The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor’s Kit: How to Make Money Buying Distressed Real Estate — Before the Public Auction

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1. Anthony Orapallo says:

   07/18/2010 at 8:32 pm

   Here\’s a Review by Anthony Orapallo for The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor’s Kit: How to Make Money Buying Distressed Real Estate — Before the Public Auction
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   Having read the other reviews, I bought this book with high expectations. I was very disappointed. The book lacks details and contains too much cursory, trivial and anecdotal information. For example, the author explains that public records are listed in alphabetical, he gives great examples of which mobile office equipment to buy and describes over and over how wonderful the internet is but glosses over important details like actual examples of what exactly you find in the public records and examples of how to determine if a deal is worthwhile or not. He talks about due diligence and that one should research the public records to get information from 50 different places. He even goes on to tell a story about a women who didn’t do enough research and ended up with a $19,000 tax lien attached to her pre-foreclosure property. Again though, he never shows any examples or those records or HOW to use those records to determine if a deal is worthy or not. His step-by-step process is not detailed enough to put into practice without doing tons more research. The book seems unfocused and often times wanders away from the point. Overall not a very practical book but probably a pretty good buy if you know nothing about foreclosures, pre-foreclosures or home buying in general.
2. Matt Parker says:

   07/18/2010 at 9:11 pm

   Here\’s a Review by Matt Parker for The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor’s Kit: How to Make Money Buying Distressed Real Estate — Before the Public Auction
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   Someone from another country once said, this book is no good for another country and gave it low ratings… Well, duh! U.S. law only applies to U.S. stuff. This book is by far one of the best guides on pre-foreclosures and should be considered as the beginner’s guide for bank foreclosures. Also, when the title says ‘distressed’ real estate, it’s not talking about bad properties but rather properties with their mortgages no longer being paid.

   The difference is important because distressed properties suggest run down stuff. When actually, a lot of preforeclosures are great houses and for one reason or another the owner no longer chose to pay for it.

   Overall a good guide. Also on another note, I only buy books BY investors not marketing gurus or writers. Lucier is a REAL investor, with personal experience. Those are the type of authors you want to read from. Here are other books by REAL investors:

   Profit by Investing in Real Estate Tax Liens: Earn Safe, Secured, and Fixed Returns Every Time by Loftis

   Complete Guide to Real Estate Tax Liens and Foreclosure Deeds: Learn in 7 Days-Investing Without Losing Series by Sausa

   FLIP: How to Find, Fix, and Sell Houses for Profit by Villani
3. gregory dwyer says:

   07/18/2010 at 9:47 pm

   Here\’s a Review by gregory dwyer for The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor’s Kit: How to Make Money Buying Distressed Real Estate — Before the Public Auction
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   Foreclosure investing is all the rage nowadays, but Thomas Lucier tells you why you must get in during the PRE-FORECLOSURE phase to really make the big bucks. There’s just too much competition for properties once they reach foreclosure.

   The author suggests that you get to the properties before they reach foreclosure by doing your homework and locating the properties early. A letter writing campaign is his preferred method of contacting the foreclosees (is that a word???) and will follow up with subsequent letters should he not hear back from the homeowner.

   In addition to step by step instructions for locating properties and acquiring them, Lucier gives a treasure trove of information which you can use along the way to help make your job easier. He includes literally hundreds of websites and even provides his email address to provide help to those who need it.

   The book covers all the bases, however, it didn’t leave me motivated. The author mentions all of the pitfalls and hard work required in this business and clearly doesn’t try to mislead the reader into thinking it will be easy money. I appreciate the honesty, but must admit I won’t be pursuing pre-foreclosures at this time. However, I haven’t ruled it out for the future, and should I choose to do so, the book will serve as a great instructional manual in my quest.
4. David Etenburn says:

   07/18/2010 at 10:15 pm

   Here\’s a Review by David Etenburn for The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor’s Kit: How to Make Money Buying Distressed Real Estate — Before the Public Auction
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   OK, let’s face it. Foreclosures in this country are going to be a serious issue in the next few years. And it will be no one’s fault but the lenders who took on the added risk of investing in too many questionable loans, and the borrowers who had no idea what they were getting into.

   Having invested in these properties, and being a real estate sales agent with investors looking for such properties, the search processes Thomas Luccier suggests to find these properties are good. I have been using them and a few others for several years now. His foreclosure letters are powerful…perhaps too intimidating. The spreadsheets are great, I have actually replaced a couple of mine with his!

   Overall, I find the book usefull more so for a new investor, but valuable nonetheless even for experienced investors like myself. I’m sure I’ll refer to it again in the future.
5. DWHunt says:

   07/18/2010 at 10:56 pm

   Here\’s a Review by DWHunt for The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor’s Kit: How to Make Money Buying Distressed Real Estate — Before the Public Auction
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   I have bought at least 4 programs from so called “real estate gurus”. I spent less than $20 and on Thomas Lucier’s book and I got more out of his book then I did out of all 4 programs. His book is easy to read. He tells you exactly what to do, what not to do and why. He educates you about foreclosures and gives you several resources so you can do your own research. I’ll be going to my first foreclosure appointment tomorrow evening. I’ll go over the book again and plan on using all of the forms and checklists (the book is full of forms). He also answers his emails personally. I feel confident about my appointment I’m excited but not in the least bit nervous because I’ve read the Foreclosure Property Investor’s Kit, and I know what to do step by step.