Whether novice or expert, this book answers questions and assists the reader to financial independence. The author, Founder of Creative Real Estate, focuses on the real issues in successful real estate investing, showing the reader countless ways property can satisfy people's wants, needs and desires. Specific topics include: today's marketplace and the language of Creative Real Estate; finding the right property and acquiring it with little or no cash; how to weather the storms of inflation, recession and depression; making money in good times, bad times and in-between times; tax free exchanging; case histories of creative transactions over a 53-year career profitably dealing in over $1 Billion of properties of all types. The author is the originator of and owns the federal trademark and copyrights to Creative Real Estate
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Everyone who understands Creative Real Estate knows about A.D. Kessler. He was a pioneer in teaching innovative real estate ideas. His new 'must read' book explains the origins of his techniques and how he perfected them. This is among the best real estate books you will ever read. On my scale of 1 to 10, this book deserves an extraordinary 12. --Robert Bruss, Syndicated Real Estate Columnist
About the Author
A.D. Kessler, Ph.D., is the founder and acknowledged foremost proponent of Creative Real Estate. He is the Publisher of Creative Real Estate Magazine and host of the nationally televised A.D. Kessler's REAL ESTATE ROUNDTABLE national award-winning television show. He is recognized in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in California, Who's Who in Real Estate, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in Creative Real Estate, Who's Who in Aviation and Aerospace, The International Who's Who of Intellectuals, Directory of Distinguished Americans, Personalities of America, Men of Achievement, Community Leaders of the World, Dictionary of International Biography and The Biographical Roll of Honor. He has had conventional and innovative personal involvement internationally in master-planned community, world famous health spa, hotel, vacation resort, EstateShare, industrial park, urban renewal, mixed-use high rise, ranch, planned residential plus numerous other projects and developments. His responsibilities included owning, planning, site location, acquisition, implementing, developing, construction, staffing, training, operating, managing, marketing, sales and administration. He turned his last $100 into $1 Million within 18 months while confined to a wheelchair as a result of war injuries sustained as a combat pilot. He got out of the wheelchair after being told he would never walk again. He is the originator of One-on-One Personal Training with a Failure is No Option guarantee, for Participants seeking successful careers in Creative Real Estate.
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38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good ideas,
This review is from: Fortune At Your Feet: How You Can Get rich, Stay Rich and Enjoy Being Rich with Creative Real Estate in the '90s, Revised Edition (Hardcover)
Call me Doubting Thomas, but I question Kessler's claim of making a million dollars in a lease option with only a hundred dollars after the war while he was in a wheelchair. Still, I feel that he does present some good, creative ideas (though many of them somewhat vaguely) in his book. And HE certainly knows his material. There's no doubt about that. Still, I'm somewhat bothered by the letter from his company I received in the mail, saying that I could have that ol' purported billionaire serve as my mentor, only to find it would be someone else, be on the phone, and cost me 5 grand. Now, 5 grand might be chump change to a billionaire, especially if he lives in a pricey neighborhood in California or New York; but to a beginning investor on a shoe-string budget, it might mean the difference from positive to negative cash flow, or even bankruptcy. It doesn't seem to promote that win-win mentality that he professes so dearly; it's more like win (him) - lose (me). With that same five grand in my neck of the woods, I could put down a 20 percent deposit on a foreclosed two-family that needs some work and could be fixed-up, re-financed (pulling the money back out for the repairs and down payment while still maintaining 20 percent equity in it), and still receive a good, positive cash flow. Or a single-family that could be lease-optioned out afterwards. Overall, I would have to say I liked his book, and say it rates at least a 3, maybe a 4 over-all. On more complicated aspects of real estate, like 1031 exchanges, which was a gray area for me as a somewhat novice, I'd say it rates a 4.5 (nothing is perfect). Still, I enjoyed Robert Allen's book "Nothing Down for the 90s" much more, though. John Ross's book "Lease Purchase America" was enjoyable too, covering the nuts and bolts of small property purchases and selling, using lease-options.
32 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
"I should have used my time more wisely",
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This review is from: A Fortune at Your Feet (Hardcover)
I have read the name A.D. Kessler recommended by many famous creative real estate entreprenuers, thus, I hoped for much more. This book starts out with real estate definitions. These definitions are made much clearer in a standard real estate textbook. The majority of the book is spent giving examples of others creative exploits. Little information is given on actually becoming a creative investor. Perhaps part of the problem was the fact that this book was written twenty-one years ago. I'll bet even if this were the most updated version there would still be much better books out there. Even though there are only 270+ pages, I struggled to finish reading it. There is actually a lot of information within these pages. I've just already read much better. Save your time and money. Avoid this book.
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fortune At Your Feet,
By Jon Richards (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Fortune at Your Feet: Millennium II Edition: How You Can Get Rich, Stay Rich, and Enjoy Being Rich with Creative Real Estate (Paperback)
I teach a beginning real estate class at the College of Alameda, in CA. I use this book as a text. Mr. Kessler's presents an excellent introduction to investing because it focuses on the importance of people, not the technical aspects of property analysis. He presents powerful and unique ways for the average investor to create "good deals" when buying real estate. By focusing on finding sellers who have a problem, and teaching the readers to be problem solvers, this book becomes a valuable resource for the real estate entrepreneur. If you can solve people problems with creative purchases, you don't need extensive analytical tools. In fact, if you can't analyze a real estate purchase on a napkin, it is probably not a doable deal. My students like the author's emphasis on what wealth is and how to maintain it. And they love the "real world" examples. We discuss and elaborate on them in class every week. I highly recommend the book. Jon Richards
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