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Building An Affordable House: A Smart Guide to High-Value, Low-Cost Construction

Fernando Pages Ruiz

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Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Many options, use selectively 4 out of 5 stars.
17 of 17 people found this review helpful.

This book presents a wide range of cost-saving options on the foundation, framing, insulation, and other components of a new house. You have to pick and choose the ones that work for you. For example, if you have a beautiful view and a mild climate, you may not want to cut costs by reducing the number of windows.
Instead, you can (for example) avoid a costly over-built foundation that is designed for more demanding climates.

The author does not advocate building a "cheap" (sub-standard) house. In fact, in some parts of the book he recommends avoiding choices that would reduce up-front costs (for instance, by laying polyester carpet over an inexpensive foam pad, or by installing an electrical panel with room for fewer breakers).

Many of his suggestions simply challenge conventional practices that have no engineering rationale (spacing studs 16" oc instead of 24", using 3-stud corners) or alternative products (such as Insulating Concrete Forms) that are not necessarily cost-effective.

I think this is a very helpful book. If nothing else, it can alert you to the kinds of details that periodically need re-thinking when you follow one construction practice over another. Then if you want to put more money into an extravagant staircase or other detail, you'll have some ideas about how to pay for it without going over budget or cutting dangerous corners.

Editorial Review:

The first comprehensive guide of its kind, Building an Affordable House is for homeowners and building contractors who want to incorporate proven cost-saving techniques into their projects. Written by a contractor who has been nationally recognized for his innovative approach to cost control, this book shows readers how to generate significant savings on major projects such as building a new home or adding on to an existing one. The first section provides an economical approach to planning projects, while the second reveals the quality-conscious, cost-cutting strategies the author has uncovered through direct construction experience and extensive consultation with industry experts. The third section covers finish details from drywall to flooring, with emphasis on saving money without compromising quality or distinctive results. Handy features include floor plans, resource listings, and project management tools.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying Foreclosures, 2nd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to)

Bobbi Dempsey, Todd Beitler

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Provides good information for getting started 4 out of 5 stars.
18 of 18 people found this review helpful.

Provides a large amount of information in a concise but easy-to-read format. Considering all of the nuances of buying foreclosures, from the legal considerations to the occupation stage, the author does a good job of capturing and conveying the essentials. The author also does a good job of communicating both public and private foreclosure opportunities, which is important in many states.
The author focuses primarily on 'investing in foreclosures' vs. 'buying a foreclosure for your primary residence.' Consider this when comparing to other books.
Could have used more specific information on where to look for foreclosure opportunities, but the book does mention that actively searching and networking is a key to the game.
Overall, a good, easy read with valuable information for anyone wishing to enhance their real estate expertise.

Editorial Review:

One person’s loss is another person’s gain.

This invaluable guide explains everything readers need to know about finding and financing foreclosed and soon-to-be foreclosed residential properties with the highest potential return. Completely updated, this new edition reflects recent changes in the way banks and the government dispose of foreclosed properties, covers new laws, and advises how to steer clear of scams.
• First edition sold more than 30,000 copies in a year and a half
• The national residential foreclosure rate rose to from .75% to 1.16% (of all mortgages) by the end of 2006—the biggest jump in 30 years
• Foreclosures are expected to continue to increase as interest rates rise and monthly payments on short-term variable rate and interest-only loans make homes unaffordable

Principles of Real Estate Syndication

Samuel, K Freshman

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50,000 copies have been sold of earlier editions of this book. This work is a "how to do it" book with definitive and up to the minute easy to understand thinking on real estate syndication theory and practice. The book contains excellent examples and illustrations. Within the many pages the ideas and illustrations can be applied to any type of business enterprise including Entertainment, Oil and Gas, Timber, Agricultural, Manufacturing, Restaurant, Venture Capital, Import and Export, and all other kinds of industries. THE AUTHOR Samuel Freshman has long distinguished himself in the legal and real estate field. He is a past Chairman of the Legal and Accounting Committee of the California Real Estate Association Syndication Division. He has lectured extensively on the subjects of real estate syndication, finance and law before Realty Boards, Bar Associations, CPA Societies, Colleges and Universities. Mr. Freshman assisted in the preparation of both the California Corporation and Real Estate Commissioner's syndicate regulations. He is a partner in numerous real estate investments. He is a graduate of Stanford University and Stanford University Law School. In 1958 he founded and became the senior partner of a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. In 1962 Sam formed Standard Management Company which has sponsored hundreds of millions of dollars of investments in real estate projects throughout the U.S.A. An author of many Articles on Syndication and real estate he has qualified numerous times as an expert witness on real estate and finance in both the federal and state courts. CONTENTS (Partial) The book contains 22 chapters covering such vital matters as: What is Syndication?, Types of Syndications, Why Syndicate Interests are Purchased, Syndication Leverage, Syndication Risks and Responsibilities, Advantages and Disadvantages of Syndication, Syndication Motivation and Profit Formulas, Selecting What to Syndicate, Syndicating Cash to Loan, Syndicating for All Cash, How to Acquire Property, The Profits Agreement, Sources of property, How to prepare an agreement for Purchase and Sale of Property, Leverage Techniques, Selecting the Entity, Tax Considerations, Preparation of the Partnership Agreement, Licensing and Regulation of Syndication Activities, Finder's Fees and Brokerage Commissions, How to Market Syndicate Shares, and Providing Liquidity for Syndicate Interests. The work contains extensive glossaries of real estate, entertainment, and oil and gas terms as well as an Appendix of applicable rules, regulations and forms.

Introduction to Materials Management

J.R. Tony Arnold, J. R. Tony Arnold

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Well worth the money. 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I own the 4th edition. I had to make a comment after amazon recommended the 5th.

This is a great book. Originally, i was PO'ed at the price. Especially when you get it and its quite thin compared to many texts. I had to get it for APICS.

Once you start reading it you find it cuts through all waste. This is not a padded book. It explains concepts in a brief, direct manner. Most importantly it communicates clearly. Its like a well written executive summary of the field of materials management. There is enough detail for practitioners.

I have almost all texts in the recommended reading of APICS. This is probably my favorite. The utility you will get per unit of time reading this is huge.

Editorial Review:

Written in a simple and user-friendly style, this book covers all the basics of supply chain management and production and inventory control. It is the only book listed in the APICS-The Educational Society for Resource Management CPIM Exam Content Manual as the text reference for the Basics of Supply Chain Management (BSCM) CPIM certification examination. 15 separate chapters discuss an introduction to materials management, production planning system, master scheduling, material requirements planning, capacity management, production activity control, purchasing, forecasting, inventory fundamentals, order quantities, independent demand ordering systems, physical inventory and warehouse management, physical distribution, products and processes, just-in-time manufacturing, and total quality management. For business personnel whose job functions include materials management, and production and inventory control.

Sales Closing for Dummies (For Dummies)

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ABC ALWAYS BE CLOSING! 5 out of 5 stars.
21 of 22 people found this review helpful.

I've been in Real Estate sales for just over a year. This is my first "sales" job so I was looking for something to help me with my closing skills. After reading the first 10 chapters of this book, I picked up several techniques and ideas from Tom's strategies that helped me. They helped me so much in fact, that I got two listings in one week! The commission on those two listings totaled $20,610! If I could recommend any sales book for a beginning sales person, or an experienced sales person that just needs some new ideas, this would be it!!!

Editorial Review:

"Filled with powerful principles that anyone can use to become a top-producing salesperson."

- E. Anthony Reguero, Chartered Financial Consultant

GET THEM TO APPROVE YOUR AGREEMENT

Renowned sales trainer Tom Hopkins provides you with the hands-on tools and techniques you'll need to execute this crucial part of sales negotiation -the close. Whether you1re a newcomer to sales or a savvy pro, Sales Closing For Dummies™ will help you turn opportunity into bottom line results!

BECOME A CHAMPION CLOSER

• Lead a sale without being pushy• Read the signs of an interested potential buyer• Use questioning methods that lead to the close time and time again• Help clients feel good about their buying decisions• Keep your clients' business and develop loyalty

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How to Become a Million Dollar Real Estate Agent in Your First Year: What Smart Agents Need to Know Explained Simply

Susan Smith Alvis

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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It s amazing how many people are starting careers in real estate today, yet how many are successful at it? There are many roadblocks to a thriving real estate career. If you are not listing and selling 15 to 30 properties per month each and every month then this book is for you. This book presents the research of the steps and tactics super-successful real estate sales agents employ today. What makes this book particularly useful is the actual case studies from agents who do this work every day. You will learn their time-tested secrets. This step-by-step guide will show you how to find the properties, how to list them, how to sell them, and ultimately, how to get your commission. Learn the hard-earned secrets of breaking into the real estate field, and become super successful in no time at all. You will learn to quickly attract new prospects, get the highest possible commissions, and get return business and referrals, while still having a life outside of work. In this new book you will learn: how NOT to make the big mistakes most new agents make, licensing and exam fees, Multiple Listing Service (MLS), local Board of Realtors, real estate boards, expenses of doing business, your vehicle and insurance coverage, sales techniques, simple methods to get hundreds of referrals, how to make buyers and sellers happy, how to quickly and easily locate the best deals for your customer, presenting offers, software programs that make running your business effortless, the luxury housing market, Dealing with FSBO s, the commercial market, secrets to using the Internet, setting up a record keeping and computer system, brokers and how to work with them, your professional image, the new frontier, the online Internet world , online tools and ideas, real estate technology tips, search engine and Web site optimization, page rank, Internet leads, web positioning, web optimization building partnerships, and general real estate Internet information, and much more.

The Property Management Tool Kit

Mike Beirne

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Packed with great ideas, this is a 'must' for would-be real estate investors. 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

Many real estate investment books would have you think all you need to do is purchase rental property to become rich - but in reality the property must be managed property to become a cash cow, and that's where The Property Management Tool Kit comes in. Chapters cover all kinds of issues, from making improvements which substantially increase property values to handling tenants, maintaining the property, and more. It's not all do-it-yourself, either: if your choice is to buy then hire a management team - The Property Management Tool Kit tells how, from what to look for to how to partner with vendors. Packed with great ideas, this is a 'must' for would-be real estate investors.

Diane C. Donovan
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"The Property Management Tool Kit" gives real estate investors the guidance they need to successfully manage rental properties, avoid pitfalls, and make a healthy profit. A quick but complete course on managing property, the book takes readers beyond the basics, providing them with useful tools including sample documents and applications and educating them about legal concerns, record-keeping, administration, maintenance, and much more.

Powerhouse Principles: The Billionaire Blueprint For Real Estate Success

Jorge Perez

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The #1 private developer in the U.S. Jorge Pérez shares his billionaire secrets to empower both small and seasoned investors.

Known as the King of Condominiums and the Steven Spielberg of Real Estate, Jorge Pérez reveals his principles for achieving success in the real estate market through a clear, step-by-step process. For the first time ever, this top developer shares his most coveted principles, teaching readers everything he knows now that he wished he knew then. Having started with $2 and today boasting earnings of more than $2 billion, Pérez details the financial opportunities in real estate, and instills the importance of total commitment, dedication, and hard work. Pérez specifies effective business tactics that will lead to evergreen profits, including:

• Key points to smart investing
• Cardinal rules for picking and building property
• Commandments on negotiating the best deal
• Valuable tips on securing equity
• Powerful steps for selling property

Finally Pérez explains how to manage and grow investments over the long term.

Emphasizing the importance of staying flexible in an ever-changing market, Pérez offers personal anecdotes, key business philosophies, and top insider methods to inspire and motivate any investor and entrepreneur to achieve the ultimate success in real estate.

The Diversity of Life

Edward O. Wilson

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Harvard Professor and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Wilson takes readers through time--tracing the processes that create new species, the five cataclysmic events that have disrupted evolution over the past 600 million years, and how humans are destroying diversity at a projected rate of 20 percent over the next 30 years. "In the Amazon Basin the greatest violence sometimes begins as a flicker of light beyond the horizon. There in the perfect bowl of the night sky, untouched by light from any human source, a thunderstorm sends its premonitory signal and begins a slow journey to the observer, who thinks: the world is about to change." Watching from the edge of the Brazilian rain forest, witness to the sort of violence nature visits upon its creatures, Edward O. Wilson reflects on the crucible of evolution, and so begins his remarkable account of how the living world became diverse and how humans are destroying that diversity. Wilson, internationally regarded as the dean of biodiversity studies, conducts us on a tour through time, traces the processes that create new species in bursts of adaptive radiation, and points out the cataclysmic events that have disrupted evolution and diminished global diversity over the past 600 million years. The five enormous natural blows to the planet (such as meteorite strikes and climatic changes) required 10 to 100 million years of evolutionary repair. The sixth great spasm of extinction on earth--caused this time entirely by humans--may be the one that breaks the crucible of life. Wilson identifies this crisis in countless ecosystems around the globe: coral reefs, grasslands, rain forests, and other natural habitats. Drawing on a variety of examples such as the decline of bird populations in the United States, the extinction of many species of freshwater fish in Africa and Asia, and the rapid disappearance of flora and fauna as the rain forests are cut down, he poignantly describes the death throes of the living worlds diversity--projected to decline as much as 20 percent by the year 2020. All evidence marshaled here resonates through Wilson's tightly reasoned call for a spirit of stewardship over the worlds biological wealth. He makes a plea for specific actions that will enhance rather than diminish not just diversity but the quality of life on earth. Cutting through the tangle of environmental issues that often obscure the real concern, Wilson maintains that the era of confrontation between forces for the preservation of nature and those for economic development is over; he convincingly drives home the point that both aims can, and must, be integrated. Unparalleled in its range and depth, Wilson's masterwork is essential reading for those who care about preserving the worlds biological variety and ensuring our planets health.

Principles of Conservation Biology

Gary K. Meffe

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Principles of Conservation Biology, Third Edition features a wholly revised organization, emphasizing analyses of different categories of threat and approaches to conservation. Coverage has been expanded to incorporate both terrestrial and marine conservation issues, and efforts in the U.S. and across the globe.

Principles' eighteen chapters introduce the major themes and concepts of this diverse and dynamic field. The biological and social underpinnings of conservation problems and potential solutions are interwoven throughout the text, which is divided into three sections: foundations of the field, threats to biodiversity, and approaches to solving conservation problems. Guest essays and case studies provide a diversity of perspectives and real-world examples that add insight and provoke discussion. The text is richly illustrated, and concludes with an extensive glossary and bibliography.

This book is intended for use in conservation biology courses at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as by researchers and practitioners, and assumes a basic background in biology and ecology.