Exit strategy 11
Extension course 39
F
fee simple 20
FHA 15
finance 35
financial calculator 33
financial leverage 8
financial writers 7
Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban economics 39
Fitzgerald, Ella 4
Flat roofs 25
Flipping 27
Foreclosure 33
foreclosure 52
foreclosure auction 27
Foreclosure Super-Bargains 45
G
Garvey, Jane 11
genealogy 35
General partnership 23
get-rich-quick guys 28
Graduate real-estate programs 38
Grainger 34
Group ownership 22
gurus 15, 23, 28, 29, 39, 44, 48
H
Haas School of Business 39
Harvard Business School 8, 10, 50
Hewlett-Packard 12-C 33
Hillman, Clarence 37
hobbies 6
Hotel School 38
How I Turned $1,000 into $1,000,000 in Real Estate 9
How I Turned $1,000 into $5,000,000 in Real Estate 15, 47
How to Buy Real Estate for at Least 20% Below Mark 22, 25, 29, 43
How to Do a Delayed Exchange 43
How to Increase the Value of Real Estate 29, 43
How to Make A Fortune Today Starting From Scratch 15
How to Manage Residential Property for Maximum Cas 41, 43, 49
How to Use Leverage to Maximize Your Real Estate I 34, 35, 43
I
impressive round number 9
Income-tax law 34
Incorporating 24
Indiana’s School of Business 38
infomercial 7, 45
inheritance 22
Institute of Real Estate Management 20, 36, 41
institutional real estate 37
International Association of Structural Movers 35
International Council of Shopping Centers 20
Internet 46
investment strategy 52
IRS liens 21
Irwin, Robert 46
J
joint tenancy 23
Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management 44
junk bonds 13
K
Kennedy, John 6
Kiyosaki, Robert 40
L
landlord business 10
Landlording 11, 12, 24, 41, 43, 45
landlords 11
Lease 21
Lease options 31
lenders 16
Levine, Mark 36, 46
license 33
Lien 21
lien 33
Life estate 21
Limited partnerships 23
List of profit strategies 29
litigation 23
Loan-to-value ratio 7
loan-to-value ratio 13
Lusk Center for Real Estate’s Executive Education 39
lying 13
M
M.I.T. 38
MacInTax 34
Maintenance Warehouse 34
major 38
Making the Most of Your Money 17
Management expertise 20
Management intensity 19
management-intensive properties 11
Manufactured Housing Institute 20
Manufacturer training 42
Marcus, Stanley 7
Mass marketers 15
MBA degrees 38
McCorkle, William 15
Mentor 40
mentor 48, 49
Mentors 47
million dollars equity 9
Millionaires 11
millionaires 7
Miniwarehouses 19, 20
Mobilehome 20
mortgage applications 13
mortgage broker 11
multi-family properties 19
N
National Apartment Association 20, 41
National Apartment Leasing Professional 41
National Association of Home Builders 20, 41
National Association of Investigative Specialists 35
National Association of Office and Industrial Park 20
National Association of Office and Industrial Prop 20
National Association of Realtors® 4, 33, 36
National Association of REITs 24, 35
National Association of the Remodeling Industry 35
National Foundation for Credit Counseling 16
National Real Estate Investor 44
National Real Estate Investors Association 36
need-blind admission policies 5
need-blind college 5
New England Real Estate Journal 44
Nickerson, William 9, 12, 15, 25, 47, 57, 58
nonconforming use 19
Nonresidential 18, 19
nonresidential 37
Nothing down 31
nothing-down deal 15
O
Office Building Acquisition Handbook 43, 56
office buildings 11
Office of Real Estate Research 39
OJT program 51
operating expenses 56
OSHA 19
overbuilding 9
P
Paid ‘mentors’ 48
Painless Guide to Profitable Property Management 40
Paper 14
Partner 55
Perot, Ross 8
Phillips Exeter Academy 5
poor-credit market 16
Pritchett Realty 52
private schooling 5
Professional Edition of J.K.Lasser’s Your Income T 35
Professional Real Estate Problem Solving Using the 34
property management 13
property manager 10
Psyche up 45
public schools 4
Put option 21
Q
Quicken 34
Quinn, Jane 17
R
raw land 18
Reader’s Digest Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual 41
real estate agent—acquisition 10
real estate agent—disposition 10
Real Estate Economics 44
Real Estate Educators Association 37
Real Estate Investing Letter 51, 53
Real Estate Investment Strategy 43
Real Estate Investor’s Monthly 23, 29, 33, 43
Real Estate Investor’s Monthy 43
Real Estate Issues 44
Real-estate B.S. artist detection checklist 46
Real-estate law 33
real-estate-brokerage 50
Realtors Land Institute 36
region 25
Reinke Realty 52
REITs 24
Remainder interest 21
renovation 10, 54
repos 25
resident manager 10, 19
Residential 18
Residential Property Acquisition Handbook 43, 56
Retirement 5
Rich Dad, Poor Dad 40
Richards, Jon 34
Right of redemption 21
Robert Kiyosaki 45
Robinson, Leigh 11, 12, 15, 24, 41, 43, 45
Ruff, Howard 16
Rule of 78s 33
S
S corporations 24
Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center 39
San Francisco 4, 9
San Francisco Bay Area 51
Schaub, John 11
scholarship 5
securities 16
Self Storage Association 20
Self-employment 9, 10
Serendipity 53
Sheets, Carleton 40, 46
shills 13
Shopping list 4
Showing off 6
Single-Family Lease Options 14, 43
Society of Industrial and Office Realtors 36
Society of Industrial and Office Realtors® 20
sole proprietor 38
Speed Queen 42
Stanley, Thomas 7
Starr, Ron 45
strategy 29
Suitability 13
T
tax benefits 10
Tax liens 25
Tax Reform Act of 1986 9, 27, 55
Technical building systems 41
tenancy by the entirities 23
tenants in common 22
Texas A&M University 39
Texas Real Estate Research Center 39
The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 44
The Journal of Real Estate Research 44
The Millionaire Next Door, the Surprising Secrets 7
Thompson, Paul 10, 12, 15, 27
time value of money 33
timeshare condos 20
Tirone, John 34
title searcher 10
trade associations 35, 36, 47
Training 28
Trammel Crow 38
Trump, Donald 37
Truth in Lending Law 33
U
University of Southern California 39
Urban Land Institute 20
usury law 15
V
VA 27
VA mortgage 15
vacant property 56
Vaughn, J. 46
W
Weil-McLain boilers 42
Wharton School 37
World Association of Detectives 35
World Wide Web 39
Worthington chiller 42
Y
Youngstown, OH 4
Z
Zaro, Victor 47
Zero employees 11
zoning 13, 18