The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing

After beating back a slump a decade ago, real estate has rebounded in a big way for the Millenium, offering a hot investment vehicle that even novices can ride to riches. The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing clearly shows that the secret in getting rich lies not in get-rich-quick schemes but rather in investing in a commodity that has been around since the beginning of time -- terra firma, property. A small capital investment today can be leveraged into huge profits tomorrow.

Readers learn how to:

• Buy and manage every type of investment property, from houses to condos to large units to commercial property to land for development
• Value property correctly
• Live through the "due diligence" period
• Handle tenant problems without turning into an 'evil' landlord.

Martin J. Stone, managing broker of Buckingham Investments, has been an investment property broker for nearly thirty years.

Spencer Strauss is a real estate investment agent at Buckingham Investments in El Segundo, California. His investment and analysis has been featured in Time, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times.