TurnKey Investing with Lease-Options: How to Simply & Safely Create 12% Returns with Investment Property! [Paperback]

Matthew S. Chan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2004

"IMAGINE A SOLID INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO WITHOUT BEING IN THE STOCK MARKET!"

Since the Tech Stocks Crash of 2000, trillions of dollars of investor wealth disappeared from existence. Investors throughout the world saw their investment portfolios and retirement accounts crushed by their holdings of stocks and mutual funds. Simultaneously, investors of residential property continued to see their real estate portfolio appreciate and generate steady returns.

Because of the financial devastation, investors have changed their investment priorities. Speculation and Volatility are Out. Safe and Steady Returns are In.

If you watched your stock portfolio get crushed and want to invest differently, this book will show you ANOTHER WAY! Through the simple acquisition of small houses, safe and steady returns can be generated with the Lease-Options strategy.

You will learn the "TurnKey Investing" philosophy of building, investing and managing your real estate portfolio with Lease-Options.

"WHAT FINANCIAL ADVISORS WILL NEVER TELL YOU!"

You will learn how to:

* Use Lease-Options to simply and safely build your portfolio!

* How to generate steady, spendable cash flow through Lease-Options!

* Find the right real estate market to safely invest in!

* Profitably manage properties without ongoing maintenance expenses!

* Find the right Management Team to build and guard your portfolio!

* Invest in the Lease-Options Strategy without owning property!

TurnKey Investing with Lease-Options is an investment book like no other. It goes against what the traditional financial community sells and sure to upset the establishment. This book is only for independent-minded investors who want to take control of their investments ... not for the conventional "follow the herd" speculators of Wall Street.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This street-wise investment book teaches independent investors how to innovatively invest in small houses to simply and safely create steady returns and spendable cash flow using a little-known property management system with Lease-Options.

As of August 2004, there is no other real estate lease-options book in the U.S. that shows the inside street-wise management techniques described in this book.

Independent Investors can become active or passive investors using the TurnKey Investing Philosophy described in this book. Additional resources such as the accompanying website and recommended reading are included as a supplement to this one-of-a-kind book.

Other companion books in the "TurnKey Investing" Series include "The TurnKey Investor's 'Subject To' Mortgage Handbook" and "The TurnKey Investor's Lease-Option Documents Collection".

About the Author

Matthew Chan is the author of the "TurnKey Investing" Book Series including "TurnKey Investing with Lease-Options", "The TurnKey Investor's 'Subject To' Mortgage Handbook", and "The TurnKey Investor's Lease-Options Documents Collection".

Matthew has been involved with investment real estate through family rental property since he was a teen-ager! After spending ten years in Corporate America, Matthew escaped to become a successful entrepreneur at the age of 29. A few short years later, he started his own investment real estate portfolio. Today, that highly profitable and expanding portfolio consistently generates spendable cash flow for himself and his investment partners.

Along with launching new book projects and speaking with new investment partners, Matthew continues to oversee the management of his Internet businesses and his real estate management company.

Matthew continues to enjoy the freedom of spending time working only on projects and investments with people he likes. His business and investment interests continue to take him across the U.S. where he frequently meets and networks with new people.

Matthew is also the author of "The Intrepid Way" book series. That book series teaches employees how to leave the confines of the corporate world through entrepreneurship.

Matthew’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from University of Central Florida, and a Masters of Business Administration from Webster University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: Ascend Beyond Publishing (August 2004)
• ISBN-10: 0971394784
• ISBN-13: 978-0971394780
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,244,469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Matthew Chan is president of Ascend Beyond Publishing and Tempest Broadcasting. In publishing, Matthew is the author of several business books and business audio programs. They include "The TurnKey Publisher" Series, "The TurnKey Investor" Series, and The Intrepid Way.

In broadcasting, Matthew is the Executive Producer for Tempest Broadcasting, a web-based media network specializing in video publishing, video marketing, and video syndication for businesses. As Executive Producer, Matthew works closely with business owners to create, syndicate, host, and broadcast their own unique branded educational shows throughout the Internet.

In addition to his media business interests, Matthew is a seasoned real estate investor and continues to oversee the property management of his and his investment partners real estate investment properties.

Because of his extensive technical skills with computers, Internet, and other technologies, Matthew integrates and incorporates those skills into every business venture he works and consults on. Matthew synthesizes that expertise into "Web Domination Strategies" that organically move unknown and obscure businesses to high Internet presence and search engine profiles. Matthew has consulted for a wide-variety of businesses and industries.

Matthew's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from University of Central Florida, and a Masters of Business Administration from Webster University.

Matthew can be found at MatthewChan.com. Ascend Beyond Publishing can be found at AscendBeyond.com. Tempest Broadcasting can be found at TempestBroadcasting.com.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not much help, October 1, 2006

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This review is from: TurnKey Investing with Lease-Options: How to Simply & Safely Create 12% Returns with Investment Property! (Paperback)

I was expecting a turn key guide - I just didn't see it in this book. This book had some good info but not detailed enough for me - a lot of high level, basic, common sense information. I have been a landlord for many years and own many properties. I wanted to use this book to tap into the lease-options market - I will need to keep researching. I am actually a little upset I purchased this book - it was too expensive for what I got.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Where's the beef?, November 25, 2005

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I expected a lot more out of this book. Granted, this is about the only "book" out there that discusses lease-options but it still left a lot to be desired. Most "gurus" charge a lot more for their courses than you will spend on a book, but I still expected that this book would do a better job of explaining transactions and give better guidance. I hoped he would add something that can't be found on about any real estate investing website. Instead there is a lot of empty space on the pages and simple common ordinary advice that I could have got from my own mother (who knows nothing about real estate investing). There is very little meat and not a lot of good examples. Maybe he meant it to be that way as he says in one of the early chapters that it is not meant to be technical or all inclusive but is only written for practical guidance. I actually didn't find it of any practical help as no where does he say how he arrives at his option consideration. What is he looking for in an option? How much is enough? Does he give the tenant any credit from the rent payments? He doesn't say. If not, why not? I had a hard time figuring out his overall approach. Maybe he wants the reader to buy more of his products to find out. I really am bewildered by the book and get the feeling it is written so that you will buy more from his website.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars There are better books for the money, December 24, 2004

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This review is from: TurnKey Investing with Lease-Options: How to Simply & Safely Create 12% Returns with Investment Property! (Paperback)

I found this to be a pretty expensive book, considering the information conveyed. It offers some valuable tidbits and I always gain new information, so it was not a total waste. However, my opinion is that the books by authors such as Robert Shemin, Irene and Mike Milin, and Andrew McLean and Gary Eldred gave me much more bang for the buck even though they weren't focused solely on lease/options. I was looking for a "turnkey" guide, and in my opinion, this is not it. It doesn't even have any example lease or option forms, which would seem to be quite helpful in a "turnkey" package. Of course, they will soon be available on their website for more $$$$. Also, each chapter ends with two pages of six questions which were basically useless to give the book more heft.

However, in giving credit where it is due, it appears that the author has quite a portfolio of homes on his website and is actually making money at what he does. That's more than can be said for a lot of authors who are out giving seminars on how to make money in real estate. The book is worth reading, but I'd probably start somewhere else first.