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Buy, Rent and Sell: How to Profit by Investing in Residential Real Estate
Robert Irwin Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0071373373 |
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The time has never been better for investing in real estate, and this book arms the millions of investors who are returning to real estate as an established instrument of wealth creation with surefire strategies for making a killing in the real estate market.Due to the pent-up demand for housing caused by the lull in housing starts during the 90s, as many as 11 million would-be American home-owners are currently vying for a rapidly dwindling pool of available properties. In Buy, Rent, and Sell Bob Irwin, one of America’s most well-known and respected real estate author/experts, provides nuts-and-bolts advice and guidance on how to find good investment properties, how to successfully rent them, and how to quickly turn them around for a profit. Written in Irwin’s trademark down-to-earth, jargon-free style, Buy, Rent, and Sell is an indispensable guide for novices as well as experienced real estate investors.
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This book arms the millions of investors who are returning to real estate as an established instrument of wealth creation with surefire strategies for making a killing in the real estate market.Customer Reviews:
Save Your Money.......2004-09-06
This book rocks!.......2004-07-19
Great intro and overview.......2003-12-01
He covered things like expenses during rehabilitation that would be easy not to detail, so scores points for that. He also takes the time to explain depreciation and the resulting capital gains in enough detail that you won't be surprised when you talk to your accountant.
He also provides good data on one of the most important aspects of residential investing: screening tenants. Lots of good ideas are presented here to help minimize the risk with poor tenants who can ruin your investment.
Additionally, he hits all the usual bases for finding investment properties and covers some of the negotiation strategies for purchasing these properties. He's clearly done this a time or two and works to give you a good intro. He does leave you feeling like there's more to it that he should be telling you, but I suppose it's difficult to get all his years of experience purchasing properties into one or two chapters.
If you're looking into residential real estate investing, read this book. But also read others so you have a well-rounded perspective and gain more details that aren't shared here.
Good intro to buying homes, but. . ........2003-01-18
An underlying belief of Irwin's is that it is difficult to find properties whose income can cover all their expenses, and that the real money comes in selling for a profit. Accordingly, much of the book concentrates on flipping properties and other real estate maneuvers that are usually only successful/necessary in tight markets. In general the book advocates a high risk philosophy of investing, advising the reader to use the bank's money make money as much as possible. I thought the inherent risks of this way of doing things were not fully explained in the book.
Additionally, he advises to stay away from old houses which he classifies as older than 25 years. I laughed as I read that, as virtually all of the houses in the town I bought my house in are between 60-120 years old. 25 year old houses are considered spring chickens where I'm from!
The last weakness of the book is that it seems to overestimate ease of determining the "true" value of a house. It takes a LOT of looking at houses and checking final sale prices to say with much certainty what a property is worth.
This review may sound relatively harsh, but for the amount of time it took me to read this book I found it helpful. I would wholeheartedly recommend the book for a beginner in a rental market similar to the author's market. However, for someone in a region similar to mine (the depressed real estate market of Troy, NY) you may want to check for some other similar books. And for all I would advise to stay away from the higher priced "Make your fortune in real estate" packages advertised on TV and such. Real estate information is most efficiently conveyed in paperback books like this one - in straightforward text without motivational speaking or overly unrealistic portrayals of the real estate world.
Good advice. Quick reading........2002-07-23
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Spirit Archives, Volume 6
Will Eisner Manufacturer: DC Comics ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 156389744X |
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In the sixth installment of this hardcover collection of theSpirit Sunday strips, Will Eisner's gifted assistants carry on weavingtales of the masked adventurer feared by criminals of all stripes. WithAmerica's involvement in World War II intensifying, the Spirit continues tocontribute to the war effort while dealing with domestic troublemakers atthe same time. Included in this volume, which contains the strips fromJanuary 3 - June 27, 1943, is an introduction and gallery by Will Eisner,which details the work that the writer/artist did for the Army during thewar.Customer Reviews:
Meanwhile, back in the States..........2006-02-08
Golden Age.......2003-10-08
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Tales of a New York Limo Driver: Sex, Excess and Stupidity on Four Wheels
Nicky Testaforte Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1419637312 Release Date: 2007-02-05 |
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With the acerbic wit of a jaded New Yorker, Nicky Testaforte tells over 70 stories of the ridiculous things he's seen and heard in addition to relating stories from his clients and other drivers. Also included are six photos of misspelled, bastardized english "Only in NY" signs, plus over 40 driving/travel tips and scathing admonishments for all the amateur drivers and limo passengers out there.Customer Reviews:
What a Job!.......2007-07-13
EXCELLENT READING!!!!.......2007-06-19
NYC all the way.......2007-06-16
It should have been called "Bigot cab driver".......2007-05-14
This is what it's all about.......2007-03-07
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How to Start a Limousine Business
Don Hill Manufacturer: Red Lead Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0805981055 |
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Originally written to complete a project thesis and graduate from college, in How to Start a Limousine Business, Don Hill researches the feasibility of opening a limousine service, but the tools and format of the book can assist you in conducting research on any business endeavor.Customer Reviews:
Not Worth The Money.......2007-08-23
How To Start A limousine Business.......2007-07-02
Worthless.......2007-06-27
Great Book!.......2007-02-18
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Limo
Jenkins , Dan Jenkins , and Edwin Shrake Manufacturer: Duane Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0942627709 |
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Climb on board for a wonderful ride with LIMO!!!! .......2005-02-26
The Ultimate Reality TV Show.......2002-05-28
Favorite bits include a drag race between a Rolls Royce and a Lincoln through midtown Manhattan at 11:45 a.m., the protagonists ex-wife's psychiatrist du jour trying to pick up his girlfriend-to-be, and a number of descriptions of top network executives that put Stanley Bing to shame.
And when you've picked yourself up off the floor as the screens go dark on Just Up the Street, remember when the book was written.
A month in the life of a network weasel.......2002-03-15
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Limo Louie: The Often Hilarious, but Always True Stories of What Really Goes On In the Back of Those Blackened Out Super-Stretch Limousines
Spohr Manufacturer: 1st Books Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0759691932 |
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A truly hilarious and real-life insane look at what really goes on in the back of luxurious, darkened super-stretch limousines as they glide through our neighborhoods, lives and fantasies! The stories are true, enormously entertaining, and often incredible.Customer Reviews:
Limo Louie.......2003-08-07
This book is really a gem, and I enjoyed reading it and laughing out loud..so much that people began to stare at me until I showed the cover!
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The Art of Just Cooking - A Culinary Guide to Living in Harmony with Nature
Limo Ohsawa , and Nahum Stiskin Manufacturer: Autumn Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0394734335 |
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In this book, the author draws from over 35 years of experience to provide an introduction to the ancient Oriental principles of natural cooking and living - over 400 recipes are included. Exquisitely illustrated with over 70 original sumi-e brush paintings.
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The Case of the Bleeding Limo ((Manley, Michael, Clooz Calahan Mystery, Case #2)
Michael Manley Manufacturer: Silver Burdett Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0382396898 |
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Brian Osburn Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0738812382 |
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Dan & Edwin Shrake Jenkins Manufacturer: Atheneum ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NRZ6KY |
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Dan & Shrake, Edwin Jenkins Manufacturer: Pocket Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000LW0HU0 |
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Jenkins & Shrake Manufacturer: Atheneum ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000M8CSSM |
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Bob Hope: The Road Well-Traveled
Lawrence J. Quirk Manufacturer: Applause Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1557834504 |
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Lawrence J. Quirk delves into every personal and professional aspect of Bob Hope's long, complex and dramatic life; rising by sheer dint of will to great wealth and fame. Why did Hope become so identified with sponsoring the Vietnam War? What's the real scoop on his relationship with Bing Crosby? How far astray did Hope's frankly oversexed nature lead him from the marriage he successfully maintained with Dolores for over sixty years? Quirk writes about Hope based on long experience. He knew and interviewed Bob Hope while serving as an army seargeant during the Korean war and later as entertainment editor, and interviewer of top stars for over forty years. Quirk approaches his subject with original observations born of years of studying this most celebrated, yet in some ways most mysterious of entertainment giants.Customer Reviews:
Pure "T" Trash!!!!.......2004-11-02
GARBAGE!!!!.......2004-05-25
This book has been returned-----AVOID
Does Quirk work for the Enquirer?.......2003-06-07
Bad.......2003-05-13
Hey, Bob is no saint!.......2003-02-01
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The Dog with the Chip in His Neck: Essays from NPR and Elsewhere
Andrei Codrescu , and Mary Sheepshanks Manufacturer: Picador ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0312168195 |
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A star of National Public Radio examines the absurdities of modern life in a wide-ranging collection of essays. Codrescu writes of people who are having dreams about cyberspace and others who are simply obsessed with it; about his experiences going back to his native Romania; about meeting Miss America; about traveling by bus and by plane; and about one very odd dog with her own Internet address. Throughout all of it, the reader is engaged by a deft tension between Codrescu's charmingly boundless optimism and his wry world-weariness.Book Description
In this collection of essays, Codrescu focuses his keen eye on America in the "age of the chip." He confronts the convulsions of our post-ideological world at a time when "the advent of cyberspace and the caffeinating of America have occurred simultaneously." With poignancy and trenchant humor, he takes us on a roller-coaster tour of our dramatically changing country.
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The Dog With the Chip in His Neck: Essays from Npr and Elsewhere
Andrei Codrescu Manufacturer: St Martins Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OTJZD0 |
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Treasures of Greyhawk (AD&D 2nd Ed Fantasy Roleplaying, WGR2)
Tom Prusa Manufacturer: TSR Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1560763663 |
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Strong compendium of Greyhawk mini-adventures.......2000-05-02
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything
Joe Trippi Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0060779594 Release Date: 2005-07-05 |
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When Joe Trippi signed on to run Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign, the long–shot candidate had 432 known supporters and $100,000 in the bank. Within a year, Trippi and his team had transformed the most obscure candidate in the field into a Democratic front–runner with a groundswell of 640,000 supporters and more money than any Democrat in history –– mostly through donations of one hundred dollars or less. Trippi's revolutionary use of the Internet and an impassioned, contagious desire to overthrow politics as usual grew into a national grassroots movement and changed the face of politics forever.
As Trippi argues persuasively, the Internet is distributing power to the people right now. And the companies that understand the coming revolution will be the first movers in this new era, while those that wait will be left behind. From his behind–the–scenes look at Dean's shocking rise and fall to his "seven inviolable, irrefutable, ingenious things your business or institution or candidate can do in the age of the Internet that might keep you from getting your ass kicked, but then again might not," Joe Trippi offers an inspiring glimpse of the world we are becoming. And he shows how power, in the hands of all of us, changes everything.
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Glean Don't Read.......2007-07-26
Happening NOW.......2007-05-30
Really informative.......2007-01-24
Joe Trippi just doesn't get it.......2006-06-24
Accepting transparency.......2006-06-08
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1) The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World / 3) Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution / 3) The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything / (Unboxed Set of Books)
Joe Trippi , Lawrence Lessig , and Stephen Breyer Manufacturer: various ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000WMF7UO |
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1) The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World / 3) Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution / 3) The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything / (Unboxed Set of Books), in either Hard or Softcover, (See Seller Condition Comments), Shipped in one package to save on shipping costs.
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From Barry's boys to the Deaniacs: how alternative media have transformed politics on the left and the right.(America's Right Turn: How Conservatives Used ... Review): An article from: Reason
Jesse Walker Manufacturer: Reason Foundation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000E8TYC8 Release Date: 2006-01-25 |
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This digital document is an article from Reason, published by Reason Foundation on December 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2675 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Tripping up on Internet campaigning.(Books)(The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything)(Book Review): An article from: Campaigns & Elections
Michael Cornfield Manufacturer: Campaigns & Elections, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00084AIBE Release Date: 2005-08-01 |
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This digital document is an article from Campaigns & Elections, published by Campaigns & Elections, Inc. on September 1, 2004. The length of the article is 559 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything
Joe Trippi Manufacturer: Regan Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OF56AU |
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything
Joe Trippi Manufacturer: Regan Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OEMP82 |
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THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED: DEMOCRACY, THE INTERNET, AND THE OVERTHROW OF EVERYTHING.
Joe. Trippi Manufacturer: Regan Books, ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000RITC40 |
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