This comprehensive book will help the new or seasoned investor take advantage of today's real estate opportunities. It's a great time to buy It illustrates all the terms, concepts and formulas you need to know when investing in real estate. The book is written in easy to understand format with plenty of examples. You will learn: Ways to determine value Financial analysis and measuring returns on investments Understand "investment math" Real estate and income taxes; what's left? Selling your property, capital gains taxes and 1031 exchanges Leases: the various types and important clauses...

Some people find the most difficult part of doing Residential, Commercial and Investment Real Estate is learning the formulas and doing the calculations. In this Self Study Textbook you will learn the formulas and how to "do the math" for valuation, mortgage costs and pay off figures, financial analysis, for comparing investments, determining returns on investments, commission calculations and more. You will be shown how to use the Hewlett Packard hand held calculator to do all of these sometimes simple and sometimes complex calculations. Ed Smith is the author of "Real Estate Formulas and...