Creating Wealth Through Probate: The Best-Kept Secret in Real Estate Investing [Illustrated] [Paperback]

James Banks (Author)

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"This unique "one of a kind" real estate book should be read by every serious real estate investor" -- Robert J. Bruss, Tribune Media Services

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; illustrated edition edition (May 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419505149
• ISBN-13: 978-1419505140
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #842,205 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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119 of 121 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fluff, August 15, 2005

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J. Daily (Fort Worth, Tx United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creating Wealth Through Probate: The Best-Kept Secret in Real Estate Investing (Paperback)

Only 87 pages of material once you get rid of the worthless appendix and the apocryphical success stories. Wanna save your money? Here is the gist of what Banks tells you: Find the death records of the county you wish to buy in(not obituaries, though he never tells you why), get on the corresponding counties property appraisal website and see if the deceased had any property. Finally contact the Executor and see if they will sell for a steep discount. There you go, no need to spend your hard earned money.

58 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A complete waste of money, November 11, 2005

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SBJ400 "SBJ400" (Mt. Laurel, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creating Wealth Through Probate: The Best-Kept Secret in Real Estate Investing (Paperback)

Let me put it this way, the book is about 220 pages and only 82 pages are for reading. The rest are appendixes with fluff and filler. Nothing of substance or value. Geee...like I really needed a checklist of things to fix up? I could have made that up myself.

Now, as I said, you have about 82 pages to read. Guess what? Out of those 82, the author fills them up with exciting stories from newspapers, etc. He spends no time whatsoever teaching you anything.

I really cannot believe this actually got published!!!!!!

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Really, really, sucks!, September 3, 2005

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Rob S "Rob S" (United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Creating Wealth Through Probate: The Best-Kept Secret in Real Estate Investing (Paperback)

Want to learn about buying probates, don't bother buying this book. Try NOLO Press or search the internet for anything but this piece of garbage. Rarely do I feel ripped off from a book that doesn't deliver, but this one qualifies. There are 240+ pages, the Appendix (starting on page 111) is full of examples from different states ads on Notice to Creditors and a few charts of how much attorneys can charge in each state. Of the 8 chapters covering 110 pages, only 4 really deal with buying probate properties. The first 2 chapters tell you why you should invest in real estate. This is a high school level term paper that could have been condensed down to a pamphlet. From a guy who charges [...] for his seminar, you would expect a little more, but then that's probably what he really wants to sell you. [...]. Come on Jim, get your act together and give us some meat.