2 Years to a Million in Real Estate

by Matthew A. Martinez

Overview

Quit your day job!

Make a million in real estate!

It's easier than you think!

A few years ago, Matthew Martinez was a lot like you - he worked hard to make as big a salary as he could. But it wasn't enough. He worked by the clock, and yearned to be his own boss. With a small amount of savings, he acquired his first rental property. Two years later, he was making more from his rentals than he was working 9 to 5, so he quit his day job to oversee his real estate investments. Today, he enjoys a multi-million-dollar collection of income-producing properties--and he's ready to share his money-making strategies so you can begin your own journey to career and financial independence.

Two Years to a Million in Real Estateshows you everything you need to know, including how to

• Invest small amounts early-on while working a full-time job
• Avoid real estate “bubble” risks
• Get others to pay your mortgage for you
• Pick a hot property (and spot others that will become hot)
• Simplify the ins-and-outs of financing
• Negotiate like a pro
• Screen for reliable tenants
• Understand how local tenant laws work
• Hire good people to manage your properties
• Know when to sell

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071471879
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	05/12/2006
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	602,757
Product dimensions:	(w) x (h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Matthew A. Martinez is the founder of the Boston Landlord and Investor Group, the largest landlord group in New England. He has been profiled in national publications such as The Wall Street Journal and was named by CNN as a “Tycoon in the Making.”

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 Why Real Estate Is Better Than 9-to-5!
2 How I Did It: Primary Residence-Condo
3 First Income-Producing Property
4 Second Income-Producing Property
5 Third Income-Producing Property
6 Fourth Income-Producing Property
7 Finding the Deals Chapter 7
8 Evaluating the Deals Chapter 8
9 Financing and Acquiring the Deals
10 Tenants
11 Basic Tenant-Landlord Law Chapter 11
12 Property Management
13 Contractors and Property Maintenance
14 Your Team
15 Exit Strategy
16 How to Succeed in Today's Competitive Market
17 Leaving Your Day Job
Appendix A: More Quotes
Appendix B: Tycoon in the Making
Appendix C: Suggested Reading
Appendix D: Letters and Forms
Index
About the Author

Editorial Reviews

This is the success story of an ex-dot-com employee who got tired of working long hours at a great job for 10 years and watching his fellow worker

San Francisco Chronicle. - Robert J. Bruss

"This is the success story of an ex-dot-com employee who got tired of working long hours at a great job for 10 years and watching his fellow workers lose their jobs. He accidentally discovered real estate's market-value appreciation, leverage, tax savings, cash flow, reliability and freedom from a 9-to-5 workday. In the process, he became a multimillionaire, and he shows readers how they can have the same result."

--Bruss, Robert J. "San Francisco Chronicle." (12/8/2006 12:00:00 AM)

From the Publisher

This is the success story of an ex-dot-com employee who got tired of working long hours at a great job for 10 years and watching his fellow workers lose their jobs. He accidentally discovered real estate's market-value appreciation, leverage, tax savings, cash flow, reliability and freedom from a 9-to-5 workday. In the process, he became a multimillionaire, and he shows readers how they can have the same result.”

San Francisco Chronicle. - Robert J. Bruss

Matthew A. Martinez is a tycoon in the making.

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