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Analyzing Investment Properties

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All too often, books on the "practical aspects" of real estate investment in income producing properties are nothing more than expositions of simple and often useless concepts. In this book, Mr. Tompos shows that he understands the value of using "real-life" situations..actual case studies. He deftly shows the reader how to use an inexpensive and portable hand-held calculator... to make all of the critical calculations needed to evaluate an investment property. I am a professor of finance and would recommend this book to any of my students who want to know the "how to" side rather than the "theoretical" side of the real estate investment process. A must read for all who claim an interest in understanding how to analyze investment properties.

A descent book showing the common problems for financing and anylzing properties. Each lesson shows the problem, the variables, an example, and how to do it using the HP-12C calculator (a reverse polish notation RPN style calculator)...since each problem has dedicated steps to this calculator you may find that you don't read most of this book unless you have the calculator. Using a regular calculator you have to figure out the functions on your own. Overall I got limited use from this book, but it does contain most of what you would need for analyzing investments.

If you are ready to invest, you must also learn how to evalulate a real estate investment from a financial point of view. This book is ideal for that purpose. The author has done an excellent job in coming up with a workbook that will give you plenty of practice. The concepts are explained from a straight forward manner and the calculations are easy to follow. More importantly, it has laid out a lot of the possible expenses that a beginner investor may not be aware of. This is a must read if you want to find out whether or not your investment is actually going to make any money! Happy Investing!