The Peebles Path to Real Estate Wealth : How to Make Money in Any Market

You can still find plenty of good deals in a failing real estate market by applying the advice in The Peebles Path to Real Estate Wealth: How to Make Money in Any Market. Multimillionaire teal estate mogul R. Donahue Peebles makes it possible for you to always win in real estate, provided you have the right knowledge and exercise good judgment in the deals you make. Start with small investments and work up to bigger, more profitable properties; before you know it, you’ll be a smart investor earning large profits!

Find big profits in any market—with expert advice from real estate mogul R. Donahue Peebles

A few years ago, the experts said you couldn't lose in real estate. Now, they're saying you can't win. The truth has always been more complicated. Even when the market was only going up, people made plenty of bad deals. And even now, you can still find plenty of good ones. You can always win in real estate, provided you have the right knowledge and exercise good judgment in the deals you make.

In The Peebles Path to Real Estate Wealth, multimillionaire investor R. Donahue Peebles shows you how to follow the path he took to real estate riches—by starting small with smart investments and building up to bigger, more profitable properties. Based on his own personal experience and examples from across the nation, Peebles shows you how to measure real value and find deals in any market.

If you want to invest smart and earn big profits, The Peebles Path to Real Estate Wealth gives you all the tools to succeed:

• A full explanation of the current housing crisisa?'how it happened and where the markets are going

• Fundamental investing tools, including a crash course in property valuation, practical data and resources, and proven tips on negotiating with lenders and sellers

• A proven plan for building wealth in the new real estate climate with expert guidance on understanding your local market, measuring real value, investing in residential and commercial properties, and structuring your deals

Markets go through natural cycles of ups and downs. With The Peebles Path to Real Estate Wealth, you'll understand those cycles, learn to measure the true value of properties, and grow your real estate empire—especially when the market is down.

The Peebles Path to Real Estate Wealth: How to Make Money in Any Market 3 Contents 5 Introduction: The Opportunity of Setbacks (Why I Wrote This Book) 9 Part I: A RECENT HISTORY OF THE REAL ESTATE ROLLER COASTER 15 Chapter 1: The Big Bang: The Post-2000 Real Estate Explosion 17 Chapter 2: The Great Flood: The Oversupply of Housing 31 Chapter 3: Down Time: The New Buyer’s Market 47 Part II: FUNDAMENTAL TOOLS FOR REAL ESTATE INVESTING 59 Chapter 4: Information Please: Where to Find the Data 61 Chapter 5: Adding It Up: A Crash Course in Valuation 71 Chapter 6: The Big Guns: Finding Help from the Government 85 Chapter 7: Money Talks: Negotiating with the Lender 95 Part III: CREATING WEALTH IN THE NEW LANDSCAPE 103 Chapter 8: Boom to Bust: Making Money in Down Times 105 Chapter 9: Fundamental Values: Buying in the Right Regions, Cities, and Neighborhoods 121 Chapter 10: Specific Observations: Making the Deals 133 Chapter 11: Techniques, Tactics, and Tricks: Useful Tools to Make Money 147 Chapter 12: Outside the Residential Box: Investing in Commercial Real Estate 171 Part IV: SAVING YOUR BACON 187 Chapter 13: Be Like the Rich: Change Your Way of Thinking 189 Chapter 14: Showtime: Dealing with Your Lender 199 Chapter 15: Know When to Fold: The Time to Walk Away, and How To Do It 211 Index 216 Drawing from the classic lessons of economics, his personal experience in profiting during bear real estate markets, and case studies from across the nation, the author of "The Peebles Principles" presents his latest treatise on building wealth in America In The Peebles Path to Real Estate Wealth , Peebles gives readers a clear understanding of what caused the current U.S. economic crisis and what they can expect to happen based on similar real estate downturns in the early 1970s and early 1990s.