The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks: Acquire Your Real Estate Fortune Today

by Dolf de Roos and Gene Burns

Book Overview

A real estate guide unlike any other, The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks is the true story of a seemingly impossible investing challenge and the two investors who pulled it off--all to prove that you can do it too.

Successful real estate investors Dolf de Roos and Gene Burns wanted to show skeptical investors that there are always great deals to be found. So they set out to buy fifty-two homes in just one year. Not only did they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471757055
• ISBN13: 9780471757054
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Read the Book in a Few Hours, Great Read!

Any time you read a book and learn even one thing it was worth more that the price of admission. Would I like to emulate the authors and purchase 52 individual homes in 52 weeks? God no, however, there are some great ideas in the book. For example a creative list of 10 ways to attract good tenants and some creative ways to take control of properties. You also get the sense of just what can be done when you set your mind to it. Some interesting stats on Las Vegas were there are 7000 a month moving to Vegas and 5000 leaving for a net influx of 2000 a month. Houses appreciated 52% in 2004 in Vegas. Wall Mart had no stores in Vegas and then went to 24 stores in 5 years. Pre 2002 RE appreciated an average of 6% a year there for 20 years (before inflation of 3%) for a net of 3%. Also interesting were the discussions of why people would end up in financial trouble. They claim that 40% of Americans spend more than they make. Scary. I'm real estate investor myself that went from $0 to $25,000,000 in holdings in less than 5 years starting with $0, only the equity in my house. I also wrote a book: A 20,000% Gain in Real Estate: A True Story About the Ups And Downs from Wall Street to Real Estate Leading Up to Phenomenal Returns. It's a step by step, play by play of how my partner and I built our real estate company in a way that anyone can emulate. Good Luck, Happy Reading. My Blog: bloglines.com/blog/KevinKingston

Great

Great insight into the mental thought processes involved with this level of investment expertise

Who says there is a real estate bubble?

de Roos uses this book and a challenge from one of his students to prove that you can profit from the real estate market and using various principles and stratgies, he shows how you can buy and make money in any market condition. de Roos proves that despite all the "bubble talk" real estate is still a better place to get a return on your investment than the stock market-- in any economy. Informative, funny and useful this book is a must for those just starting out in the real estate world.