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Everything real estate investors need to know about finding, financing, and closing real estate investment deals
Navigating the complexities of real estate financing can be a major obstacle for the real estate investment novice. Now this quick-reference guide arms them with a road map for finding, evaluating, and financing golden investment opportunities. From due diligence made easy, to writing winning loan proposals, to successfully negotiating with sellers, to making sense of closing statements, Insider Secrets to Financing Your Real Estate Investments covers all the bases. Using dozens of annotated forms and checklists, Frank Gallinelli tells you what you need to know about:
| Acknowledgments | ix | |
| Introduction | xi | |
| Part I | How to Choose A Real Estate Investment | |
| 1 | Identify Your Comfort Zone | 3 |
| 2 | Where Do You Find Good Properties to Buy? | 11 |
| 3 | Line Them Up-How to Compare Potential Investment Properties | 19 |
| 4 | Don't Get Burned-Doing Your Due Diligence | 39 |
| Part II | Financing Your Investment Property | |
| 5 | Types, Terms, and Sources of Loans | 53 |
| 6 | How Much Can You Borrow? | 77 |
| 7 | All Cash, No Cash, or Some Borrowed Money? | 89 |
| 8 | Line Them Up Again-Comparing Loans | 115 |
| 9 | How Do You Convince a Lender to Finance Your Real Estate Investment? | 119 |
| Part III | The Offer, the Closing, and Then What? | |
| 10 | What's Negotiable? | 145 |
| 11 | The Turning of the Screws-What the Lender May Demand | 149 |
| 12 | How to Read a Closing Statement | 153 |
| 13 | Forms of Ownership | 167 |
| 14 | The Morning After-What Do You Do Now That You're the Owner? | 173 |
| Appendix | Loan Tables | 179 |
| Glossary | 185 | |
| Index | 197 |
Overview
Everything real estate investors need to know about finding, financing, and closing real estate investment deals
Navigating the complexities of real estate financing can be a major obstacle for the real estate investment novice. Now this quick-reference guide arms them with a road map for finding, evaluating, and financing golden investment opportunities. From due diligence made easy, to writing winning loan proposals, to successfully negotiating with sellers, to making sense of...