Sebastian Howell - Fast Real Estate Profits in Any Market: The Art of Flipping Properties--Insider Secrets from the Experts Who Do It Every Day

FAST REAL ESTATE PROFITS IN ANY MARKET:

The Art of Flipping PropertiesInsider Secrets From the Experts Who Do It Every Day

By Sebastian Howell

FAST REAL ESTATE PROFITS IN ANY MARKET: The Art of Flipping PropertiesInsider Secrets From the Experts Who Do It Every Day

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ISBN-13: 978-0-910627-68-1 ISBN-10: 0-910627-68-9

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Smith, Amanda C., 1973

Fast real estate profits in any market : the art of flipping properties

insider secrets from the experts who do it every day / Amanda C. Smith.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-910627-68-1 (978-0-910627-68-9 : alk. paper)

1. Real estate investment. 2. House buying 3. House selling. 4. Real

estate business. I. Title.

HD1382.5.S526 2006

332.63243--dc22

2006012540

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FOREWORD

Alas! Finally someone has written one of the most informative books that should be listed #1 on the required reading list for anyone involved with the acquisition or sale of real estate. I always wondered why I could not find a comprehensive book written about investing in real estate.

After reading Fast Real Estate Profits in any Market: The Art of Flipping Properties , I totally understood why it has taken so long. I felt as though the author had been following me around whilst I was working with one of my first customers who needed to do a 1031 within a limited amount of time. Of course he was selling a property in a different state and wanted to acquire one of the properties that I was selling in Mexico. However, after leafing frantically through my RE book and searching the internet I informed him that this would not be considered a 1031. I became his Realtor and he purchased a property that he flipped within a few months. He has flipped four properties since then.

Today almost everyone is interested in real estate. There was a time when property was kept in a family for generations. Those days have almost disappeared in the United States. Even first time homeowners begin the process of flipping before they have made the decision to purchase. As a Realtor I have found that one of the first questions that I am asked is: Do you think that this property will increase in value and how much did the owner pay for it? I am constantly being asked questions about investing in real estate by people in various professions.

Because of globalization the world has shrunk. Many of my customers and clients are international and they too are investing and flipping. I am constantly being asked questions about investing in real estate from students to the workers in luxury buildings and garage attendants. Although I am a Certified International Property Specialist who has spent many hours in mandatory real estate classes that were taken in the United States and in Greece, I feel that this book will be a great asset to me as a professional.

EUGENIA C. FOXWORTH

Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy
1200 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10028
212.327.1200, Ext. 263
Fax: 212.327.1231

Eugenia Foxworth was elected in 2005 to serve as the President of the New York City Local Council of FIABCI-USA through December 2006. As a Certified Previews Property Specialist, she specializes in exceptional properties in New York City and internationally. She has acquired a reputation with both buyers and sellers as someone who can make a deal happen through her tenacity, knowledge of the market, professionalism and personality. She is licensed with the Real Estate Board of New York and is a member of the Manhattan Association of Realtors, the National Association of Realtors and FIABCI. She is a Coldwell Banker Certified Previews Broker and a Certified International Property Specialist. Eugenia resides in New York and has lived and traveled extensively throughout the world.