Spark: Lending Your Way to Real Estate Millions [Hardcover]

Jason Mark Moskowitz (Author), Michael E., Jr. Napoliello (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2004

Learn how you too can take part in a phenomenal financial revolution —orchestra funding—that is sweeping the nation today. Until now, the real-estate industry was comprised of just a few hard capital lenders who reaped millions in profits with little risk. Join the ranks of new investors who provide the capital to make the monumental wheels of real-estate turn. With the magic of the orchestra funding revolution, you too can be the next millionaire!

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About the Author

Jason Moskowitz is a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of InSymphony and chairs the InSymphony’s investment committee. He is also the creator of Orchestra Quarterly Income Fund and co-founder V2V Acquisitions & Development Company. Michael Napoliello is the co-founder and chairman of InSymphony and of Gallery C, a southern California art gallery devoted to emerging young artists. He is a founding board member of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Collectors Committee and the founding board member of the Pasadena Museum of California Art. Napoliello authored several books including: Big Band Marketing, Brand Fanatics and Nine Famous Artists Your Children will Love. He is a frequent guest lecturer at UCLA and USC.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 75 pages
• Publisher: Literary Press Publishing (October 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971695873
• ISBN-13: 978-0971695870
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,030,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Lazy Sales Brochure As A Hard Cover Book, April 13, 2005

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This review is from: Spark: Lending Your Way to Real Estate Millions (Hardcover)

It has been decades since I've read anything so vacuous. It is a sales brochure trying to convince you to invest in their mutual funds. The authors started their careers in marketing/sales and this book cries for an editor to cut the sales schlok out. It seems that, in authors' minds, they thought if they'd replace the word "idea" with "spark", and "hard-money loan" with "orchestra loan", that it would be a big enough gimmick to sell a lot of books. Please help prove them wrong.

This book bounces among three styles of writing:

1. Kindergarten statements about real estate loans (lenders are knowledgeable in their local real estate arena; now, as in the future, loans will spark new office and resudential spaces).

2. Side-bar filler with irrelevant facts (it took 467 concrete trucks to form the base of Seattle's Space Needle; the vagaries of war lead to periodic bursts of rebuilding projects).

3. Ridiculous editorials (revolution brings about change, usually for the better; publications like Barron's and the WSJ provide a wealth of general information).

Here is the actual substance of the book that I paid for and waded through all the sales nonsense for: "Steps to Success: This industry requires a phenomenal amount of research and diligence, not to mention real estate expertise. If you feel you have those qualities and talents, then by all means go for it." Yes, that's all of it. The authors teach nothing about how to become a hard-money lender in this book, nor do they offer any place to educate yourself further. Although the authors have impressive resumes, after reading their book, I no longer believe their claims of success.

I highly recommend you do not purchase this book. But, if you insist on buying it, don't complain that you weren't warned.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Huge Disappointment, April 10, 2005

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This review is from: Spark: Lending Your Way to Real Estate Millions (Hardcover)

I had to re-read the other reviews of this book to see if I read the same book that they gave five stars . The book is too short, doesn't give out any information that you couldn't find in the first chapter of any decent real estate primer, and the over-all impression is that it is the result of a short interview with the authors who appear based on their credits to be qualified to give meaningful insights but in fact don't reveal anything. As a real estate professional and a person who has a number of real estate books in his library this book belongs in the round file at the end of my book shelf. I am glad I only wasted twelve dollars.

Apparently they have coined a new term "orchestra funding" and are attempting to force it into the real estate lexicon. An exceptional disappointment in every sense of the word.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst business titles ever., April 30, 2005

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Thomas G. English "Well Red" (Carmel, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spark: Lending Your Way to Real Estate Millions (Hardcover)

I've read hundreds of business books over the years and this is probably in my top 3 worst books of all time. I consider myself a fairly sophisticated real estate investor and this book gave me absolutely nothing.

Not worth anyones' time to read. Take a pass on this book