Real Estate Investment Strategy Volume 3 index
A
AAA 45
absentee ownership 43
Acalanes Union School District 50
active participation 8
Adverse possession 59
Agriculture, U.S. Department of 72
airplane 73
Aldie 74
Alexandria, VA 74
Allen, John 72
Allen, Robert 2, 3
alpha 36, 37, 40
Americans With Disabilities Act 46
Anchorage 73
Angels Camp, CA 44
Angels Inn 45
Anita, IA 68
annual constant 1
anti-real estate town 66
apartment buildings ii
appliances 18, 32, 56, 76
appraisal 32, 48, 49, 70, 78, 81, 84
Appraiser 80
appreciation 4, 13, 25, 28, 32, 33, 35, 37, 40, 53, 58, 67, 68, 78
Arizona 8
Arkansas 73
ARM 16, 38
Arnett, Harley 70
Arnold, Alvin 28
artificial intelligence 71
attorneys 3, 6, 13, 26, 30, 32, 38, 43, 67
Auction buyers 58
auctions 14, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 58
Australia 37, 83
automation 80
Automation 84
B
Bad foundation 59
banking consolidation 19
bankruptcy exemptions 62
bargain purchase 34, 35, 40
Barr Nunn, WY 67
basis 3, 4, 5, 8, 21, 24, 30, 33, 34, 37, 38, 51, 60, 64, 72, 85
adjusted basis 4
batteries 76, 77
Beale, Calvin 72
Beck, John ii, 13, 58
benefits and burdens 14
Bernanke, Ben 37
beta 36, 37, 40
Beyers, William 72
Bionomics 42, 43
Bishop Ranch 66
boiler plate 32
bonds 1, 2, 15, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 86, 87
Boom surfer 59
boondocking 58, 59
bottled gas 76
Builders, The 50
Building Owners and Managers 64
C
cable TV 77
Calaveras County 45
California ii, 8, 13, 15, 18, 24, 25, 29, 32, 45, 50, 51, 62, 66, 73, 74
call options 35, 36, 37
CalTrans 45
capital gains 4, 14, 59
capital intensive 4
capitalization (cap) rates 1, 16, 27, 34, 68
capitalization rate 67
Caretaker Gazette, The 55, 56
Carter, Janet 55, 61
cash 1, 4, 6, 15, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 44, 45, 60, 65, 67, 68, 73, 86
cash flow 1, 4, 6, 26, 32, 33, 34, 35, 67, 73, 86
category killers 75
cell phone 76, 77
Census 72
Census Bureau 68, 69
census data 67
Center for Disease Control 71
central business district 84
Certified Commercial Investment Member of the Realtor’s® National Marketing Institute (CCIM) 34
charter schools 51
Cherry Hill Mall 63
Chicago Mercantile Exchange 37, 38
child labor 54
church 64
Churches, Jails, and Gold Mines 22
Circuit City 75
Citibank 73
civil service 42
claims adjuster 59
climate control 3, 76
Clinton, Bill 59
close enough for government work 69
closing costs 1, 4, 29
commercial real estate 28, 36
commission 7, 19, 26, 29, 31, 59, 79, 80, 81
community center 75
Competitive Strategy 20
comps 78
computers 2, 5, 39, 41, 47, 48, 49, 52, 54, 58, 59, 60, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85
condos 6, 23, 25
construction worker 59
Consumer Price Index (CPI) 38, 85, 86
consumer protection laws 13
contingent liabilities 16
continuous appraisal 48
contractors 9, 10, 11, 19, 26, 27, 76
contracts 7, 10, 13, 17, 35
Corsicana, TX 68
cosmetics 11
Craigslist 79
credit-card-fraud detection 71
D
debts 15, 16
deductions 4, 61, 62, 84
deeds 14, 30, 45
default 2, 15
depreciation 4, 8, 22, 62
Depression 33, 34, 87
digitization 80
Digitization 80
disaster relief worker 59
discontinuities 15
DisneyWorld 8
dispersion 72, 73, 74, 83
distressed real estate owner 59
diversification 2, 4, 9, 20, 21, 35
divorce 10, 13
dollar cost averaging 35
Dollars and Cents of Shopping Centers 75
Don’t Buy a Car Made on a Monday 22
down payment 1, 25
duplex 20, 24
Dupree + Scott 1
E
early adoption 83
easements 15
Eastwood, Clint 36
Easy Rider 55
education 20, 29, 31, 39, 51, 52, 55, 64, 67
ejection” criteria 68
elevator 83
elevators 54, 65, 82, 83
Elko County, NV 68
Emeryville, CA 66
eminent domain 15
employee regulations 43
entrepreneurs 19
environmental liability 23
Escapee Club 56
expert systems 71
F
factory outlet 72
Fair Housing Amendments Act 6
Fannie Mae 80
farmer 64
farming 18
Farmington 67
fashion 54
FDIC 19, 21
FedEx 16, 22, 32, 43, 53, 73, 74
fees 29, 31, 32, 57
Figgie, Harry, Jr 15
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) 6
first-year expensing 6, 8, 62
fixers 11, 12, 25
Fixers 11, 12, 25, 36
floor-plan improvements 12
Florida 7, 8, 57, 62, 86
Forbes 29, 37, 38, 52
foreclosures 14, 29, 30, 59, 68
foreigners 7
Fortune 5, 19, 48, 70, 81, 82
Foster Ousley Conley 70
foundation 11, 12
fraud detection 70
Freddie Mac 41, 80
free and clear 1, 34, 85
free market 5
future performance 33
fuzzy logic 69, 70, 71
G
Gates, Bill 81
Geiger, Keith 51
Generator 77
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) 31, 47, 76, 83, 84
Good, Steve 22, 36
Google 48, 79
GPS 47, 48
Graham, Benjamin 34
greenmail 13
gross rent multipliers 67, 68
Guerilla Career Planning 21
H
harbor 73, 82
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 21
hard asset 16
hazard insurance 15, 23
hedging 36, 37, 38, 39, 86, 87
high-speed communication 77
home office 2, 5, 53, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 75
home schooling 52, 53, 64
home-schooling 64
hoteling 64
Hotel/motel phone 77
hotel tax 6
Hot Springs, AR 73
How I Turned $1,000 into $5,000,0000 in Real Estate in My Spare Time 24, 33, 58
How to Buy Real Estate for at Least 20% Below Market Value 21
How to Increase the Value of Real Estate 21, 58
How to Manage Residential Property for Maximum Cash Flow and Resale Value 6
HP12C pocket calculator 76
HVAC 31, 32
hyperinflation 15, 16, 17, 18
I
IA 67
improvement ratio 62
indexed principal 16
index funds 40
Industrial Revolution 71
inflation 2, 15, 16, 25, 26, 27, 38, 85, 86, 87
infomercials 1
inspections 31
insurance 6, 15, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 55, 57, 60, 62, 72, 73
Intelligent Investor 34
interest 1, 2, 4, 14, 16, 22, 25, 27, 34, 37, 38, 39, 41, 64, 65, 79, 80, 81, 86
Internal Revenue Code 23, 61
Internet 34, 36, 53, 79, 81, 83, 84
intrinsic value 34
J
jewelry 16
John Deere & Co 70
judgments 21
K
Kahn, Ronald 39
Kansas City 50
Kiyosaki, Robert 1
Kosko, Bart 71
Kuralt, Charles 55
L
Lamons, Robert 52
landlord 2, 15
Landlording 30, 44, 58
Larsen, Terrence 41
lawyers. See attorneys
leasing 7, 12
Lee, Dennis 44
letter of credit 39
leverage 1, 9
Levinson, Jay Conrad 21
liability insurance 6, 15
lifeboat 59
Limited-access highway 83
liquidity 86
listing services 29, 79
Livingston, Texas 56
loan-to-value ratio 14, 16, 32
Loner on Wheels Club 57
long-term 16, 17, 30, 32, 61, 65, 86
M
Madden, John 55
management accounting 4
marketing 7, 20, 21, 23, 48
market value 14, 16, 24, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 60, 81
Martinez Unified School District 51
mass transit 82
material participation 8
Mayer, Martin 50
McChesney, Thomas 64
McDonalds 66
Mellon Bank 71
Memphis 67
Mencarrow, Bill 74
mineral rights 23
Minnehaha Springs, West Virginia 17
misery index 7
mom and pop 5, 6, 42, 43
Mortgage and Real Estate Executives Report 28, 72
Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization 80
Mossberg, Walter 78
Murphys, CA 44
N
National Education Association 51
Natural disaster investor 59
natural disasters 9
neural network 69
New Jersey ii, 10, 22, 26, 32
newlyweds 11, 12
New York 38, 54, 67, 73
Nichols, Miller 50
Nickerson, William 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34, 58, 61
non-family employee 5
non-recourse 14, 35, 36
nonresidential 8, 50, 65
Northgate School District 50
nothing down 1, 2
O
obsolescence 4, 77, 82
office building 76
office hoteling 65
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight 86
oil 76
Oklahoma 4, 73
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 8
One-bedroom house 59
OnStar 77
operating expense ratio 27, 68
operating expenses 4, 27, 34, 65
operating income 16, 27, 28, 34, 68
outdoor plumbing 77
overbuilding 4, 85
owner-occupancy 71
Owner unknown 59
P
paperless mortgages 80
Paper Source, The 74
Parton, Dolly 55
passive income 1, 2, 3
passive loss 6, 8
past performance 33
Penalty for early withdrawal 59
performance bond 39
personal injury litigation 5
personal property 8, 23, 57, 62
Peterson, Joe 56
Philadelphia Inquirer 41
photovoltaic cell 72
Pocahantas County 18
political boycotts 8
pools 6, 7, 44, 45, 60
Porter, Michael 20
power supply 75
private enterprise zones 6
private schools 51
probate 15
profit 4, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 26, 33, 35, 37, 38
property management ii, 2, 3, 32, 84
pro-real estate communities 66
put option 38, 39
Q
quants 39
R
radio transceiver 77
Radio transmitter 76
railroad 73
rate of return 1, 3, 16
real estate agents 7, 10, 26, 59
Real Estate Finance Techniques 18, 38
Realtor.com 79
Realtors 24, 27, 38, 67, 78, 79, 81
Realty Trac 67
Recorder 81
recorders office 80
recreational vehicle 76
regulations 5, 6, 20, 43, 45, 63, 84
rehab 25, 26
remainder estates 21, 59
renovations 26, 28, 43, 47, 59
Renovators 58
rental house 67
rental property 1, 2, 7, 8, 54
rent control 4, 13, 39
rent, incremental 7
rent-to-home-value ratio 67
residential 7, 8, 42, 50, 55, 58, 63, 83, 87
Residential Property Acquisition Handbook 31, 39
resident manager ii
resort areas 7, 8, 56
Retirement Places Rated 73
return on current equity 4
return on investment 2, 4, 26
Rich Dad Poor Dad 1
risk 2, 5, 6, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41
rivers 82
Road Whiz Plus Interstate Travel Guide 72
Robinson, Leigh 30, 44, 46, 58
Robus, Greg 55
Rockford Files 55
Rolling Ventures 55
Rothschild, Michael 42
Route 66 55
rural areas 45, 46, 57, 67, 68, 72, 74, 84
RV clubs 55
RV shelter home 62
S
San Francisco 8, 10, 18, 37, 50, 64, 66, 67
San Joaquin Valley, CA 18
San Ramon, CA 66
satellite 73, 77, 83
Satellite 76, 77
satellite dish 72
Schedule C 4
Schedule D 4
Schedule E 4
schools 7, 17, 19, 20, 31, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 63, 64, 66, 71, 72, 73, 75
Schumer, Mike 6
Scott, Mike 1, 84
seasonal 7, 23, 56
seasoning 12
security 20
security deposits 7
self-employment 19
seller financing 12, 23
selling short 37, 38
ships 82
Shopping center 82
silent second mortgages 71
Simpsons, TV show 32
simultaneous closings 71
single-family ii, 24, 26, 61, 67, 68
Sinreich, Ellen 75
Small-niche investor 59
socialism 5
solar cell 77
Solar cell 76
Soliman 61
Sommers, Suzanne 60
South Dakota 73, 74
Step by Step TV show 60
Stephanopolous, George 51
stocks 29, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 70, 85, 86
Studley, Julien J. 36
substitutability 35
suburbs 82
Succeeding 38
summer vacation 64
surveys 31, 38
Survival of the Most Efficient 65
suspended losses 8
T
taxes 4, 6, 16, 17, 18, 27, 43, 55, 57, 60, 73
Tax Reform Act of 1986 6
technology 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 57, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 76, 82, 83, 84
temporal diversity 36
tenant-in-common interests 21
tenants 1, 3, 7, 48, 55, 57, 58, 77, 83
termites 31
Texas ii, 4, 6, 20, 22, 30, 32, 56, 57, 62
Thomas, Ted 59
Thompson, Paul 30
Time magazine 16, 19, 58, 84
title 15, 21, 26, 29, 30, 31, 37, 47, 49, 80, 81
to-be-constructed 13
toxic contamination 4, 14, 47, 49
trade show 83
train 82
transaction costs 14, 29
Treasury bonds 1, 2
Treasury Inflation Protection (TIP) bonds 38
Trulia.com 79
TurboTax 81
Turnaround artist 59
turnaround artists 59
Two-on-a-lot houses 59
U
unions 8, 16, 50, 53
unsecured debts 15
Urban Land Institute 75
USAA 40, 43, 86
utilities 6, 18, 27, 60, 62, 84
utility hook-up 59
utilization rates 64
V
vacancy 3, 7, 8, 27, 46
Vanguard 40
video conferencing 64
videophone 72
Videophone 77
virtual officing 64
vultures 58
W
waiting lists 35
Wall Street Journal 13, 72, 73, 78, 80
Walnut Creek, CA 70
warranties 14, 17, 23, 32
Waterloo/Cedar Falls 67
Waterloo/Cedar Falls, IA 67
water rights 15
waterway 73
WATS line 77
weekly rentals 6, 7, 8
West Point 10, 20, 38, 39
White Sulphur Springs 68
White Sulphur Springs, WV 67
Who’s Who of Hard Money Economics 16
Window of opportunity 69
wireless communication 77
wires 72, 75, 76, 77
wood stove 77
Workamper News 55
WV 67
www.caretaker.org 55
www.census.gov 67
www.craigslist.com 79
www.dsaa.com 84
www.ForSaleByOwner.com 79
www.johntreed.com/Graham.html 34
www.maps.google.com 48
www.minneapolis fed.org/Research/data/us/calc/index.cfm 25
www.ofheo.gov/# 86
www.oodle.com 79
www.propsmart.com 79
www.Realtor.com 79
www.remodeling.hw.net 25
www.Trulia.com 79
www.west.thompson.com 28
www.workamper.com 55
www.zillow.com 78, 81
X
XML 79
Y
Yellow Pages 48
Yoda 37
Z
Zadeh, Lofti 70
Zillow 78, 81, 82
zoning 4, 15, 44, 57, 62
AAA 45
absentee ownership 43
Acalanes Union School District 50
active participation 8
Adverse possession 59
Agriculture, U.S. Department of 72
airplane 73
Aldie 74
Alexandria, VA 74
Allen, John 72
Allen, Robert 2, 3
alpha 36, 37, 40
Americans With Disabilities Act 46
Anchorage 73
Angels Camp, CA 44
Angels Inn 45
Anita, IA 68
annual constant 1
anti-real estate town 66
apartment buildings ii
appliances 18, 32, 56, 76
appraisal 32, 48, 49, 70, 78, 81, 84
Appraiser 80
appreciation 4, 13, 25, 28, 32, 33, 35, 37, 40, 53, 58, 67, 68, 78
Arizona 8
Arkansas 73
ARM 16, 38
Arnett, Harley 70
Arnold, Alvin 28
artificial intelligence 71
attorneys 3, 6, 13, 26, 30, 32, 38, 43, 67
Auction buyers 58
auctions 14, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 58
Australia 37, 83
automation 80
Automation 84
B
Bad foundation 59
banking consolidation 19
bankruptcy exemptions 62
bargain purchase 34, 35, 40
Barr Nunn, WY 67
basis 3, 4, 5, 8, 21, 24, 30, 33, 34, 37, 38, 51, 60, 64, 72, 85
adjusted basis 4
batteries 76, 77
Beale, Calvin 72
Beck, John ii, 13, 58
benefits and burdens 14
Bernanke, Ben 37
beta 36, 37, 40
Beyers, William 72
Bionomics 42, 43
Bishop Ranch 66
boiler plate 32
bonds 1, 2, 15, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 86, 87
Boom surfer 59
boondocking 58, 59
bottled gas 76
Builders, The 50
Building Owners and Managers 64
C
cable TV 77
Calaveras County 45
California ii, 8, 13, 15, 18, 24, 25, 29, 32, 45, 50, 51, 62, 66, 73, 74
call options 35, 36, 37
CalTrans 45
capital gains 4, 14, 59
capital intensive 4
capitalization (cap) rates 1, 16, 27, 34, 68
capitalization rate 67
Caretaker Gazette, The 55, 56
Carter, Janet 55, 61
cash 1, 4, 6, 15, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 44, 45, 60, 65, 67, 68, 73, 86
cash flow 1, 4, 6, 26, 32, 33, 34, 35, 67, 73, 86
category killers 75
cell phone 76, 77
Census 72
Census Bureau 68, 69
census data 67
Center for Disease Control 71
central business district 84
Certified Commercial Investment Member of the Realtor’s® National Marketing Institute (CCIM) 34
charter schools 51
Cherry Hill Mall 63
Chicago Mercantile Exchange 37, 38
child labor 54
church 64
Churches, Jails, and Gold Mines 22
Circuit City 75
Citibank 73
civil service 42
claims adjuster 59
climate control 3, 76
Clinton, Bill 59
close enough for government work 69
closing costs 1, 4, 29
commercial real estate 28, 36
commission 7, 19, 26, 29, 31, 59, 79, 80, 81
community center 75
Competitive Strategy 20
comps 78
computers 2, 5, 39, 41, 47, 48, 49, 52, 54, 58, 59, 60, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85
condos 6, 23, 25
construction worker 59
Consumer Price Index (CPI) 38, 85, 86
consumer protection laws 13
contingent liabilities 16
continuous appraisal 48
contractors 9, 10, 11, 19, 26, 27, 76
contracts 7, 10, 13, 17, 35
Corsicana, TX 68
cosmetics 11
Craigslist 79
credit-card-fraud detection 71
D
debts 15, 16
deductions 4, 61, 62, 84
deeds 14, 30, 45
default 2, 15
depreciation 4, 8, 22, 62
Depression 33, 34, 87
digitization 80
Digitization 80
disaster relief worker 59
discontinuities 15
DisneyWorld 8
dispersion 72, 73, 74, 83
distressed real estate owner 59
diversification 2, 4, 9, 20, 21, 35
divorce 10, 13
dollar cost averaging 35
Dollars and Cents of Shopping Centers 75
Don’t Buy a Car Made on a Monday 22
down payment 1, 25
duplex 20, 24
Dupree + Scott 1
E
early adoption 83
easements 15
Eastwood, Clint 36
Easy Rider 55
education 20, 29, 31, 39, 51, 52, 55, 64, 67
ejection” criteria 68
elevator 83
elevators 54, 65, 82, 83
Elko County, NV 68
Emeryville, CA 66
eminent domain 15
employee regulations 43
entrepreneurs 19
environmental liability 23
Escapee Club 56
expert systems 71
F
factory outlet 72
Fair Housing Amendments Act 6
Fannie Mae 80
farmer 64
farming 18
Farmington 67
fashion 54
FDIC 19, 21
FedEx 16, 22, 32, 43, 53, 73, 74
fees 29, 31, 32, 57
Figgie, Harry, Jr 15
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) 6
first-year expensing 6, 8, 62
fixers 11, 12, 25
Fixers 11, 12, 25, 36
floor-plan improvements 12
Florida 7, 8, 57, 62, 86
Forbes 29, 37, 38, 52
foreclosures 14, 29, 30, 59, 68
foreigners 7
Fortune 5, 19, 48, 70, 81, 82
Foster Ousley Conley 70
foundation 11, 12
fraud detection 70
Freddie Mac 41, 80
free and clear 1, 34, 85
free market 5
future performance 33
fuzzy logic 69, 70, 71
G
Gates, Bill 81
Geiger, Keith 51
Generator 77
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) 31, 47, 76, 83, 84
Good, Steve 22, 36
Google 48, 79
GPS 47, 48
Graham, Benjamin 34
greenmail 13
gross rent multipliers 67, 68
Guerilla Career Planning 21
H
harbor 73, 82
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 21
hard asset 16
hazard insurance 15, 23
hedging 36, 37, 38, 39, 86, 87
high-speed communication 77
home office 2, 5, 53, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 75
home schooling 52, 53, 64
home-schooling 64
hoteling 64
Hotel/motel phone 77
hotel tax 6
Hot Springs, AR 73
How I Turned $1,000 into $5,000,0000 in Real Estate in My Spare Time 24, 33, 58
How to Buy Real Estate for at Least 20% Below Market Value 21
How to Increase the Value of Real Estate 21, 58
How to Manage Residential Property for Maximum Cash Flow and Resale Value 6
HP12C pocket calculator 76
HVAC 31, 32
hyperinflation 15, 16, 17, 18
I
IA 67
improvement ratio 62
indexed principal 16
index funds 40
Industrial Revolution 71
inflation 2, 15, 16, 25, 26, 27, 38, 85, 86, 87
infomercials 1
inspections 31
insurance 6, 15, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 55, 57, 60, 62, 72, 73
Intelligent Investor 34
interest 1, 2, 4, 14, 16, 22, 25, 27, 34, 37, 38, 39, 41, 64, 65, 79, 80, 81, 86
Internal Revenue Code 23, 61
Internet 34, 36, 53, 79, 81, 83, 84
intrinsic value 34
J
jewelry 16
John Deere & Co 70
judgments 21
K
Kahn, Ronald 39
Kansas City 50
Kiyosaki, Robert 1
Kosko, Bart 71
Kuralt, Charles 55
L
Lamons, Robert 52
landlord 2, 15
Landlording 30, 44, 58
Larsen, Terrence 41
lawyers. See attorneys
leasing 7, 12
Lee, Dennis 44
letter of credit 39
leverage 1, 9
Levinson, Jay Conrad 21
liability insurance 6, 15
lifeboat 59
Limited-access highway 83
liquidity 86
listing services 29, 79
Livingston, Texas 56
loan-to-value ratio 14, 16, 32
Loner on Wheels Club 57
long-term 16, 17, 30, 32, 61, 65, 86
M
Madden, John 55
management accounting 4
marketing 7, 20, 21, 23, 48
market value 14, 16, 24, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 60, 81
Martinez Unified School District 51
mass transit 82
material participation 8
Mayer, Martin 50
McChesney, Thomas 64
McDonalds 66
Mellon Bank 71
Memphis 67
Mencarrow, Bill 74
mineral rights 23
Minnehaha Springs, West Virginia 17
misery index 7
mom and pop 5, 6, 42, 43
Mortgage and Real Estate Executives Report 28, 72
Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization 80
Mossberg, Walter 78
Murphys, CA 44
N
National Education Association 51
Natural disaster investor 59
natural disasters 9
neural network 69
New Jersey ii, 10, 22, 26, 32
newlyweds 11, 12
New York 38, 54, 67, 73
Nichols, Miller 50
Nickerson, William 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34, 58, 61
non-family employee 5
non-recourse 14, 35, 36
nonresidential 8, 50, 65
Northgate School District 50
nothing down 1, 2
O
obsolescence 4, 77, 82
office building 76
office hoteling 65
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight 86
oil 76
Oklahoma 4, 73
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 8
One-bedroom house 59
OnStar 77
operating expense ratio 27, 68
operating expenses 4, 27, 34, 65
operating income 16, 27, 28, 34, 68
outdoor plumbing 77
overbuilding 4, 85
owner-occupancy 71
Owner unknown 59
P
paperless mortgages 80
Paper Source, The 74
Parton, Dolly 55
passive income 1, 2, 3
passive loss 6, 8
past performance 33
Penalty for early withdrawal 59
performance bond 39
personal injury litigation 5
personal property 8, 23, 57, 62
Peterson, Joe 56
Philadelphia Inquirer 41
photovoltaic cell 72
Pocahantas County 18
political boycotts 8
pools 6, 7, 44, 45, 60
Porter, Michael 20
power supply 75
private enterprise zones 6
private schools 51
probate 15
profit 4, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 26, 33, 35, 37, 38
property management ii, 2, 3, 32, 84
pro-real estate communities 66
put option 38, 39
Q
quants 39
R
radio transceiver 77
Radio transmitter 76
railroad 73
rate of return 1, 3, 16
real estate agents 7, 10, 26, 59
Real Estate Finance Techniques 18, 38
Realtor.com 79
Realtors 24, 27, 38, 67, 78, 79, 81
Realty Trac 67
Recorder 81
recorders office 80
recreational vehicle 76
regulations 5, 6, 20, 43, 45, 63, 84
rehab 25, 26
remainder estates 21, 59
renovations 26, 28, 43, 47, 59
Renovators 58
rental house 67
rental property 1, 2, 7, 8, 54
rent control 4, 13, 39
rent, incremental 7
rent-to-home-value ratio 67
residential 7, 8, 42, 50, 55, 58, 63, 83, 87
Residential Property Acquisition Handbook 31, 39
resident manager ii
resort areas 7, 8, 56
Retirement Places Rated 73
return on current equity 4
return on investment 2, 4, 26
Rich Dad Poor Dad 1
risk 2, 5, 6, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41
rivers 82
Road Whiz Plus Interstate Travel Guide 72
Robinson, Leigh 30, 44, 46, 58
Robus, Greg 55
Rockford Files 55
Rolling Ventures 55
Rothschild, Michael 42
Route 66 55
rural areas 45, 46, 57, 67, 68, 72, 74, 84
RV clubs 55
RV shelter home 62
S
San Francisco 8, 10, 18, 37, 50, 64, 66, 67
San Joaquin Valley, CA 18
San Ramon, CA 66
satellite 73, 77, 83
Satellite 76, 77
satellite dish 72
Schedule C 4
Schedule D 4
Schedule E 4
schools 7, 17, 19, 20, 31, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 63, 64, 66, 71, 72, 73, 75
Schumer, Mike 6
Scott, Mike 1, 84
seasonal 7, 23, 56
seasoning 12
security 20
security deposits 7
self-employment 19
seller financing 12, 23
selling short 37, 38
ships 82
Shopping center 82
silent second mortgages 71
Simpsons, TV show 32
simultaneous closings 71
single-family ii, 24, 26, 61, 67, 68
Sinreich, Ellen 75
Small-niche investor 59
socialism 5
solar cell 77
Solar cell 76
Soliman 61
Sommers, Suzanne 60
South Dakota 73, 74
Step by Step TV show 60
Stephanopolous, George 51
stocks 29, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 70, 85, 86
Studley, Julien J. 36
substitutability 35
suburbs 82
Succeeding 38
summer vacation 64
surveys 31, 38
Survival of the Most Efficient 65
suspended losses 8
T
taxes 4, 6, 16, 17, 18, 27, 43, 55, 57, 60, 73
Tax Reform Act of 1986 6
technology 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 57, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 76, 82, 83, 84
temporal diversity 36
tenant-in-common interests 21
tenants 1, 3, 7, 48, 55, 57, 58, 77, 83
termites 31
Texas ii, 4, 6, 20, 22, 30, 32, 56, 57, 62
Thomas, Ted 59
Thompson, Paul 30
Time magazine 16, 19, 58, 84
title 15, 21, 26, 29, 30, 31, 37, 47, 49, 80, 81
to-be-constructed 13
toxic contamination 4, 14, 47, 49
trade show 83
train 82
transaction costs 14, 29
Treasury bonds 1, 2
Treasury Inflation Protection (TIP) bonds 38
Trulia.com 79
TurboTax 81
Turnaround artist 59
turnaround artists 59
Two-on-a-lot houses 59
U
unions 8, 16, 50, 53
unsecured debts 15
Urban Land Institute 75
USAA 40, 43, 86
utilities 6, 18, 27, 60, 62, 84
utility hook-up 59
utilization rates 64
V
vacancy 3, 7, 8, 27, 46
Vanguard 40
video conferencing 64
videophone 72
Videophone 77
virtual officing 64
vultures 58
W
waiting lists 35
Wall Street Journal 13, 72, 73, 78, 80
Walnut Creek, CA 70
warranties 14, 17, 23, 32
Waterloo/Cedar Falls 67
Waterloo/Cedar Falls, IA 67
water rights 15
waterway 73
WATS line 77
weekly rentals 6, 7, 8
West Point 10, 20, 38, 39
White Sulphur Springs 68
White Sulphur Springs, WV 67
Who’s Who of Hard Money Economics 16
Window of opportunity 69
wireless communication 77
wires 72, 75, 76, 77
wood stove 77
Workamper News 55
WV 67
www.caretaker.org 55
www.census.gov 67
www.craigslist.com 79
www.dsaa.com 84
www.ForSaleByOwner.com 79
www.johntreed.com/Graham.html 34
www.maps.google.com 48
www.minneapolis fed.org/Research/data/us/calc/index.cfm 25
www.ofheo.gov/# 86
www.oodle.com 79
www.propsmart.com 79
www.Realtor.com 79
www.remodeling.hw.net 25
www.Trulia.com 79
www.west.thompson.com 28
www.workamper.com 55
www.zillow.com 78, 81
X
XML 79
Y
Yellow Pages 48
Yoda 37
Z
Zadeh, Lofti 70
Zillow 78, 81, 82
zoning 4, 15, 44, 57, 62