Buy It, Fix It, Sell It: Profit! (Paperback)

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Product Description

"Buy It, Fix It, Sell It: PROFIT!" offers readers with little or no background in real estate an in-depth guide to developing a high-profit, low-overhead, home-based home rehabilitation business, either on a part-time of full-time basis. Anyone interested in starting his or her own business, and especially people already active in some other part of the real estate industry, will find this guide to be indispensable Pub: 11/97.

About the Author

Kevin C. Myers is president of StreetSmart Real Estate, Inc., a diversified group of companies specializing in real estate appraisal, rehab projects, private mortgage lending and real estate education. Kevin has rehabbed numerous investment properties during his more than 20-year real estate career, specializing in single-family homes and small income units. He is an associate member of the Appraisal Institute.

Product Details

• Paperback: 259 pages
• Publisher: Dearborn Financial Publishing (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 079312610X
• ISBN-13: 978-0793126101
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #695,675 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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70 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Practical, April 26, 2004

By	J. Daily (Fort Worth, Tx United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Buy It, Fix It, Sell It...PROFIT (Paperback)

As other reviewers have said, this is written for the layman. Maps the flipping process out and tells you how to do it in easy to understand language. A great starter book. Covers what to look for, working with an R.E. agent, appraisals, foreclosures, purchasing for cash(and how to get it), using private morgage lenders(the hard stuff!),negotiating, inspection, renovation, hiring contractors, and how to sell quickly for top dollar. The final chapter delves into some more advanced strategies. I'm just now getting into "flipping" books and this is one of the best.

123 of 129 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beginners: this is your book., January 25, 2004

By	The Poe Toaster (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buy It, Fix It, Sell It...PROFIT (Paperback)

I read "Flipping Properties" by William Bronchik and Robert Dahlstrom and I wish I hadn't even read it, let alone bought it. This book by Kevin Meyers is much, much, much better for beginning investors. It tells you what you need to know without delving into a bunch of pretentious real estate legal and technical jargon that's only designed to confuse and intimidate the reader like Bronchik and Dahlstrom's book. Also, this writer actually knows how to write linear paragraphs which is something those other two clowns could really use a lesson in. I highly recommend this book for the beginner who wants to generate some instant cash profits in real estate. If you read Bronchik and Dahlstrom's book and you don't know much about real estate, you're gonna get to the end of it thinking "I'll never be able to do this." Instead, read this book by Meyers. It's better, it's written better, it's more readable, it's more comprehendible, it's everything that other piece o' crap isn't. Get it.

103 of 108 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Forgot something?, May 21, 2000

By A Customer

Meyers wrote this book in 1998 but apparently decided to ignore the tax liability of flipping houses. The 1997 Tax Act will have a serious impact on anyone who follows Meyers method of getting in and getting out as quickly as possible. Ignoring the possible 39% taxes a short term flipper has to fork over makes Myers examples too rosey. The book does give great ideas as to where to look for bargins and how to obtain financing. This book is not meant for anyone who buys and holds but only for those who buy and sell. Flippers beware...pay attention to your tax situation. Read Irwin's guide to the 1997 Tax Act.