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Symbols
[IRC § 465(b)(6)(B)(ii)] 62
[IRC § 465(b)(6)(D)(i) 62
30-day note 63
30-year mortgage 71
60 Minutes 118, 119, 120, 122
A
abandoned 87
“absolute” auction 69
accountants 19
accounting rules 61
accrual-basis taxpayer 86
Acquiring Property Through Forced Partition Sales: 81
active participant 86
actuarial table 93
actuarial tables 94
actuarial-table 95
Adams, Barry 29, 59
adjustable rate mortgages 76
administrators 107
adverse publicity 81
advertising 72
Aggressive Tax Avoidance for Real Estate Investors 7
Agreement to bid 107
Alameda 40
Alameda, CA 36
alcoholics 14
alimony lien 84
All appropriate inquiry 9
all appropriate inquiry 80
all cash 36, 47, 51, 76, 89
all-cash 117
all-cash buyer 13
Allen, Robert 10, 114
Almanac Of American Politics 54
alternative minimum tax 11
ambulance chaser 27
annuities 14
annuity 95
Anthenien, Mark 106
anti-assignment clause 101
anti-partition agreement 80, 83
Appraisal 43
appraisal 35
Appraisal Journal 81
Appraisals 31
appraisals 67
Appraiser 75
appraiser 32, 80
appraisers 11, 19
appreciation 10, 36, 53, 56, 87, 94
ARM 52
Arrearages 23
arrearages 23
arson 58, 108
assault and battery 119
assembly 13
assessments 51
assign 10, 100, 102
Assigned-risk pool 58
Assignment 101
assignment 88
assignment-of-distributive-share” agreement 85
at-risk rules 62
Attachment lien 27
Attendance 72
attorneys 19
auctioneer 54, 72
B
bad credit 39
bad faith 46
bad-foundation 20
bad-weather principle 69
Bank of Seoul 122
Bank of Seoul & Trust Co. v. Marcione 120
Bank of Ukiah v. Rice 82
bankrupt 49, 77
bankruptcies 27
Bankruptcy 101, 111, 113, 114
bankruptcy 11, 13, 14, 44, 45, 47, 57, 58, 95, 111, 113, 114, 115
Banks, Jim 35
bargain purchase technique 72
basis 99
BC Law Review 81
Beck 88, 105, 108
Beck, John 7, 8, 12, 14, 23, 28, 29, 36, 44, 46, 48, 50, 54, 57, 58, 59, 62, 64, 67, 68, 81, 87, 91, 95, 105, 111, 114, 118, 120
BFP v. Imperial Savings 58
bid 68
Bid chilling 48
bid chilling 109, 120, 122, 123
bidding procedures 69
binder 36
binder title insurance policy 43
black sheep 81
Black’s Law Dictionary 85
Blue Sheet 33
booby trap 121
borrowing builder who never sells 7
Boulder Creek 106
Boyd Estate 86
brag book 38
break-even cash flow 8, 10
bribe 65
brokers 64
Brower, Chris 96
Bruss, Bob 63, 64, 95
Bruss, Robert 25
Budget 77
builder 37
builder auction 71
Builder auctions 71
bum’s rush 73
bureaucrat 68
Bureaucrats 64
business split-up 14
buy-low-sell-high 36
Buy-very-low-sell-low 13
buy-very-low-sell-low 36
buyer’s remorse 106
C
California FAIR Plan 58
California Real Estate 2d 82
California Real Estate Law 2d 120
California Title Insurance Practice 28
California’s Home Equity Sales Contract Statute 18
call option 99
Camden County 5
capital loss 99
Carranza, Jesse 14, 44
Carrigan & Associates 69
carrying cost 71
carrying costs 7, 13, 61
cash flow 68, 71
cash resale value 19
cash-basis taxpayer 86
cashiers check 47, 52, 54, 55
Cassell Brothers, Inc. 107
Charities 94
Chemodurow, Michael 100
Chicago Title 43
Chicago Title Insurance Company 26
circuit breakers 69
Circumvention 103
classified 25
classified ads 99, 101, 102
clean hands 103
clean-up 57
Clean-up cost 49
clear title” market value 24
clearinghouse 102
clipping service 25
closing costs 10, 35
co-signing 10
cold calling 34
cold calls 9
commission 9, 13, 31, 32, 35, 47, 102, 111, 114, 115
commissions 7
common law 93
comparable sales 51
Complete Asset Protection Guide 46
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 9
concealing 41
concealing a material fact 41
Concealment 103
condemned 12, 14
condition 56
conditions of the sale 108
Condo 101
condo 26, 44, 55
condominium 114
conflict 65
conservators 94
conspiracy 41
Constitution 26, 40, 47
construction 6, 13
construction defect 9
construction financing 37
construction loan 6, 77
construction-defects lawsuit 75
constructive trust 119
Consumer-finance companies 61
Consumers 20
contamination 10, 12, 14, 49
contingencies 76
Continuing Education of the Bar 28
Contra Costa 40
Contra Costa Times 44
Conventional 61
conventional lender 69
Cornell Law Review 53
corporation 19
corporations 11, 12, 13
cosigning 40
county recorder’s office 44, 121
court confirmation 37
court hearing 31
credit counseling 51
Crittenden, Alan 64
Crittenden Foreclosures For Sale 64
Current Law of California Real Estate 2d 23
customary practice 10
cyclical opportunity 71
D
Dacey, Norman 31, 32
DAMAR 51
Damar 44
Dataquick 44
Davidson, George 42
Deal killer 122
Dealer 100
dealer 42, 55, 77, 86
dealer property 11
death rate 32
deaths 27
deceit 18
Deedless real-estate investing 10
default 101
default judgment 119
deferred maintenance 3deficiency judgment 53
Delayed exchange 55
delayed-exchange escrow 56
delayed-exchange facilitator 11
DelDotto, Dave 64
delinquency rate 48
delinquent property tax auction 85
delinquent tax sales 35
delinquent taxes 51
delinquent-property-tax sale 105
denial 39, 49
Dennis v. Overholtzer 24
Department of Housing And Urban Development (HUD) 67
depreciation 11, 35, 42, 55, 86, 100
depreciation deductions 62
desirable properties 9
destruction and theft of her personal property 119
developer 24
Dialsearch 25
Diamond Farming, Probate Real Estate 34
Dickensian novel 18
DiGrazia 34, 35, 36
DiGrazia, Gary 14, 32, 34, 38
Direct mail 40
direct mail 39, 85
direct-mail 42
disclosure 88
discount lien release 108
discount-lien-release 19
Disney World 13
Distress Sales Report 14, 36, 46, 54, 64, 87, 95, 114, 120
Distressed Real Estate Times 113
distribution in kind 31
diversity 103
divorce 79, 83, 85, 99, 101
divorces 27
divorcing 14, 26
do-it-yourself estate planners 94
double escrow 36
double post card 34
double-escrow 46
dream house 6
drug addicts 14
due diligence 9, 39, 100, 113
due process 26
due-on-sale claus 41
Due-on-sale clause 58, 84
due-on-sale clause 40
due-proces 26
due-process 40, 47
Dupree + Scott 95
dysphemisms 20
E
easy-come equity 13
easy-come-easy-go syndrome 12, 13, 31
easy-qualifier” mortgage 35
efficient 5
ego 31
electronic clipping services 25
Elias 111
embezzlement 121, 122
embezzling 113
entrepreneur 20
environmental due diligence 9
Environmental liability 9, 77, 80, 97, 100, 109, 113, 117
environmental liability 10
EPIC 76
equitable mortgage 101
equity lines of credit 35
Ernie Kessler 62
escrow company 14
escrow instructions 101
Estate planners 94
Estate Planning 32, 94
estate referee 37
ethical code 17
Ethical considerations 89, 96, 109, 113
Ethics 41, 76
evict 102
evicted 47
evicting 6
Eviction 52, 119
eviction 57, 86, 101, 119
excess possessions 35
Excess proceeds 51
excess proceeds 55, 88
exchange 11, 55, 86, 100
exchanging 35, 42, 55
executed-judgment-lien 7
Execution lien 27
execution lien 122
execution sale 117, 118
execution sales 120
executors 107
Experian 33
expiration date 100
expire 99
extortion 85
Extreme bargain 122
F
Face-to-face negotiations 102
fair market value 72
false statement 18, 41
Farm 81
farm 12, 44
farm land 79
fast cash 41
Federal Estate and Gift Taxes 93
federal income taxes 6
fee simple 82
felon 28
feuding 14
feuds 32
FHA 10, 42, 51, 62, 63, 67
FHA and VA 61
FHLMC 84
Fidelity Savings and Loan 62
Fiduciary relationship 65
fiduciary responsibilities 9, 17
finance 72
Financing 51, 68, 76, 80, 89, 108, 115
financing 41, 62, 69, 76, 99
finder’s fee 36
fire 58
five-day rescission period 43, 45
fix up 88
fix-up cost 67
fixed-rate 62, 68, 71
fixer-upper 12
fixers 35
flip 7, 10, 36
flipping 11
Flood 24
FNMA 52, 76, 84
for-sale-by-owner 5, 75, 115
forced sale 12
Forced Sale Workbook 14, 29, 58, 59, 91, 105, 111, 118
foreclosed properties 35
foreclosure 12, 14, 20, 63, 87, 95, 120
Foreclosure auction 39
foreclosure auction 11, 12, 14, 25, 47, 72, 108
foreclosure auctions 61
foreclosure rate 48
Foreclosure Super-Bargains in California 29
Foreclosure Superbargains in California 48, 56, 59
Foreclosure-auction 6, 14
foreclosures 13, 20, 27, 68, 71
forged 102
Forgeries 26
Form 2433 quick-sale value 105
Form 4585 Seizure and Sale Worksheet 105
foundation 51
foundation problem 12, 19
four-mortgages-per-person limit 52, 76
fraud 18, 26
fraudulent transfer 45
Fraudulent transfer in anticipation of bankruptcy 58
fraudulent trust deed 27
free and clear 52
free market 20
Freedom of Information Act 76
freezing 59
freezing weather 69
Fremont, California 57
Full-time 64, 80, 89, 100, 108, 113, 117
Future Interests and Estate Planning 2d 95
G
Gardiner, Richard 100
Garvey, Jane 87, 88
generator 69
get-rich-quick business 14
Glavin, Bill 68
Gold Rush 24
Golden Rule 18
Goldstein, Arnold 46
good faith 103
Good Morning America. 10
Goodale v. West 103
Goodfriend, Marc 87
Goodkin, Lewis 76
Goodkin Real Estate Report/Florida 76
government-regulated auction 73
government-regulated auctions 71
gross rent multiplier 71
Groves, Kenneth 49
Guardians 94
guardians 27
Guenther, Robert 24
gut rehab 12
H
handwritten envelope 40
Hardy v. Admiral Oil 23
Harold, Judge Greene 68
Hazard and liability insurance 58
Hazard insurance 108
Healy 81
Healy, Martin 81
hedge 14, 96
Hedging 95
heir 31, 82
heirs 12, 13, 34, 35, 85, 94, 107
hidden lien 43
Hieb v. Mitchell 90
high-credit guarantor 10
high-loan-to-value-ratio 10
Hinton, Steven 106
holding over 57
holding-over foreclosee 6
holdover 6
home office 86
home owners association 77
home-equity line 52
homelessness 39
homeowners association dues 118, 121
homestead 121
Homestead exemption 112
homestead exemption 113
housing developments 71
How To Avoid Probate 32
How to Avoid Probate 31
How to buy IRS seized properties. 106
How to Buy Real Estate for Little or No Money Down 10
How To File For Bankruptcy 113
How to File for Bankruptcy 111
How To Make A Fortune In Real Estate: The Land Gam 24
How to Make Money Buying Pre-Foreclosure Propertie 46
How to Manage Residential Property for Maximum Cas 59, 75
How to Research Title 59
How to Use Leverage to Maximize your Real Estate I 10, 19
HUD 59, 69
HUD foreclosures 67
HUD Sales Weekend 68
Hunter v. Schulz 82
I
Illinois 87
impounds 24
improper notice 119
improvements 108
in default of foreclosure 43
In Re James Moore 101
in the money 99
incompetent competitors 45
indemnification agreement 24
Independent Administration of Estates Act 34, 35, 37
indexing 28
induce 18
industrial 100
inheritance 79, 81
inheritance-tax 35
injunctions 103
insiders 5
Inspection 51, 114
inspection 73
installment sale 42, 103
installment sales 100
installment-sale 55, 86
institutional lender 10
insurable interest 95
Insurance 85
insurance 51
intentional and negligent infliction of emotional 119
interest rate 68
Internal Revenue Code 62
Internal Revenue Manual 105
intimidation 18
investor association 64
involuntary lien 27
Iowa 25
IRS 47, 57, 83
IRS auction 83, 87, 95
IRS lien 84
IRS redemption interest rate 87
IRS regulation §31.7701-3(a) 86
IRS sale value 105
IRS sales 105
IRS seized property auction 85
IRS seized property sales 89
IRS seized-property sale 12
IRS worksheet 105
IRS-seized property sale 58
IRS’s redemption period 88
J
Jankowski, Dennis 91
Job loss 99
judgment creditor 117
Judgment lien 27, 84
judgment sales 27
judgments 26, 79
judicially foreclosed 101
junior lien 88
K
Kane v. Huntley Financial 82
Kapit, Stephen 85
Kaplan 67, 68
Kaplan, Larry 67, 68, 69
Karoutas v. Home Federal Bank 49
Kendall v. Ernest Pestana, Inc. 101
Kessler 64, 88
Kessler, Ernie 14, 54, 63, 87
Kessler System 63
Kill ratio 42, 63, 67, 72
kill ratio 80, 89
kill-ratio 47
Kinter, Dan 24, 83
Kramer 93
L
land contract 23, 27, 28
Land Game 31
Language Of Real Estate 82
Law of Averages 34
Law of Future Interests 2d ed. 93
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 50
Laws of Economics 21
lawsuit 86
lease option 23, 25, 71, 76, 99, 100
lease-option 83
Leasing Professional 100
least productive 63
legal newspaper 40
legal training 25
Lehmkuhl, Craig 13
lender 72
lending institutions 61
Leon, Jose 35, 36
Leonard 111
Leper properties 8
leper” properties 12, 52
leper property 28
letter of recommendation 38
liability insurance 58
libel 119
lien 45, 47, 50, 53, 57
liens 14
life estate 12, 14, 20, 93, 95, 96
life expectancy 94
life insurance 14, 96
life tenant 93, 94
limited partners 45
limited partnership 79
limited-partnership prospectus 18
line of credit 26, 52, 99
lines of credit 6, 41, 51
Lippett, Peter 32, 94, 95
lis pendens 25, 82
Listing 37
listings 9, 34
little old ladies 40
living trusts 31
loan officers 19
loan-to-purchase-price ratio 6
loan-to-value ratio 6, 10, 27
location 72
locksmith 52, 56
long-term capital gains 55
long-term capital gains rates 35
long-term capital gains tax rate 42
long-term holder 42
long-term option 101
long-term-capital-gains exclusion 11
Los Angeles Times 27
Lotus 123 50
Louisville 42
low-grade ore 9
Lowndes 93
Lucier, Thomas 46
M
mail fraud 41
major news stories 72
major sports events 72
malpractice 119
malpractice suit 118
management 36, 100
management problems 84
Manhattan Beach, CA 27
Market distress 8
market value 18
Marketable” title 23
Marshfield, WI 96
Martinez 42
Massachusetts 25
materialmens lien 84
McCord 93
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 68
mechanics lien 51
media attention 122
memorandum of the option 100
Methuselah 95
Methuselah-length longevity 14
Metropolitan Life 96
Miami Beach First National Bank 96
Michigan 87
microfiche 33
Miller 23, 120
Milpitas, California 118
minimum bid 50, 55, 105, 119
mislead 41, 43
Misrepresentation 103
misrepresentations 18
Missouri 13, 46
Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System 11
Moran, Jud 9
Morrone, Charles 118, 121
mortgage 27
mortgage-contingency 52
Mortgage-insurance companies 61
moving 40
Multiple Listing Book 25
multiple listing book 5, 6
Multiple Listing Service 5
mutual interest 17
N
National Housing Law Project (NHLP) 68
negative amortization 10
negative cash flow 8, 10, 84
negative equity 44
negative mortgage amortization 10
negative value 9
negative-cash-flow 100
neglect 67
net bid 67
net worth 19
New Jersey 52
New York 13
Newman, Paul 87
newspaper of general circulation 40, 50
newspapers of general circulation 32
NHLP 68
Nicholson, Brandt 55
Niimi, Sus 27
no-one-knows—category 9
non-agent bid 67
non-owner-occupant “penalty” 68
non-profit institution 12
nonconforming use 58
nonjudicial sale 107
nonjudicial” sale 105, 108
Nonrecourse 62
nonrecourse 62
nonrecourse financing 73
nonresidential 52, 100
notarized 23, 24
Notary 28
notary stamp 27
note 37
Nothing Down 10
Nothing down 10
nothing down 68
Notice 121
notice 40, 47, 50, 118
notice of default 18, 46, 51
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE 32
Number-of-deals laws 100
O
obscene 20
Offensive and Defensive Strategy and Tactics for D 46
office 100
Office Building Acquisition Handbook 28
office buildings 44
officers of businesses 19
Oil Patch 8
one-bedroom house 12
one-time assumability 63
Onondaga County 53, 54
Onondaga County, New York 53
open house 115
open-bid auction 117
option 23, 84, 99, 101
option to renew 102
Options 18
options 25, 27
ordinary-income-tax rates 11
OREO 14, 39, 50, 59, 61, 62, 64, 67, 73, 108
OREO department 61
origination date 50
Other Real Estate Owned 61
out appraising 19
out-of-area owners of raw land 9
out-of-county personal representative 34
out-of-state lender 63
over-encumbered properties 12
Overbids 114
overhead 41
overreact 24
overreaction 8
owelty 82
owner occupants of homes 9
owner-occupant home owner 8
owners of businesses with employees 19
P
paper 19
paralegals 32
part-time 64, 77, 80, 89, 100, 108, 113, 117
partial interest 12
Partial ownership 52
partition 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 93, 106
Partition in kind 83
partition suits 27
partnership 86
passive loss limitations 11
passive loss limits 62, 86
Patchin, Peter 79
pattern 75
pay off statement 14
Pay Zero Tax 7
payoff statement 20, 50
Perano, Dante 64
Persistence 14
personal injury 11
personal liability 62
personal representative 34, 36, 37
Phoenix 44
physical inspection 9
positive cash flow 10
positive tax flow 86
positive-cash-flow 100
post cards 44
post-foreclosure 50
postpone 47
postponement 50
postponements 7
power of attorney 28
pre-approved 52
pre-foreclosure 39, 50, 100, 108, 115
pre-register 71
Preforeclosure 6
preforeclosure 14
preliminary title report 23, 43
premature death 14
premium 81, 85
pretrial publicity 119
Private auction 68
private auction 31, 48, 72, 73
Private auction buying 72
private auctions 71
private party 68
private post office box 27
private probate sale 36
Probate 14
probate 12, 13, 20, 34, 35, 85, 95
probate attorney 37
probate code 34
probate confirmation hearing 36
probate file 36
probate-to-population ratio 32
Professional Publishing 46
properties-considered-per-purchase ratio 5
properties-to-deals ratio 39
Property management 13, 42
property management 11
property-tax auction 87, 95
public auction 48
purchase agreements 63
put option 99
Q
qualified bidder 71
questionnaire 39
quick-sale 64
Quick-sale value 13, 61
quick-sale value 14, 36, 85, 105
quiet title 26, 27
quitclaim 84, 88, 90, 101
quitclaim deed 27, 118
R
racketeering 41
radon gas 8
rapport 36
ratios 5
raw land 79, 82, 100, 106
Real Estate Educators Journal 52
Real Estate Investor’s Monthly 44
Real Estate Issues 79
Real Estate Owned 61
Real-estate agent 114
real-estate agent 9, 23, 36, 39, 75, 80, 81
real-estate agents 19
real-estate broker 32, 44
real-estate brokerage 85
real-estate license 41
real-estate salesman 5
reasonable 20
Reattachment of junior lien 88
recession 105
recorder’s office 40
redemption period 87, 118, 119
Redford, Robert 87
refi 68
refinance 40, 50, 52, 106
Refinancing ramifications 72
rehab 52
Reilly, John 82
reinstate 39, 47, 59, 88, 101
relationships 13, 64, 65
remainder estate 12, 14, 20, 93, 95
remainder interest 82, 97
remainderman 93
remaindermen 93
Renauer 111
renovation 6, 11, 12, 13, 36, 41
rent 81, 83, 84, 86
rent-skimming 100
rental house 100
REO 61
REO Guide 64
REO Realty Registry 64
REO services 64
repairs 35, 51
replacement-cost appraisal 58
repos 67
Researching the Title of Real Estate 29
Residential Property Acquisition Handbook 28
restraining order 68
retail 100
revenue officer 106
Revenue Ruling 80-80 96
reverse directory 34, 101
reversion 93
right of redemption 57, 87, 90
right to redeem 105, 107, 108
rights of redemption 101
risk 14, 20
risks 14
Rohmeyer, George 96
“rolling-recourse” 62
rolling-recourse mortgage 62
RTC 61
Ruff, Howard 44
Rural Housing Service 61
S
Sachs 34, 35
Sachs, Dwain 5, 13, 32, 36, 81
Sacramento 56
Safer, Morley 122
San Francisco 45
San Francisco Bay Area 50
San Francisco Bay Counties Exchange Service 55
San Francisco Chronicle 47
San Francisco IRS district 88
San Joaquin 40, 42, 45
San Jose Mercury News 119, 121
San Mateo 48
Santa Clara 40
SBA 57
Schaub, John 101
Schultheis v. Schultheis 82
Schwartz 95
Scott, Mike 79, 95
screen 6
Screening 33, 43, 67, 80
screening 5, 7, 33, 34, 39, 46, 47, 76, 109
sealed-bid auction 83, 106
search title 57
secondary market 52
Secrecy 25
secrecy 13, 45, 50, 62, 69, 90, 109, 114, 117
secret 100
securities laws 41
security deposit 39, 56, 59, 123
security deposits 59
seizure 26
Seizure-Sale Hotline 88
self-amortizing mortgages 62
Seller financing 35
seller financing 23
senior citizen 51
senior lien 51
Sequence 45, 50, 80, 89
sequence 7, 69
sequencing 6, 47, 76, 109
Sheriff’s sale 90
sheriff’s sale 71, 87
Shop around 17
short-term capital loss 99
Sibling rivalry 32
Siblings 79
Simes 93
single-family homes 11
Single-Family Lease Options 101
Single-family Lease Options 76, 84
single-tenant building 100
skip-tracing 88
slander 119
Small Business Administration 57, 61
Smirnov, Yakov 68
Smith 93
soil-movement 49
Solano 40
specific performance 102, 103, 104
speculation 8
Speed 39
speed 34, 42, 45, 47
split purchase 93
St. Louis 5, 13, 81
Starr 23, 86, 120
Starr, Ron 48, 57, 63, 64, 83, 105, 107, 109, 120
Starr, Ronald 29
State veterans agencies 61
statement of identification 26
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. 48
Statistical Abstract of the Untied States 115
statute of limitations 25, 27
statutes 93
statutory expiration dates 27
stealing 17
Sting 87
stock brokers 19
Stockton, CA 54
Stockton, California 50
straight rental 71
straw man 10
straw men 13
Stubbs, Bill 123
subcontractor 76
subject to 41, 42
subordination agreement 6
substance over form 101
suicide 121
Suitability 18
summary judgment 118
superbargain 48, 118
Superbargains 57
superbargains 117
surviving spouses 33
syndicator 44
syndicators 19, 77
Syracuse 52
T
Take This House, Please! The complete guide to buy 64
tax assessor 33, 95
tax deed 24
tax ramification 62
Tax Ramifications 42, 77, 99, 113, 117
Tax ramifications 35, 73, 86
tax ramifications 11, 55, 89
tax reform 11
Tax Reform Act of 1986 11
tax sale 12
tax sales 27
tax-free exchange 11
tenancy by the entirety 112
Tenant-in-common 79
tenant-in-common 80, 95
tenant-in-common interest 12, 85
tenant-occupied property 61
tenants in common 86
termite inspections 43
testimonial 41
Texas 87
The Property Acquisition Guide 64
Thomas 40, 44
Thomas, Ted 11, 14, 39, 41, 42, 44, 46, 115
Thompson 50, 51, 55, 56, 71, 72, 115
Thompson, Eileen 114
Thompson, Paul 13, 14, 20, 50, 52, 54, 59, 64, 71, 115
time is of the essence 103
time value of money 81
title 72
title company 24
title insurance 14, 20, 28, 35, 72, 84, 115
title problem 8, 23, 24
Title search 50, 122
title search 6, 39, 43
title-insurance-company officers 19
title-search 25
toxic 28
toxic contamination 47, 73, 80
Toxic liability 45, 62, 69, 89
toxic liability 11, 49
toxic-clean-up liability 9
track record 11
Transaction costs 7
Transfer tax 59
transfer tax 44, 75
transfer taxes 102
trashed out 35
trespass 9
trust 94
trust deed 27, 101
trustee deed 52
trustee sale 13, 71, 105, 120
trustee sales 61
two-on-a-lot houses 12
U
U.S. District Court 68
U.S. v. Whiting Pools, Inc. 111
Unclean hands 103
Unclear title 24
Unconscionability 20
unconscionability 20
undivided interest 79
unfair 20
Unfair practice 103
unfinished houses 72
unsaleable 23
unsecured financing 26
unsecured loan 10
unsecured note 23
unsophisticated 18
unsophisticated seller 10, 19
unsophisticated sellers 19
unwanted tenant 72
useless land 14
utilities 69
V
VA 10, 62, 64, 67, 68
vacant 36, 52, 59, 71, 106
vandalism 56, 67
vandalism risk 61
vandalized 35
Veribanc 65
veteran 68
Veterans Administration 68
videotape 120
W
waiting list 14
Wall Street Journal 24, 101
Walters, Lloyd 7, 121
warranty 75, 76
Waste 95
waste 93
We-wrote-it-off” syndrome 13
weather 68, 72
Wechsler 53
Wechsler, Steve 53
weird of the world 14
welsh 102
welshing 103
will 93
Williams v. Williams 82
wills 28
Win-win 17, 48
windshield appraisal 37, 47, 51, 55, 57
Winnikoff 36
Winnikoff, Albert 24, 31
winterized 59
Woodland, CA 105, 108
workouts 13
wrongful foreclosure 119
Y
Yarrow 115
Yarrow, Sandra 114
Your Complete Guide to Foreclosure Profits 41, 42
Z
zero-sum game 17, 48
Zimmerman, Jim 69
zoning 58
Symbols
[IRC § 465(b)(6)(B)(ii)] 62
[IRC § 465(b)(6)(D)(i) 62
30-day note 63
30-year mortgage 71
60 Minutes 118, 119, 120, 122
A
abandoned 87
“absolute” auction 69
accountants 19
accounting rules 61
accrual-basis taxpayer 86
Acquiring Property Through Forced Partition Sales: 81
active participant 86
actuarial table 93
actuarial tables 94
actuarial-table 95
Adams, Barry 29, 59
adjustable rate mortgages 76
administrators 107
adverse publicity 81
advertising 72
Aggressive Tax Avoidance for Real Estate Investors 7
Agreement to bid 107
Alameda 40
Alameda, CA 36
alcoholics 14
alimony lien 84
All appropriate inquiry 9
all appropriate inquiry 80
all cash 36, 47, 51, 76, 89
all-cash 117
all-cash buyer 13
Allen, Robert 10, 114
Almanac Of American Politics 54
alternative minimum tax 11
ambulance chaser 27
annuities 14
annuity 95
Anthenien, Mark 106
anti-assignment clause 101
anti-partition agreement 80, 83
Appraisal 43
appraisal 35
Appraisal Journal 81
Appraisals 31
appraisals 67
Appraiser 75
appraiser 32, 80
appraisers 11, 19
appreciation 10, 36, 53, 56, 87, 94
ARM 52
Arrearages 23
arrearages 23
arson 58, 108
assault and battery 119
assembly 13
assessments 51
assign 10, 100, 102
Assigned-risk pool 58
Assignment 101
assignment 88
assignment-of-distributive-share” agreement 85
at-risk rules 62
Attachment lien 27
Attendance 72
attorneys 19
auctioneer 54, 72
B
bad credit 39
bad faith 46
bad-foundation 20
bad-weather principle 69
Bank of Seoul 122
Bank of Seoul & Trust Co. v. Marcione 120
Bank of Ukiah v. Rice 82
bankrupt 49, 77
bankruptcies 27
Bankruptcy 101, 111, 113, 114
bankruptcy 11, 13, 14, 44, 45, 47, 57, 58, 95, 111, 113, 114, 115
Banks, Jim 35
bargain purchase technique 72
basis 99
BC Law Review 81
Beck 88, 105, 108
Beck, John 7, 8, 12, 14, 23, 28, 29, 36, 44, 46, 48, 50, 54, 57, 58, 59, 62, 64, 67, 68, 81, 87, 91, 95, 105, 111, 114, 118, 120
BFP v. Imperial Savings 58
bid 68
Bid chilling 48
bid chilling 109, 120, 122, 123
bidding procedures 69
binder 36
binder title insurance policy 43
black sheep 81
Black’s Law Dictionary 85
Blue Sheet 33
booby trap 121
borrowing builder who never sells 7
Boulder Creek 106
Boyd Estate 86
brag book 38
break-even cash flow 8, 10
bribe 65
brokers 64
Brower, Chris 96
Bruss, Bob 63, 64, 95
Bruss, Robert 25
Budget 77
builder 37
builder auction 71
Builder auctions 71
bum’s rush 73
bureaucrat 68
Bureaucrats 64
business split-up 14
buy-low-sell-high 36
Buy-very-low-sell-low 13
buy-very-low-sell-low 36
buyer’s remorse 106
C
California FAIR Plan 58
California Real Estate 2d 82
California Real Estate Law 2d 120
California Title Insurance Practice 28
California’s Home Equity Sales Contract Statute 18
call option 99
Camden County 5
capital loss 99
Carranza, Jesse 14, 44
Carrigan & Associates 69
carrying cost 71
carrying costs 7, 13, 61
cash flow 68, 71
cash resale value 19
cash-basis taxpayer 86
cashiers check 47, 52, 54, 55
Cassell Brothers, Inc. 107
Charities 94
Chemodurow, Michael 100
Chicago Title 43
Chicago Title Insurance Company 26
circuit breakers 69
Circumvention 103
classified 25
classified ads 99, 101, 102
clean hands 103
clean-up 57
Clean-up cost 49
clear title” market value 24
clearinghouse 102
clipping service 25
closing costs 10, 35
co-signing 10
cold calling 34
cold calls 9
commission 9, 13, 31, 32, 35, 47, 102, 111, 114, 115
commissions 7
common law 93
comparable sales 51
Complete Asset Protection Guide 46
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 9
concealing 41
concealing a material fact 41
Concealment 103
condemned 12, 14
condition 56
conditions of the sale 108
Condo 101
condo 26, 44, 55
condominium 114
conflict 65
conservators 94
conspiracy 41
Constitution 26, 40, 47
construction 6, 13
construction defect 9
construction financing 37
construction loan 6, 77
construction-defects lawsuit 75
constructive trust 119
Consumer-finance companies 61
Consumers 20
contamination 10, 12, 14, 49
contingencies 76
Continuing Education of the Bar 28
Contra Costa 40
Contra Costa Times 44
Conventional 61
conventional lender 69
Cornell Law Review 53
corporation 19
corporations 11, 12, 13
cosigning 40
county recorder’s office 44, 121
court confirmation 37
court hearing 31
credit counseling 51
Crittenden, Alan 64
Crittenden Foreclosures For Sale 64
Current Law of California Real Estate 2d 23
customary practice 10
cyclical opportunity 71
D
Dacey, Norman 31, 32
DAMAR 51
Damar 44
Dataquick 44
Davidson, George 42
Deal killer 122
Dealer 100
dealer 42, 55, 77, 86
dealer property 11
death rate 32
deaths 27
deceit 18
Deedless real-estate investing 10
default 101
default judgment 119
deferred maintenance 3deficiency judgment 53
Delayed exchange 55
delayed-exchange escrow 56
delayed-exchange facilitator 11
DelDotto, Dave 64
delinquency rate 48
delinquent property tax auction 85
delinquent tax sales 35
delinquent taxes 51
delinquent-property-tax sale 105
denial 39, 49
Dennis v. Overholtzer 24
Department of Housing And Urban Development (HUD) 67
depreciation 11, 35, 42, 55, 86, 100
depreciation deductions 62
desirable properties 9
destruction and theft of her personal property 119
developer 24
Dialsearch 25
Diamond Farming, Probate Real Estate 34
Dickensian novel 18
DiGrazia 34, 35, 36
DiGrazia, Gary 14, 32, 34, 38
Direct mail 40
direct mail 39, 85
direct-mail 42
disclosure 88
discount lien release 108
discount-lien-release 19
Disney World 13
Distress Sales Report 14, 36, 46, 54, 64, 87, 95, 114, 120
Distressed Real Estate Times 113
distribution in kind 31
diversity 103
divorce 79, 83, 85, 99, 101
divorces 27
divorcing 14, 26
do-it-yourself estate planners 94
double escrow 36
double post card 34
double-escrow 46
dream house 6
drug addicts 14
due diligence 9, 39, 100, 113
due process 26
due-on-sale claus 41
Due-on-sale clause 58, 84
due-on-sale clause 40
due-proces 26
due-process 40, 47
Dupree + Scott 95
dysphemisms 20
E
easy-come equity 13
easy-come-easy-go syndrome 12, 13, 31
easy-qualifier” mortgage 35
efficient 5
ego 31
electronic clipping services 25
Elias 111
embezzlement 121, 122
embezzling 113
entrepreneur 20
environmental due diligence 9
Environmental liability 9, 77, 80, 97, 100, 109, 113, 117
environmental liability 10
EPIC 76
equitable mortgage 101
equity lines of credit 35
Ernie Kessler 62
escrow company 14
escrow instructions 101
Estate planners 94
Estate Planning 32, 94
estate referee 37
ethical code 17
Ethical considerations 89, 96, 109, 113
Ethics 41, 76
evict 102
evicted 47
evicting 6
Eviction 52, 119
eviction 57, 86, 101, 119
excess possessions 35
Excess proceeds 51
excess proceeds 55, 88
exchange 11, 55, 86, 100
exchanging 35, 42, 55
executed-judgment-lien 7
Execution lien 27
execution lien 122
execution sale 117, 118
execution sales 120
executors 107
Experian 33
expiration date 100
expire 99
extortion 85
Extreme bargain 122
F
Face-to-face negotiations 102
fair market value 72
false statement 18, 41
Farm 81
farm 12, 44
farm land 79
fast cash 41
Federal Estate and Gift Taxes 93
federal income taxes 6
fee simple 82
felon 28
feuding 14
feuds 32
FHA 10, 42, 51, 62, 63, 67
FHA and VA 61
FHLMC 84
Fidelity Savings and Loan 62
Fiduciary relationship 65
fiduciary responsibilities 9, 17
finance 72
Financing 51, 68, 76, 80, 89, 108, 115
financing 41, 62, 69, 76, 99
finder’s fee 36
fire 58
five-day rescission period 43, 45
fix up 88
fix-up cost 67
fixed-rate 62, 68, 71
fixer-upper 12
fixers 35
flip 7, 10, 36
flipping 11
Flood 24
FNMA 52, 76, 84
for-sale-by-owner 5, 75, 115
forced sale 12
Forced Sale Workbook 14, 29, 58, 59, 91, 105, 111, 118
foreclosed properties 35
foreclosure 12, 14, 20, 63, 87, 95, 120
Foreclosure auction 39
foreclosure auction 11, 12, 14, 25, 47, 72, 108
foreclosure auctions 61
foreclosure rate 48
Foreclosure Super-Bargains in California 29
Foreclosure Superbargains in California 48, 56, 59
Foreclosure-auction 6, 14
foreclosures 13, 20, 27, 68, 71
forged 102
Forgeries 26
Form 2433 quick-sale value 105
Form 4585 Seizure and Sale Worksheet 105
foundation 51
foundation problem 12, 19
four-mortgages-per-person limit 52, 76
fraud 18, 26
fraudulent transfer 45
Fraudulent transfer in anticipation of bankruptcy 58
fraudulent trust deed 27
free and clear 52
free market 20
Freedom of Information Act 76
freezing 59
freezing weather 69
Fremont, California 57
Full-time 64, 80, 89, 100, 108, 113, 117
Future Interests and Estate Planning 2d 95
G
Gardiner, Richard 100
Garvey, Jane 87, 88
generator 69
get-rich-quick business 14
Glavin, Bill 68
Gold Rush 24
Golden Rule 18
Goldstein, Arnold 46
good faith 103
Good Morning America. 10
Goodale v. West 103
Goodfriend, Marc 87
Goodkin, Lewis 76
Goodkin Real Estate Report/Florida 76
government-regulated auction 73
government-regulated auctions 71
gross rent multiplier 71
Groves, Kenneth 49
Guardians 94
guardians 27
Guenther, Robert 24
gut rehab 12
H
handwritten envelope 40
Hardy v. Admiral Oil 23
Harold, Judge Greene 68
Hazard and liability insurance 58
Hazard insurance 108
Healy 81
Healy, Martin 81
hedge 14, 96
Hedging 95
heir 31, 82
heirs 12, 13, 34, 35, 85, 94, 107
hidden lien 43
Hieb v. Mitchell 90
high-credit guarantor 10
high-loan-to-value-ratio 10
Hinton, Steven 106
holding over 57
holding-over foreclosee 6
holdover 6
home office 86
home owners association 77
home-equity line 52
homelessness 39
homeowners association dues 118, 121
homestead 121
Homestead exemption 112
homestead exemption 113
housing developments 71
How To Avoid Probate 32
How to Avoid Probate 31
How to buy IRS seized properties. 106
How to Buy Real Estate for Little or No Money Down 10
How To File For Bankruptcy 113
How to File for Bankruptcy 111
How To Make A Fortune In Real Estate: The Land Gam 24
How to Make Money Buying Pre-Foreclosure Propertie 46
How to Manage Residential Property for Maximum Cas 59, 75
How to Research Title 59
How to Use Leverage to Maximize your Real Estate I 10, 19
HUD 59, 69
HUD foreclosures 67
HUD Sales Weekend 68
Hunter v. Schulz 82
I
Illinois 87
impounds 24
improper notice 119
improvements 108
in default of foreclosure 43
In Re James Moore 101
in the money 99
incompetent competitors 45
indemnification agreement 24
Independent Administration of Estates Act 34, 35, 37
indexing 28
induce 18
industrial 100
inheritance 79, 81
inheritance-tax 35
injunctions 103
insiders 5
Inspection 51, 114
inspection 73
installment sale 42, 103
installment sales 100
installment-sale 55, 86
institutional lender 10
insurable interest 95
Insurance 85
insurance 51
intentional and negligent infliction of emotional 119
interest rate 68
Internal Revenue Code 62
Internal Revenue Manual 105
intimidation 18
investor association 64
involuntary lien 27
Iowa 25
IRS 47, 57, 83
IRS auction 83, 87, 95
IRS lien 84
IRS redemption interest rate 87
IRS regulation §31.7701-3(a) 86
IRS sale value 105
IRS sales 105
IRS seized property auction 85
IRS seized property sales 89
IRS seized-property sale 12
IRS worksheet 105
IRS-seized property sale 58
IRS’s redemption period 88
J
Jankowski, Dennis 91
Job loss 99
judgment creditor 117
Judgment lien 27, 84
judgment sales 27
judgments 26, 79
judicially foreclosed 101
junior lien 88
K
Kane v. Huntley Financial 82
Kapit, Stephen 85
Kaplan 67, 68
Kaplan, Larry 67, 68, 69
Karoutas v. Home Federal Bank 49
Kendall v. Ernest Pestana, Inc. 101
Kessler 64, 88
Kessler, Ernie 14, 54, 63, 87
Kessler System 63
Kill ratio 42, 63, 67, 72
kill ratio 80, 89
kill-ratio 47
Kinter, Dan 24, 83
Kramer 93
L
land contract 23, 27, 28
Land Game 31
Language Of Real Estate 82
Law of Averages 34
Law of Future Interests 2d ed. 93
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 50
Laws of Economics 21
lawsuit 86
lease option 23, 25, 71, 76, 99, 100
lease-option 83
Leasing Professional 100
least productive 63
legal newspaper 40
legal training 25
Lehmkuhl, Craig 13
lender 72
lending institutions 61
Leon, Jose 35, 36
Leonard 111
Leper properties 8
leper” properties 12, 52
leper property 28
letter of recommendation 38
liability insurance 58
libel 119
lien 45, 47, 50, 53, 57
liens 14
life estate 12, 14, 20, 93, 95, 96
life expectancy 94
life insurance 14, 96
life tenant 93, 94
limited partners 45
limited partnership 79
limited-partnership prospectus 18
line of credit 26, 52, 99
lines of credit 6, 41, 51
Lippett, Peter 32, 94, 95
lis pendens 25, 82
Listing 37
listings 9, 34
little old ladies 40
living trusts 31
loan officers 19
loan-to-purchase-price ratio 6
loan-to-value ratio 6, 10, 27
location 72
locksmith 52, 56
long-term capital gains 55
long-term capital gains rates 35
long-term capital gains tax rate 42
long-term holder 42
long-term option 101
long-term-capital-gains exclusion 11
Los Angeles Times 27
Lotus 123 50
Louisville 42
low-grade ore 9
Lowndes 93
Lucier, Thomas 46
M
mail fraud 41
major news stories 72
major sports events 72
malpractice 119
malpractice suit 118
management 36, 100
management problems 84
Manhattan Beach, CA 27
Market distress 8
market value 18
Marketable” title 23
Marshfield, WI 96
Martinez 42
Massachusetts 25
materialmens lien 84
McCord 93
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 68
mechanics lien 51
media attention 122
memorandum of the option 100
Methuselah 95
Methuselah-length longevity 14
Metropolitan Life 96
Miami Beach First National Bank 96
Michigan 87
microfiche 33
Miller 23, 120
Milpitas, California 118
minimum bid 50, 55, 105, 119
mislead 41, 43
Misrepresentation 103
misrepresentations 18
Missouri 13, 46
Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System 11
Moran, Jud 9
Morrone, Charles 118, 121
mortgage 27
mortgage-contingency 52
Mortgage-insurance companies 61
moving 40
Multiple Listing Book 25
multiple listing book 5, 6
Multiple Listing Service 5
mutual interest 17
N
National Housing Law Project (NHLP) 68
negative amortization 10
negative cash flow 8, 10, 84
negative equity 44
negative mortgage amortization 10
negative value 9
negative-cash-flow 100
neglect 67
net bid 67
net worth 19
New Jersey 52
New York 13
Newman, Paul 87
newspaper of general circulation 40, 50
newspapers of general circulation 32
NHLP 68
Nicholson, Brandt 55
Niimi, Sus 27
no-one-knows—category 9
non-agent bid 67
non-owner-occupant “penalty” 68
non-profit institution 12
nonconforming use 58
nonjudicial sale 107
nonjudicial” sale 105, 108
Nonrecourse 62
nonrecourse 62
nonrecourse financing 73
nonresidential 52, 100
notarized 23, 24
Notary 28
notary stamp 27
note 37
Nothing Down 10
Nothing down 10
nothing down 68
Notice 121
notice 40, 47, 50, 118
notice of default 18, 46, 51
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE 32
Number-of-deals laws 100
O
obscene 20
Offensive and Defensive Strategy and Tactics for D 46
office 100
Office Building Acquisition Handbook 28
office buildings 44
officers of businesses 19
Oil Patch 8
one-bedroom house 12
one-time assumability 63
Onondaga County 53, 54
Onondaga County, New York 53
open house 115
open-bid auction 117
option 23, 84, 99, 101
option to renew 102
Options 18
options 25, 27
ordinary-income-tax rates 11
OREO 14, 39, 50, 59, 61, 62, 64, 67, 73, 108
OREO department 61
origination date 50
Other Real Estate Owned 61
out appraising 19
out-of-area owners of raw land 9
out-of-county personal representative 34
out-of-state lender 63
over-encumbered properties 12
Overbids 114
overhead 41
overreact 24
overreaction 8
owelty 82
owner occupants of homes 9
owner-occupant home owner 8
owners of businesses with employees 19
P
paper 19
paralegals 32
part-time 64, 77, 80, 89, 100, 108, 113, 117
partial interest 12
Partial ownership 52
partition 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 93, 106
Partition in kind 83
partition suits 27
partnership 86
passive loss limitations 11
passive loss limits 62, 86
Patchin, Peter 79
pattern 75
pay off statement 14
Pay Zero Tax 7
payoff statement 20, 50
Perano, Dante 64
Persistence 14
personal injury 11
personal liability 62
personal representative 34, 36, 37
Phoenix 44
physical inspection 9
positive cash flow 10
positive tax flow 86
positive-cash-flow 100
post cards 44
post-foreclosure 50
postpone 47
postponement 50
postponements 7
power of attorney 28
pre-approved 52
pre-foreclosure 39, 50, 100, 108, 115
pre-register 71
Preforeclosure 6
preforeclosure 14
preliminary title report 23, 43
premature death 14
premium 81, 85
pretrial publicity 119
Private auction 68
private auction 31, 48, 72, 73
Private auction buying 72
private auctions 71
private party 68
private post office box 27
private probate sale 36
Probate 14
probate 12, 13, 20, 34, 35, 85, 95
probate attorney 37
probate code 34
probate confirmation hearing 36
probate file 36
probate-to-population ratio 32
Professional Publishing 46
properties-considered-per-purchase ratio 5
properties-to-deals ratio 39
Property management 13, 42
property management 11
property-tax auction 87, 95
public auction 48
purchase agreements 63
put option 99
Q
qualified bidder 71
questionnaire 39
quick-sale 64
Quick-sale value 13, 61
quick-sale value 14, 36, 85, 105
quiet title 26, 27
quitclaim 84, 88, 90, 101
quitclaim deed 27, 118
R
racketeering 41
radon gas 8
rapport 36
ratios 5
raw land 79, 82, 100, 106
Real Estate Educators Journal 52
Real Estate Investor’s Monthly 44
Real Estate Issues 79
Real Estate Owned 61
Real-estate agent 114
real-estate agent 9, 23, 36, 39, 75, 80, 81
real-estate agents 19
real-estate broker 32, 44
real-estate brokerage 85
real-estate license 41
real-estate salesman 5
reasonable 20
Reattachment of junior lien 88
recession 105
recorder’s office 40
redemption period 87, 118, 119
Redford, Robert 87
refi 68
refinance 40, 50, 52, 106
Refinancing ramifications 72
rehab 52
Reilly, John 82
reinstate 39, 47, 59, 88, 101
relationships 13, 64, 65
remainder estate 12, 14, 20, 93, 95
remainder interest 82, 97
remainderman 93
remaindermen 93
Renauer 111
renovation 6, 11, 12, 13, 36, 41
rent 81, 83, 84, 86
rent-skimming 100
rental house 100
REO 61
REO Guide 64
REO Realty Registry 64
REO services 64
repairs 35, 51
replacement-cost appraisal 58
repos 67
Researching the Title of Real Estate 29
Residential Property Acquisition Handbook 28
restraining order 68
retail 100
revenue officer 106
Revenue Ruling 80-80 96
reverse directory 34, 101
reversion 93
right of redemption 57, 87, 90
right to redeem 105, 107, 108
rights of redemption 101
risk 14, 20
risks 14
Rohmeyer, George 96
“rolling-recourse” 62
rolling-recourse mortgage 62
RTC 61
Ruff, Howard 44
Rural Housing Service 61
S
Sachs 34, 35
Sachs, Dwain 5, 13, 32, 36, 81
Sacramento 56
Safer, Morley 122
San Francisco 45
San Francisco Bay Area 50
San Francisco Bay Counties Exchange Service 55
San Francisco Chronicle 47
San Francisco IRS district 88
San Joaquin 40, 42, 45
San Jose Mercury News 119, 121
San Mateo 48
Santa Clara 40
SBA 57
Schaub, John 101
Schultheis v. Schultheis 82
Schwartz 95
Scott, Mike 79, 95
screen 6
Screening 33, 43, 67, 80
screening 5, 7, 33, 34, 39, 46, 47, 76, 109
sealed-bid auction 83, 106
search title 57
secondary market 52
Secrecy 25
secrecy 13, 45, 50, 62, 69, 90, 109, 114, 117
secret 100
securities laws 41
security deposit 39, 56, 59, 123
security deposits 59
seizure 26
Seizure-Sale Hotline 88
self-amortizing mortgages 62
Seller financing 35
seller financing 23
senior citizen 51
senior lien 51
Sequence 45, 50, 80, 89
sequence 7, 69
sequencing 6, 47, 76, 109
Sheriff’s sale 90
sheriff’s sale 71, 87
Shop around 17
short-term capital loss 99
Sibling rivalry 32
Siblings 79
Simes 93
single-family homes 11
Single-Family Lease Options 101
Single-family Lease Options 76, 84
single-tenant building 100
skip-tracing 88
slander 119
Small Business Administration 57, 61
Smirnov, Yakov 68
Smith 93
soil-movement 49
Solano 40
specific performance 102, 103, 104
speculation 8
Speed 39
speed 34, 42, 45, 47
split purchase 93
St. Louis 5, 13, 81
Starr 23, 86, 120
Starr, Ron 48, 57, 63, 64, 83, 105, 107, 109, 120
Starr, Ronald 29
State veterans agencies 61
statement of identification 26
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. 48
Statistical Abstract of the Untied States 115
statute of limitations 25, 27
statutes 93
statutory expiration dates 27
stealing 17
Sting 87
stock brokers 19
Stockton, CA 54
Stockton, California 50
straight rental 71
straw man 10
straw men 13
Stubbs, Bill 123
subcontractor 76
subject to 41, 42
subordination agreement 6
substance over form 101
suicide 121
Suitability 18
summary judgment 118
superbargain 48, 118
Superbargains 57
superbargains 117
surviving spouses 33
syndicator 44
syndicators 19, 77
Syracuse 52
T
Take This House, Please! The complete guide to buy 64
tax assessor 33, 95
tax deed 24
tax ramification 62
Tax Ramifications 42, 77, 99, 113, 117
Tax ramifications 35, 73, 86
tax ramifications 11, 55, 89
tax reform 11
Tax Reform Act of 1986 11
tax sale 12
tax sales 27
tax-free exchange 11
tenancy by the entirety 112
Tenant-in-common 79
tenant-in-common 80, 95
tenant-in-common interest 12, 85
tenant-occupied property 61
tenants in common 86
termite inspections 43
testimonial 41
Texas 87
The Property Acquisition Guide 64
Thomas 40, 44
Thomas, Ted 11, 14, 39, 41, 42, 44, 46, 115
Thompson 50, 51, 55, 56, 71, 72, 115
Thompson, Eileen 114
Thompson, Paul 13, 14, 20, 50, 52, 54, 59, 64, 71, 115
time is of the essence 103
time value of money 81
title 72
title company 24
title insurance 14, 20, 28, 35, 72, 84, 115
title problem 8, 23, 24
Title search 50, 122
title search 6, 39, 43
title-insurance-company officers 19
title-search 25
toxic 28
toxic contamination 47, 73, 80
Toxic liability 45, 62, 69, 89
toxic liability 11, 49
toxic-clean-up liability 9
track record 11
Transaction costs 7
Transfer tax 59
transfer tax 44, 75
transfer taxes 102
trashed out 35
trespass 9
trust 94
trust deed 27, 101
trustee deed 52
trustee sale 13, 71, 105, 120
trustee sales 61
two-on-a-lot houses 12
U
U.S. District Court 68
U.S. v. Whiting Pools, Inc. 111
Unclean hands 103
Unclear title 24
Unconscionability 20
unconscionability 20
undivided interest 79
unfair 20
Unfair practice 103
unfinished houses 72
unsaleable 23
unsecured financing 26
unsecured loan 10
unsecured note 23
unsophisticated 18
unsophisticated seller 10, 19
unsophisticated sellers 19
unwanted tenant 72
useless land 14
utilities 69
V
VA 10, 62, 64, 67, 68
vacant 36, 52, 59, 71, 106
vandalism 56, 67
vandalism risk 61
vandalized 35
Veribanc 65
veteran 68
Veterans Administration 68
videotape 120
W
waiting list 14
Wall Street Journal 24, 101
Walters, Lloyd 7, 121
warranty 75, 76
Waste 95
waste 93
We-wrote-it-off” syndrome 13
weather 68, 72
Wechsler 53
Wechsler, Steve 53
weird of the world 14
welsh 102
welshing 103
will 93
Williams v. Williams 82
wills 28
Win-win 17, 48
windshield appraisal 37, 47, 51, 55, 57
Winnikoff 36
Winnikoff, Albert 24, 31
winterized 59
Woodland, CA 105, 108
workouts 13
wrongful foreclosure 119
Y
Yarrow 115
Yarrow, Sandra 114
Your Complete Guide to Foreclosure Profits 41, 42
Z
zero-sum game 17, 48
Zimmerman, Jim 69
zoning 58