Cutting-edge real
estate investing book used as the textbook for Jeanette Fisher's college
real estate course. Find out how using new interior design ideas makes top
dollar investing in real estate.
"Easy to read, couldn't put it down! I bought a house the next day!"
-Randall
Smith, electrician
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 soft cover
"I
have read dozens of real estate books and continually searched for one
that was simply realistic in its theories. From the real world techniques
of credit repair to the applied science of Design Psychology, Jeanette's
book is full of rich insights!" -David Tate, Police Officer, Nevada
Doghouse
to
Dollhouse
for
Dollars
Abbreviated Contents
1.
Discovering the Possibilities
2.
Credit Help
3.
Financing Your Doghouse
4.
Finding Your Doghouse
5.
Planning During Escrow
6.
Transformation Psychology
7.
Selling for Maximum Profit
8.
Holding for Your Future Income
Appendix
Glossary
Index
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"I've been in the
real estate business since 1977 in various capacities, title, escrow, and
as a developer. Jeanette’s book is an excellent read for beginners or
people who have experience. She has it laid out in such a practical
manner, you feel you have the plan and you can do it all! It’s also an
interesting, fun book about family dynamics!" -Madlyn Creekmore, Investor
Doghouse to
Dollhouse for Dollars Table of Contents
Using Design Psychology to Increase
Real Estate Profits
Chapter One Discovering
the Possibilities
Baby Steps towards the Ultimate
Dream 16
First Investment House: The House that
Sold Itself 17
Mistakes in Purchasing Real Estate 18
Victorian Dream Home Renovation 18
Southern Belle Transformation on the
River 21
Shacks Makeover to
Bell Pond Cottages 22
Barn Converted to Guesthouse
23
Evan and Natalie’s Lakeview
Dollhouse 23
HUD Repo Transformed into
Orange Tree Cottage 25
Repo Remodeled into Sugar Plum
Cabin 26
Elise and Dan’s First
House 28
Fifties Fixer Becomes Valley View
Ranch 29
20-year-old Dawn’s Real Estate
Profits 30
Enicia's Home of her Own 31
Chapter Two Credit
Help
Establishing Good Credit 33
Married Couples 34
Credit Checks & Reports 34
Credit Reporting Bureaus 36
Credit Scores: What they are and what
they mean 39
How Lenders Rate You: 39
Why Credit Scores Give False
Impressions 44
Improving Your Credit
Score 45
Credit Repair Companies and Credit
Counseling 45
Be careful with credit repair scams.
45
Battling the Big Three 46
Collection Agencies 49
How to Improve Your Credit Score 49
Raising Credit Scores
Quickly 52
How to Get a Credit Score Over 700 53
Debt Diet to Raise Credit Scores
54
Debt Diet to Lower Debt-to-Income
Ratio 55
Setting up Business Lines of Credit
56
Chapter Three Financing Your
Doghouse
Types of Mortgage Lenders 59
What Lenders Look For 60
Seven Loan Types and Finance Terms 61
Mortgage Finance Terms 64
Financing Considerations 65
Other Financing Factors 66
Appraisers on Your Side 67
Finding Your Lender 68
Lender’s Checklist 69
A Better Way to Find Your Lender
70
Personalized Lender
Checklist 70
Amazing Available Loan
Possibilities 71
No money down - stated income -no
prepayment penalty - easy qualifications 71
Lenders & Escrow
Officers 72
Chapter Four Finding
Your Doghouse
Promotional Supplies 75
Location 77
Second Homes 78
Price 78
Learn Your Market 79
Finding Real Estate
Agents 80
Know Yourself 81
Estimating Transformation Costs
82
Estimated Value after
Transformation 83
Lower Your Initial
Expenses 83
Types of Properties to
Find 84
Distressed Properties 84
Repossessions 84
Multiple Listings 88
For
Sale by Owners 89
Seller’s Motivation 89
Making Offers 90
Escrow 97
Funding Conditions 98
Chapter Five Planning
During Escrow
Psychology of Residential Design for
Resale 103
Arrange Fire Insurance 104
Insurance Warning!
Planning Your Transformation
105
Selling Season 108
Overall Design Plan 108
Room-by-Room Work Plan
111
Utilities 112
Safety 114
Chapter Six
Transformation Psychology
Buying Materials for
Drama 117
Suppliers and Exquisite
Details 118
Where to Start 119
First,
the Roof 119
Creating an Exciting
Exterior 121
Psychological Effects of
Landscaping 121
Motivating Front
Elevations 126
Gingerbread 127
Choosing Exterior Paint Colors for
Profit 129
Psychology of Exterior Paint Colors
130
Mixing Your Own Paint for Savings &
Harmony 131
Fixing the Interior for Top
Dollars 133
Lighting Psychology 137
Flooring & Feelings 140
Payback of Window Treatments 142
Props & Profits 144
Embellishments Equal Extra Dollars
145
Psychology of Mirrors 146
Paintings & Proceeds 148
Individual Spaces and Rooms
149
Enticing Entrances 149
Inviting Living and Family Rooms
150
Dynamic Dining Areas 151
Merry Kitchens 153
Mirrors in the Kitchen? 155
Appropriate Appliances 155
Idyllic Bedrooms 156
Bathrooms that Sell 158
Chapter Seven Selling for
Maximum Profit
Advantages of a Selling Agent
161
Advantages of Selling by Owner
164
Sales Price 165
Effective Advertising 168
Staging Your Creation 173
Dress the Part 173
Showing to Sell 175
Offers to Refuse 179
Selling Escrow 179
Chapter Eight Holding for
Your Future Income
Cash Flow 184
Properties to Keep or Sell 184
Tenants 185
Living in Your Investment Property 186
Retire with Passive
Income 187
Five-Year Retirement Plan 188
Refinancing for Cash Flow 189
Investor's Tips 190
Starting Capital 193
Free Housing for College Students
194
Choose Your Individual Investment
Strategy 194
Appendix
Step-by-Step Checklist 196
Glossary 201
Index 213
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