The Wall Street Journal. Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook (Wall Street Journal Guides)

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook (Wall Street Journal Guides)

The conservative, thoughtful, thrifty investor’s guide to building a real-estate empire.<br><br>Profitable real-estate investing opportunities exist everywhere as long as you know what to look for and understand how to make prudent deals that transform property into profits. David Crook, of <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, shows how to make safe and sane investments that ensure a good night’s sleep as your real-estate portfolio grows, your properties appreciate and your income increases. <b>The Wall Street Journal Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook</b> offers the most authoritative information on:<br><br>• Why real-estate investing is a great wealth-building alternative to stocks and bonds and why it’s crucial that you avoid get-rich schemes<br>• How to get the financing and make the contacts to get started<br>• How to start small and local, be hands-on and go step-by-step with a vacation home to rent out, a pure rental property or a small apartment building<br>• How to find and value great properties, do the numbers and ensure you have that beautiful thing called cash flow<br>• How the government blesses real-estate investors with tax breaks and loopholes, and how you can be one of the anointed<br>• How to deal with the nuts-and-bolts of being a landlord and have a strife-free relationship with your tenants