The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor's Kit: How to Make Money Buying Distressed Real Estate -- Before the Public Auction Paperback – December 27, 2004

In the beginning I want to scold the purblisher WILEY. They appear to cutting costs by using 50% less ink than norm. The print is fine and hard to read. Now the postive stuff.This is one of the most complete instruction manuals for an real estate investor. In this case the foreclosure business. A business it is, not a simple passive investment, but a hands on business that will take up your Holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. I am not trying to disccourage you, but to prepare you for a businesw that once you have developed and learned all the skills required, may become a full time business, so that in the future you can use Saturdays and Sundays for rest.This author doesn't skip over anything, but reveals what you must know to make a profit. There is money to be made, but there is no glossing over or fluff because this author has no package program to sell except his book.He indicate all the places to go to find the information you will need to be successfulWhen doing your research remember to trust no one, assume nothing, and verify everything.In business endeavors, there is a difference between how business is perceied by the public; then there is the way that business functions are supposed to work in theory (what is taught in school); and then there is the way that business functions work in reality.One important point is not to contact owners cold. They have already been contacted by a dozen before you. Picture an owner, if their property is in foreclosure, ansering the doorbell and standing before him is a clown with aa giant grin saying I am here to help you as if the owner hasn't heard it a dozen times before.By Lambert Munz Author of House Investor's Manual

This guy must be nuts. Every form for any situation from what I can see in the book is on his site and can be down loaded for free. Considering other Guru's want you to buy a plastic CD with forms on it for about $400, this guys got to be crazy. He'll probably file bankruptcy in a couple of weeks giving all his forms away for free. I can't believe it!I got the book Tuesday May 4th and read it by noon today Wednesday May 5, 2005. I'm going to read it again, after I read his other book that I bought with this book. Today after I finished the book around 1:30PM or 2:00PM I sent Mr. Lucier an email, a very long one. It probably took him 2 hours to read it and I got an answer back in about two hours. I'm impressed!This book is meat and potatoes. I can't wait to read the other book so I can test his email answering again!Read some of the other books if you need motivation, but get this book if you want to know what to do, how to do it, where to do it and when to do it. Besides, you won't have to pay $2500 for an 18 month home study course. And I bet that if you do go through an eighteen month course you still won't know what to do and will still have to buy Tom's book.I bet if he wasn't an X-Marine, he'd get a lot of static for giving $400 to $1000 worth of forms away for free. I'm telling you this guy is going to go broke giving this stuff away.

First off, bear with my poor written English, which always offends some native English-speakers when it happens to be their bad hair day. :))This is an excellent book, I like the writing style: straightforward and no-nonsense. People may found it a little dry if they expect this book to motivate them get into this pre-foreclosure investment business.This book is very practical and informative, but to able to make the most use of it, you'd better have some knowledge in real estate, at least in general. Otherwise, reading this book may be too easy or too hard to you, both because you do not understand the fundamentals.Here is how I plan to use this book :1 To locate a worthwhile pursuing pre-foreclosure property in my county2 follow the guide from this book to check the information about this property (title, loan status etc.)3 do my best to contact/negotiate with the owner ( I am not good at this, so needs practice)4 If I fail, I will repeat the process with another one.

As a consultant to other professionals, I am blown away by the amount of useful information provided in this book. It is not easy to write this type of "manual". It represents many years of actual experience. Putting that on paper is a difficult task.Those that want to get rich quickly by being taken by the hand and lead down a path to riches won't like it. It is too revealing and damaging to their notions. However, for the "doers" out there who want to be properly educated, they will find this book to be wonderfully helpful.The book is worth many times its cost just as a resource for other information. Research and informational website addresses are gven throughout the book. The online forms/letters library the author gives away FREE to buyers of his book, is extremely useful... and valuable. This alone will save me many dozens of hours and is therefore worth thousands. However, dreamers will find it worthless.Real estate investing is NOT an investment... it is a BUSINESS. Viewed in this light, serious real estate professionals need this business manual. It is simply excellent.

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Just what I was looking for and didn't know it, woulda brought sooner!!! Soo Thankful for the information in this book. So many people giving advice on things and you're not sure sure who to follow? Follow this man, he knows his stuff!!!