How to Buy and Sell Real Estate Without Using a Bank [Hardcover]

Michael P. Watson (Author), Jennifer Hawkins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2009

In his first book, "The Highest and Best Real Estate Investment", Mike Watson teaches his entire 10-step program for real estate investing success called, "The Foundation to Success". He gives you the ins and outs of how to find a property that is not being used for its "Highest and Best" use. He then provides detailed instructions on how to buy, change the use and sell the property for a profit or keep it in your long term portfolio for cash flows and equity positions.

In this book, "How to Buy and Sell Real Estate without Using a Bank" Mike teaches you the very fine details regarding Step #5 of his "Foundation to Success" (Buy the property using the 2 OPM's). The 2 OPM's are, "Other People's Money" and "Other People's Mortgages." His techniques in this book include advanced seller financing, green mortgages, the 4-offer spreadsheet, bank seller financing and much more.

Mike has learned his methods by implementing them personally. Due to this, you will learn ways to buy properties that are not taught anywhere else. You will learn how to help seller's in distress and even assist banks with their current credit issues all the while picking up deal after deal at pennies on the dollar without having to go through the full mortgage process!

If you have any interest at all in taking advantage of the incredible opportunities available in the real estate market today, then you must read this book!

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Mike Watson Publishing; 1 edition (2009)
• ISBN-10: 0980082749
• ISBN-13: 978-0980082746
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #473,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was raised in California for most of my childhood. I swam competitively from when I was seven until I graduated from college. During that time I competed in NCAA's, senior nationals and the Olympic Trials.

After college I moved to Texas and began my real estate career. In addition I started writing when I was 29. I wrote "Find Paradise Now - Seven Simple Steps to an Extraordinary Life" which was a synopsis of stories and lessons I took from my swimming career and used in life.

I also wrote "Liberation - Will you Survive or Thrive?" with Mike Watson. This book has quotes and anecdotes about forty different words, for example; "Kindness is a natural part of human relationships for those who understand the interdependent nature of humanity." "Risk, A person unwilling to risk all they have, is willing to risk all they can become."

The next two books I also co-authored with Mike Watson. The first is called, "The Highest and Best Real Estate Investment" and covers Mike's program for investing that teaches a buyer to change the value of a property by converting it to it's highest and best use. The second is called "How to Buy and Sell Real Estate Without Using a Bank" and discusses in detail how to use seller financing in a way that benefits the buyer and seller both.

I married my husband Mark in 2001 and we started a family in 2003. He passed away in 2009. I currently live in Texas with my two boys, family and friends who light up my life. My latest book is "The Gift Giver - A True Story" which is a true story about the year after my husband passed away and the incredible events that occurred during that time which showed me without a doubt, that everything, no matter how difficult, happens for a reason.

Thank you for visiting my page.
Light and Love,
Jennifer

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Make More Money Than Your Wife Can Spend !!!, April 16, 2009

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James Wilson "The GREAT - James Wilson" (Mesa, AZ, USA (Radio Show KFYI 550 Sunday 8am)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Buy and Sell Real Estate Without Using a Bank (Hardcover)

Mike has an amazing grasp of OPM. His concepts regarding raising capital from other peoples money are the holy grail of financing your real estate transactions. When you get this, you unlock the vault to make any deal a winner. When you can buy any property without using a bank, you have a portable business system with the freedom and flexibility to put anything together. Find the property and the money appears. Everyone wants to know how to get funding without qualifying, without years of pay stubs, tax returns and personal guarantees... This is it !!! Mike has been up on the mountain and he's come down to share the TRUE WISDOM. These financing concept will make your head spin and bank accounts swell with profits. MUST READ ! I can hardly believe he was able to put in all in one volume !!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Investor's New Finance Bible, April 15, 2009

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Steven D. Tobias (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Buy and Sell Real Estate Without Using a Bank (Hardcover)

This is a must read for any serious real estate investor. In today's banking environment and in using "traditional" purchasing methods of putting the loan in your name and coming up with a 25% down payment, you quickly become very limited in the number of investment properties you can acquire in your portfolio. With Mike's strategies, an investor is given a template to skyrocket their investment portfolio without risking their credit or use their own money. Are you tired of crawling on crushed glass for three miles to try and please the bank only to be denied? There is a better way. This, in my opinion, is "The Investor's New Finance Bible".

5.0 out of 5 stars Mike Watson knows his Real Estate, May 18, 2009

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G. L. Haddock (Keystone Heights, FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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I have been reading Mike Watson's materials for a few years now and he teaches from doing. His materials are excellent!