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Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff. — Will Rogers

Real Estate Fundamentals

  • Real Estate, Real Property, and Land — Basic Definitions and Concepts
  • Legal Descriptions Of Real Estate
  • Real Estate Encumbrances: Liens, Deed Restrictions, Easements, and Encroachments
  • Land-Use Controls: Comprehensive Plans, Zoning, and Property Restrictions
  • Estates in Land: The Fee Simple Estate and the Life Estate
  • Forms of Real Estate Ownership, including Concurrent Estates or Co-Ownership: Tenancy in Common, Joint Tenancy, Tenancy by the Entirety, and Community Property
  • Types of Deeds: General and Special Warranty Deeds, Bargain and Sale Deeds, Quitclaim Deeds, Trust Deeds, and Court-Order Deeds
  • Title Records
  • Real Estate Title Insurance
  • Real Estate Title Transfer
  • Real Estate Agency
  • Listing Agreements and Buyer Agency Agreements
  • Real Estate Sales Contracts
  • Real Estate Appraisal: Sales Comparison Approach, Cost Approach, Income Approach
  • Real Estate Financing
  • Consumer Protections for Higher-Priced Mortgages
  • Real Estate Loan Types
  • Escrow
  • Due Diligence
  • Real Estate Closing; Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)

Mortgages

  • Mortgage Fundamentals — an Illustrated Tutorial
  • Reverse Mortgages
  • Mortgage Calculator

Rentals

  • Residential and Commercial Leases
  • Tenant Screening
  • Landlords and Tenants

Real Estate Types

  • Types of Dwellings
  • Condo-Hotels
  • Destination Clubs

Real Estate Investments

  • Beginning Guide to Real Estate Investments
  • Alternative Real Estate Investments: REITs, Tax Liens and Tax Deeds, Net Leases, Tenancies in Common, Notes, Trust Deeds, and Real Estate Syndication
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
  • Buying a Condominium
  • Low-Risk Profits from Tax Liens and Tax Deeds
  • Flipping Properties for Profit
  • Profiting from Foreclosures

Real Estate Taxation

  • Ad Valorem Property Taxes
  • Real Estate Tax Benefits
  • Home Sale Exclusion: Tax Savings on Capital Gain of a Principal Residence
  • Itemized Deductions For Interest Expenses on Home Mortgages and Home Equity Loans
  • Passive Activity: Material Participation Tests
  • At-Risk Limitation Rules
  • Passive Activity Rules
  • Rental Income: Active or Passive
  • Rental Income and Deductions
  • Deductibility of Real Estate Rental Losses
  • Tax-Free Like-Kind Exchanges Of Property (§1031 Exchanges)
  • Taxation of Involuntary Conversions
  • Installment Sales Taxation
  • Taxation of Real Estate Rights Transactions: Lease Cancellations, Real Estate Options, Easements, and Covenants
  • Real Estate Investments Taxation
  • Tax Consequences for the Lender of Abandonments, Foreclosures, Repossessions, Voluntary Conveyances, and Bad Debts
  • Low-Income Housing and Rehabilitation Tax Credits

Special Topics in Real Estate

  • Price-to-Rent Ratio
  • Environmental Hazards in Real Estate
  • Foreclosure
  • Short Sales
  • Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS)
  • Real Estate Blog

How to Invest in Bonds for Maximum Profit shows how you can invest in bonds to maximize your profits, especially when interest rates are high, as they are now.

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    • How to Invest in Bonds for Maximum Profit
      • Imagine if you could pick only stocks that would rise the most. Well, as far as I know, there is no sure way to do that with stocks, but there is a way to do that with bonds. This book will show you how, and it will show real examples of how this works and how much you can potentially profit, and how bonds, at times, can even be better than stocks. This book will also show the best way to combine investments in bonds with investments in stocks.
    • The Pauper's Money Book
      • Manage money better to improve your life by saving more, investing more, and earning more.
    • Trickle-Up Economics
      • Describes the best tax policy for any country to maximize happiness and economic wealth, based on simple economic principles.
    • Economics: An Illustrated Introduction to Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Economics, and Behavioral Economics
      • An introductory textbook on Economics, lavishly illustrated with full-color illustrations and diagrams, and concisely written for fastest comprehension.