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Buy, Rent, and Sell: How to Profit by Investing in Residential Real Estate


Product Description
This newly revised edition of Buy, Rent, and Sell features everything you need to know to make money in residential real estate. Robert Irwin covers the investment tools of today’s market, including buy-and-hold strategies and tax-smart long-term financing…. More >>

Buy, Rent, and Sell: How to Profit by Investing in Residential Real Estate

  1. #1 by Nori Dorsky on August 18, 2010 - 11:19 pm

    For a novice, this book is absolutely incredible….
    It is informative and SO EASY to understand. Empowering and practical! Everything about the basics.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  2. #2 by Anonymous on August 18, 2010 - 11:47 pm

    This book doesn’t waste time. The format is short chapters with concrete nuggets of advice.
    Rating: 4 / 5

  3. #3 by Josef Bleier on August 18, 2010 - 11:53 pm

    I am a small investor in real estate and this book is a real disappointment. The author tells me about the fortune he has accumulated over the years in such generalality and emptiness that I start wondering what Mr Irwin is trying to sell me. Yes, a book and that’s it. He almost never talks about big risks and how he exactly acquired his fortune with (always ) positive cash flow!
    Rating: 1 / 5

  4. #4 by B. Neyer on August 19, 2010 - 2:36 am

    Save your money. This is about a lightweight book as you can buy on real estate. A synopsis is, buy a house, fix it up, rent it for a while then sell it. Whoopee. Supposedly this is for beginners, but there isn’t enough here to educate a beginner on how to progress. If you have never purchased a house, even the one you presently live in, it may educate you somewhat, but there are better books for investors, even beginners.
    Rating: 1 / 5

  5. #5 by Jerrod Carter on August 19, 2010 - 3:34 am

    I have purchased a couple of my own investment homes and my father-in-law also has owned several rental units for a number of years, and I found this book helpful. He covers many of the basic things you need to consider and also covers financial implications such as taxes.

    He covered things like expenses during rehabilitation that would be easy not to detail, so scores points for that. He also takes the time to explain depreciation and the resulting capital gains in enough detail that you won’t be surprised when you talk to your accountant.

    He also provides good data on one of the most important aspects of residential investing: screening tenants. Lots of good ideas are presented here to help minimize the risk with poor tenants who can ruin your investment.

    Additionally, he hits all the usual bases for finding investment properties and covers some of the negotiation strategies for purchasing these properties. He’s clearly done this a time or two and works to give you a good intro. He does leave you feeling like there’s more to it that he should be telling you, but I suppose it’s difficult to get all his years of experience purchasing properties into one or two chapters.

    If you’re looking into residential real estate investing, read this book. But also read others so you have a well-rounded perspective and gain more details that aren’t shared here.
    Rating: 4 / 5