Successful Real Estate Investing

by Robert Shemin

Successful Real Estate Investing is written specifically for novice investors who want to get started with confidence. It highlights 75 of the most common mistakes investors make and offers specific, real-life strategies for avoiding them. Each mini-chapter covers one mistake and offers pearls of wisdom based both on Robert Shemin's long experience as an investor and on case studies of investors he has met or assisted along the way. For investors worried about making a particular mistake in any step of the investment process, this is the only real estate guide that offers quick, expert guidance on avoiding everything that could-but won't!-go wrong. Successful Real Estate Investing covers these mistakes as well as many more: Forgetting to screen all tenants Not taking in adequate cash flow Missing out on special loan programs Not having the proper insurance Holding onto a rehab or rental house that won't sell or rent Thinking short-term when you should be thinking long-term Punishing ba