how to secure profits in any real estate market
David T. Schumacher with Erik Page Bucy.
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Introduction I
I Weighing Investment Decisions: Savings Plans and the
Stock Market versus Real Estate 9
2 Determine the Best Type of Real Estate Investment to Fit
Your Needs 26
3 Set a Realistic Objective That Investing in Real Estate Could
Accomplish 43
4 Analyze National Trends Affecting Environmental Factors
and Economic Growth 56
5 Assess How These Trends Will Affect Your Region,
Metropolitan Area, and Community 72
6 Assess How National Trends Will Affect Your Immediate
Neighborhood 96
7 Select the Right Property and Make an Analysis of Its
Growth Potential 120
8 Forecast Your Property's Market Value in 20 Years
Based on Available Data 136
9 Time Your Investment to Get a Boost from the Economy 151
10 Negotiate the Purchase Considering It to Be a Long-Term
Investment 160
11 Advantages of Using a Real Estate Broker 175
12 Pyramid Your Initial Investment without Overextending
Yourself 185
13 Manage Your investment for Maximum Yield and
Satisfaction 198
14 How to Make the System Work to Your Benefit:
Refinancing and the Tax-Deferred Exchange 223
15 Protecting Your Investment and Accomplishing 232
Your Objective
Appendix
A Schumacher's Real Estate Axioms 242
B The Appraisal Process 246
C Outline of Factors Influencing the Value of
Residential Property 274
D Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice of the National
Association of Realtors 279
Index 293