The Classic Guide to Real Estate Investing—Updated for a Re-energized Industry! Real estate is once again a great investment, and this bestselling guide provides everything you need to know to get in now and make your fortune. What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow removes the guesswork from investing in real estate by teaching you how to crunch numbers like a pro, so you can confidently judge a property’s value and ensure it provides long-term returns. Real estate expert, Frank Gallinelli has added new, detailed investment case studies, while maintaining the essentials that have made his book a staple among serious investors. Learn how to measure critical aspects of real estate investments, including: Discounted Cash Flow Net Present Value Capitalization Rate Cash-on-Cash Return Net Operating Income Internal Rate of Return Profitability Index Return on Equity Whether you’re just beginning in real estate investing or you’re a seasoned professional, What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow has what you need to make sure you take the smartest approach for your next investment using proven calculations.

The Classic Guide to Real Estate Investing—Updated for a Re-energized Industry! Real estate is once again a great investment, and this bestselling guide provides everything you need to know to get in now and make your fortune. What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow removes the guesswork from investing in real estate by teaching you how to crunch numbers like a pro, so you can confidently judge a property’s value and ensure it provides long-term returns. Real estate expert, Frank Gallinelli has added new, detailed investment case studies, while maintaining the essentials that have made his book a staple among serious investors. Learn how to measure critical aspects of real estate investments, including: Discounted Cash Flow Net Present Value Capitalization Rate Cash-on-Cash Return Net Operating Income Internal Rate of Return Profitability Index Return on Equity Whether you’re just beginning in real estate investing or you’re a seasoned professional, What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow has what you need to make sure you take the smartest approach for your next investment using proven calculations.

Formulas that make the difference between making profits and losing equity The only way to win the real estate investing game is by mastering the numbers. This revised and updated edition of the popular reference shows how to target the best investments in the present market. It answers all your real estate questions, and provides new discussions of capital accumulation and internal rate of return. This book’s basic formulas will help you measure critical aspects of real estate investments, including Discounted Cash Flow Net Present Value Capitalization Rate Cash-on-Cash Return Net Operating Income Internal Rate of Return Profitability Index Return on Equity

By the author of the bestselling guide, "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know about Cash Flow... " (McGraw-Hill, 2004) Develop a command of the essential formulas and concepts that underlie income-property investing: * Capitalization Rate * Net Operating Income * Present Value * Debt Coverage Ratio * Internal Rate of Return and much more Here Gallinelli revisits the 37 key metrics from his "Cash Flow" book and guides you through examples that will lead you to mastery of those concepts. He then takes you beyond those formulas to the next level, with detailed case studies of four different properties: * Single-Family Rental * Renovation Project * Apartment Building * Strip Shopping Center You'll analyze these properties with him and learn to look behind the numbers, to think like a successful investor and to recognize both the opportunities and the perils you might encounter when you invest in real estate. Frank Gallinelli is the founder and President of RealData, Inc., one of the real estate industry's leading software firms since 1982. He has written several books and numerous articles on real estate investing, and teaches income-property analysis in Columbia University's Master of Science in Real Estate Development program.

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: Selecting the best real estate investments for individual investor needs What lenders are really looking for in real estate investors Creating winning loan presentations Closing statements and what to expect when the deal is sealed

LEVERAGE THE LOANS AND FINANCING THAT CAN GIVE YOU BIG PROFITS! You don’t have to wait for years saving up your first down payment before you start investing in real estate. Instead, you can put up a small percentage of a down payment and let a loan from the bank finance the rest. When it’s time to sell, you pay the bank for the original loan, and any profit goes right in your pocket. But even seasoned real estate investors need a guide to help them through the maze of different loan products and financing options that banks offer. Real estate finance expert Steve Dexter takes you into the hidden world of leveraged investing-essentially using “other people's money” to earn massive profits. With simple, straightforward advice, this book… Offers strategies for minimizing a down payment in order to maximize investment return Simplifies all tax issues related to real estate debt Gives strategies on making yourself more creditworthy Provides bonus insider advice on how to find the best properties

If you own residential rental property, either rental houses or apartment buildings, you need to read this book. Actually, you ought to read it before you buy your first rental property, too. It will help you analyze prospective acquisitions better. How to Manage... teaches how to * maximize your rental income * maximize your resale value * minimize your expenses * minimize your hassles It is practical, street smart, aggressive, & thorough. Topics include: * How to screen out bad tenants * How to recruit, compensate, & supervise resident managers * How to deal with emergencies * What to put in your lease * How to get the maximum rent * How to reduce your biggest expense, property taxes * Bookkeeping * And more This book is sold out, but I have a limited number of copies returned by book stores. They are a little bit shopworn. I will begin working on a 5th edition in the spring of 1998.