Building Big Profits in Real Estate: A Guide for the New Investor

by Wade Timmerson and Suzanne Caplan

Book Overview

Everyday, people just like you have a real chance to make serious money in real estate. All it requires is the discipline to purchase good property and the motivation to make new purchases that will... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471646903
• ISBN13: 9780471646907
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A Must Read!!!

This book is awesome. My wife and I owned rental property but we wanted to go to the next step. After all the infomercials we had more questions than answers. A friend told me about this guy named Wade Timmerson and he had a great book. I bought the book and began to learn some truths about real estate. I connected with the author since he spoke plainly and truthfully about real estate and his experiences. I believe no matter if you are new or a veteran to real estate you will get valuble knowledge from his book. This book is the first I've read that helps the average investor get started and what to do next. The bonus in the book was all the forms and contracts that you can use for your business. The book is truly a must read for any investor.

Too good to be true? --- NOT!

My husband and I dabbled a bit in real estate investing, but it didn?t work out like we?d planned. We had always been curious, but skeptical about those late night TV ads. Should we have purchased those tapes? We had heard that this local basketball legend was doing well in real estate. Did he buy those tapes and which ones? This book really explains what it takes to be successful - a lot of hard work. The author is candid about his mistakes, his strengths, and what he had to do to compensate for weaknesses. He gives a lot of good advice and the Appendix is full of useful templates. I only intended to skim this book and ended up reading every page. This is the first time I've really understood what "flipping" is and everything that has to be put in place to be ready to recognize and seize the opportunities. We still have a few properties and I'm going to get my husband to read this book before we do anything else with them. Hoping to see more from these co-authors. They make a good team.

Good story but no details or how to

This book tells the personal story of someone who was starting out in the business and what he did wrong. The appendix is a good source of information but you still want your lawyers to look at your own agreements etc. The writers wrote this book did not clearly give you step by step information but it was an interesting read.

An Inspiration....

An excellent, well-written book! I would definitely recommend this book to anyone thinking about investing in real estate. After purchasing a few books that were difficult to follow and really nothing more than books filled with industry terminology, I was a little skeptical about buying another. I was pleasantly surprised by this one. It was easy to follow and gave me the motivation and inspiration that I needed to get started. I truly got the sense as if I had my very own mentors in Wade and Suzanne. The experiences and information shared in this book are priceless!

Very Good Read, Could not Put down!!

This book was very interesting to me being a young college student on the verge of graduation. The book talks about basic strategies that all real-estate investors need to know, whether they do it full-time or part-time. The book goes in depth about situations that the author has been through and the mistakes that he made along the way. It also talks about ways to handle certain situations that will arise being a new investor. Not only was this book very informative, but it was also very motivational for the new investor. I would reccomend this book to anyone who thinks they may want to pursue a career in real-estate.