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Maverick Real Estate Investing: The Art of Buying and Selling Properties Like Trump, Zell, Simon, and the World's Greatest Land Owners [Hardcover]

Steve Bergsman (Author)
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February 3, 2004
The Ultimate Guide to Buying and Selling Property Like the Experts

How do the world's most successful developers--from Donald Trump to Sam Zell--make the most of every real estate transaction? The answers are found throughout Maverick Real Estate Investing. In this one-of-a-kind book, you'll learn the secrets to making a good deal, using other people's money, establishing cash flow targets, finding the best locations, getting top legal and tax counsel, overcoming negative responses, selling at the right time, and much more. It's must reading for every aspiring real estate titan, and will give you the tools necessary to make every deal a profitable one.

"Steve Bergsman's profiles of some of the most successful investors of our time give an illustrative and illuminating insight into how the best in the business have consistently managed their risk . . . and raised their returns. If you want to make it in the competitive world of real estate investing, read this book!"
--Dale Anne Reiss, Global and Americas Director of Real Estate, Hospitality, and Construction Services, Ernst & Young

"For the novice--and even the experienced--investor in real estate, Steve Bergsman's book contains lots of worthwhile ideas. Better still, it clearly explains how to implement them. Easy to read and insightful, it's one of the better how-to investment guides around."
--Richard Rescigno, Managing Editor, Barron's

"I have been reading Steve Bergsman's insightful real estate reporting and commentary for over a decade. He is one of the best real estate writers in America, as evidenced by his captivating analysis in Maverick Real Estate Investing, where he melds personalities and investing principles into a very good read."
--Jonathan L. Kempner, President and Chief Executive Officer Mortgage Bankers Association

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"This well-researched book provides insight not available elsewhere...this superb book rates a solid 10." -- Robert J. Bruss Iman News, March 30, 2004

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"This well-researched book provides insight not available elsewhere...this superb book rates a solid 10."—Robert J. Bruss Iman News, March 30, 2004

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (February 3, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471468797
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471468790
  • Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,113 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Steve Bergsman is a real estate, financial, and travel writer with more than twenty years' experience and visitations to 120 countries. His news stories and travel articles have been published in more than 100 publications around the world, and he has appeared on local and national radio and television. Bergsman is also the author of four previous real estate books, After The Fall, Maverick Real Estate Financing, Maverick Real Estate Investing, and Passport to Exotic Real Estate, all published by Wiley.

 

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31 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Not a real estate investment how to..., April 7, 2004
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J. Daily (Fort Worth, Tx United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maverick Real Estate Investing: The Art of Buying and Selling Properties Like Trump, Zell, Simon, and the World's Greatest Land Owners (Hardcover)
unless you consider some of the "Maverick Approach's" such as: Take your time negotiating, Work out the numbers before negotiating, Stay focused on your goals and Be willing to take chances- as advice you could only get from this book. Puh-leez.

This book is interesting for the stories of various Big-Time real estate mogul types (outside of The Donald) and some behind the scenes aspects of some of their deals that it covers (Melvin Simon, Eli Broad, Peter and Steven Lowy, Sam Zell, etc. that dont usually get as much coverage as Mr. Trump.) But DO NOT buy this book for specific real estate advice.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good blueprint on RE investing, February 1, 2006
This review is from: Maverick Real Estate Investing: The Art of Buying and Selling Properties Like Trump, Zell, Simon, and the World's Greatest Land Owners (Hardcover)
This book doesn't get heavy in the real details of exactly how these deals are done. It's a little broad, but I will say that it helps any investor see how multi million dollar office building deals are made accross the country. It will outline what these tycoons and most are billionaires do in different cycles of the markets..... bottom line they buy in distress cheaply, improve net operating incomes and position these properties to generate millions of dollars in profits....... It's good info for knowing how to handle down markets, how much of an equity position to sustain, and also what it takes to put deals together with syndications..... If you want to get big in commercial real estate its worth the money and time to read it..... if you want to flip or hold a small portfolio of single family homes or apartment complexes don't waste your time with this book read the many others that are published for the smaller investor. Blake-------- bldgassets247@yahoo.com
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow What a read. great information, April 15, 2004
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This review is from: Maverick Real Estate Investing: The Art of Buying and Selling Properties Like Trump, Zell, Simon, and the World's Greatest Land Owners (Hardcover)
I just finished reading Maverick Real Estate Investing and found it not only helpful in regard to investing, but I enjoyed the biographies of World's Greatest Land Owners. Not only were the tips helpful, but the bios really helped me see how to use the information.

I have read a lot of biographies and a lot of information books, the mixed format of this book really made the information more accessible. A great read too. Really inspiring.

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New York, Lend Lease, United States, San Francisco, Shorenstein Company, Douglas Shorenstein, Simon Property, Jeffrey Hines, Canary Wharf, Wall Street, Lefrak Organization, Paul Reichmann, Peter Lowy, Gerald Hines, Career Highlights, Westfield America, Birth Date, Los Angeles, Walter Shorenstein, Equity Office, Philip Reichmann, Westfield Holdings, David Simon, Equity Residential, First Canadian Place
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