The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings
The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings
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How to build wealth and achieve your dreams by investing in apartment buildings
Investing in real estate is a tried-and-true way to build assets, increase income, and prepare for retirement or the expense of college. With the proper guidance, a well-defined plan, and a little capital, anyone can profit by buying and selling rental properties.
For first-time investors, this handy, straightforward guide will help you map out your future, find apartment buildings at a fair price, finance purchases, and manage your properties. If you are an active real estate investor focused on single family properties, you can graduate to multifamily apartment complexes using Steve Berges' step-by-step plan for increasing the number of units you hold from a handful to hundreds.
The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings includes tax planning advice, case studies of real acquisitions, and appendixes that add detail to the big picture. Topics include:
- Ten ways to create value
- Six ways to locate multifamily properties
- Four key ratios every investor should know
- Two crucial techniques that will help any investor save thousands
- Three ways to determine how much a piece of property is really worth
- Five cardinal rules of successful negotiations
- Six reasons sellers sell their property
- Four effective exit strategies
- Five keys to your success
- And much more
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This is a terrific book for someone interested in approaching real estate investment in a serious way — using analysis and sound business principles. But if you are only interested in the “no money down” & “get rich quick” schools of thought, pass on this book.
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I just received Steve’s book and let me just say that I was totally blown away by the amount of info in this one book. It is clear that Steve is an expert on real estate investing- he doesn’t give you any b.s info on the no money down approach but he offers a very sensible and intelligent approach to purchasing buildings. In no way am I an expert on the subject of real estate investing but i have read at least 10 books so far on this subject. By far, Steve comes across as the most experienced and seasoned real estate investor. If you are looking to invest in buildings, then look no further. Just buy this book…its all you need. Believe me, its that good. I am returning the “Income Stream”- it was a total waste of money compared to this book. You will not regret it.
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I don’t know what BASICS (other review) is talking about. The financial models are explained, and it is not heavy on marketing his software. Outside of a financial textbook this is one of the better fundamentals books I have read. Stresses value play – in-out – approach, but the key financial ratios and it’s points are very astute. If you are looking to get into the business this is a great introduction and, I would say, a must read.
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I can’t tell you what a great book this is. I started reading it one day and couldn’t put it down. It is an easy to read, information packed book for anyone who wants to invest in apartment buildngs. He tells you to exactly how to value the property and exactly what to look for when purchasing a building. I just sent a copy to my brother so he can enjoy it too!
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I have read allot of real estate books, as I am involved in this industry, but there are not many books that go into the apartment building side like Steve Berges has done.
This is an excellent book, if you are just getting involved in multi-units, as well as the experienced professional…there is information here that is beneficial to everyone involved in real estate.
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I found Steve Berges’ book “The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings” to be truly inspiring. The author not only explains step by step how to buy and sell real estate, but he also includes many personal examples of how he did it.
I especially liked the section on case studies where Berges walks the reader through three real life examples of analyzing apartment purchases decisions. He also includes a fantastic section on real estate financial analysis, which according to his author bio is what his formal education is in.
The last chapter in the book was I think also the best chapter as Berges shares personal stories and uses vivid and descriptive language to motivate and inspire the reader. I just finished reading his latest book “The Complete Guide to Flipping Properties.” It, too, is also well written and full of personal and inspiring stories.
This book is a must read for the serious real estate investor. The get-rich-quick people, however, will want to pass on it as the author promises no such thing.
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I decided to start REI about 6 months ago, and have read about 20 “serious” books on real estate investing since that time. This was one of the first books I read and, after reading many more, it is still just about the best. I am planning to go back to it for a second read shortly, and will buy Steve Berges’ new book when it comes out.
It also gave a credibility boost because many of his investing experiences were in and around Houston, where I lived and owned real estate myself for many years. He’s the real deal!
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I have been wanting to venture from investing in single family homes to investing in multi-family for several months. This is the first book that has made the process of buying & selling apartments easy to understand. This book is excellent, easy to read, and very informative. Some books are so complicated, you have to read a sentence over and over again to try and comprehend it. Other books are so basic, you read through the whole chapter and feel you haven’t learned anything. Steve Berges makes learning a pleasure, with good examples, and step-by-step processes. Best book I’ve read in quite a while!
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Out of all of the real estate books I’ve read over the years, this is by far one of the better ones. The author stays focused on the topic of buying and selling apartments and does it in a way that is easy to understand. Let me emphasize that when I say the book is easy to understand, that is not meant to imply that only the basics are covered. Not only does Berges do a great job of explaining the mechanics of the process, but he also mixes in a lot of personal examples which help the reader to connect the dots between pie-in-the-sky theory and real world applications.
Steve Berges concludes the book with an inspiring and motivational chapter he refers to as the 5 Keys to Success, which he points out are not limited to just real estate, but can be applied to any business or profession, as well as to one’s personal life. I thought this section was very well written and gave me cause to reflect on my own course in life.
I’ve read several of the author’s other books as well, all of which were good, but I particularly enjoyed The Complete Guide to Real Estate Finance for Investment Properties. Wow…what a great read! It’s about time somebody wrote a book that really deals with the financial aspects of real estate (see my review).
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This was the first book I have purchased on the subject of real estate investing in multi-family properties. I have been and interested in the subject for some time however.
I found the formulas and rules the book includes to be invaluable, and used them to create Excel spreadsheets to quickly analyze the hundreds of multi-family listings available. I found the book to be easy to read and understand.