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The Real Estate Millionaire Mindset: Multi-Unit Investing & Creative Real Estate Investing

The Millionaire Mindset by Tonja Demoff

4-CD Audio Set - $139.00
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Your roadmap to real estate riches. An insider’s look at how to get started building wealth through real estate.

Taped live at Tonja’s seminars, this audio set shows you how to create multiple streams of income through real estate. Tonja’s unique insight and first-hand experience gives you the knowledge, and confidence, you need to get started. In the multi-unit investing portion of the program, you’ll find out how to get started purchasing duplexes, triplexes, and small apartment buildings with little up-front investment and you’ll see how to analyze investment properties and how to maximize your leverage with each transaction. In the creative investing segment, you’ll discover how to buy and sell properties with little or no money and how to put cash in your pocket with every transaction.

The Real Estate Investor Pack

Tonja Demoff's Real Estate Investor Pack

Audio and CD-ROM Pack: $89.00
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Includes the following modules:

Property Management
Learn the simple techniques to manage and maintain your investments.

Real Estate Marketing
A portfolio of marketing samples you can use to effectively prospect in your target areas, generate a continuous stream of leads and market yourself as a serious investor.

Real Estate Forms
A comprehensive collection for real estate investors. Everything you need to operate your career asa real estate investor, including, but not limited to:
- Purchase Agreements
- Rental Agreements
- Option Agreement
- Notice to Pay Rent or Quit
- Notice of Change in Terms in Tenancy
- Investor Database Spreadsheet

Build Wealth With Lease Options

Tonja Demoff's Build Wealth with Lease Options Audio Set - $89.00
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Lease Options are a profitable way of buying and selling properties in any real estate market. So, why do few investors and real estate agents fully utilize this valuable tool? It is the lack of knowledge and, even worse, the lack of experienced professionals that investors can turn to for help. Unfortunately, many real estate professionals do not fully understand the process and can’t help their clients use this profitable tool.

This information-packed audio course is for any investor who wants to add this valuable strategy to their investment tool belt.Real estate wealth strategist, Tonja Demoff shares her experiences with Lease Options and teaches strategies to include:
- Step-by-step guide to the Lease Option process
- Unique strategies for marketing Lease Option properties
- Simple, yet effective techniques to managing Lease Option properties
- Ways to effectively help others understand the Lease Option details
- in order to structue a Win-Win transaction
- The benefits and challenges of Lease Options many people must know
- And much, much more...

Bubble Proof: Real Estate Strategies That Work in Any Market

Bubble Proof by Tonja Demoff Regular Price: $14.95
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REAL ESTATE STRATEGIES THAT WORK IN ANY MARKET

Over 500 money making strategies and 15 years of real estate investing experience in the time it take you to read this book.

Using the techniques and insider’s secrets gleaned during Tonja Demoff’s astonishing real estate career, Tonja provides a formula for success — and profit — in any market, and in any financial situation, whether you’re investing in your first house or your fiftieth.

With uncanny insight and old-fashioned determination, Tonja has soared from a flat-broke visionary to the top of her own business empire. How? By investing wisely in single-family homes and multi-units that doubled, tripled — even quadrupled her money. Tonja also shows why the housing market is poised to rise for years, taking smart investors along on the ride to even greater profit and financial security.

IN BUBBLE PROOF YOU’LL LEARN TO:

Overcome fear and move toward your financial future
Harness the laws of making money, and have them work for you
Understand the dozens of ways to structure and finance great deals
Create the best possible opportunities for yourself in the market
Decide whether to go for cash flow or speculation when investing
Stay motivated in a roller-coaster economy so you always come out ahead

Home Buyers Boot Camp

Tonja Demoff's Home Buyers' Boot Camp 2-CD Audio Set - $95.00
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Get the expert advice you need to overcome your fears and turn the dream of owning your own home into a reality.
Are you ready to get serious about buying a home?

If you pay rent each month, chances are you can afford to own a home. Why not build up equity and benefit from tax savings of owning a home? In this fast-paced live seminar, you’ll discover the secrets of making an intelligent home purchase.
What you’ll learn:

Why paying full price for a home can often be a smart move.
How seller financing options can lower your out-of-pocket cash requirement for a down payment.
How your credit rating affects your financing options and what to do if you have bad credit.
Why it’s often smart to by a multi-unit property as your first home — where you live in one unit and rent out the other units.

The Go Zone Connection
YOUR source for information on the Go Zone! Learn how you can get FREE MONEY, pay ZERO TAXES for twenty years, and help the victims of Hurricane Katrina by taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

INVESTING IN THE GO ZONE

Rebuild the Gulf Coast

From the author of Bubble Proof and Commission Checks comes this complete guide to investing in the "Go Zone". It is abundant with tips and strategies every invester MUST know to be successful in the "Go Zone". This is definitely the handbook for investors who want to benefit from the huge tax incentives offered through the "Go Zone".

All proceeds from this book will be going to the Tonja Demoff Foundation, assigned to The Go Zone Project to assist families to purchase their home, help with their down payment and achieve the American dream of home ownership.

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10 Steps to Home Ownership
Our step-by-step guide will walk you through the process and answer your questions on what you should expect from your realtor, where to look for loans, and what to watch out for when closing the deal.

Myths About Home Ownership
How lenders assess mortgage applications has changed a lot in the last 20 years. What closed the door to homeownership then may not be a factor today.

What are the Risks of Home Ownership?
Overall, homeownership is a good investment for most people, but there are risks.

How Much Can You Afford to Spend on a Home?
When deciding what you can afford, be sure to look at the big picture and not just the price of the home.

Why Own?
There are many great reasons to consider owning a home.

House Hunting
Even if you know exactly what you're looking for, the house hunting process can be overwhelming. It takes time.

Should You Buy or Rent?
No one knows what the future holds for you, your family, your job or your finances. But we can help you understand what you're going to encounter when you embark on the sometimes-difficult journey toward the American Dream of owning a home.

Mortgage Rates
Get current average motgage rates in your area of interest.

Glossary of Real Estate and Mortgage Terms
Comprehensive glossary of common terms and words used in real estate transactions and financing. Powered by REMAX.

City of Long Beach Buyer Assistance Program
The City of Long Beach offers qualified first-time home buyers conditional grants that can be used toward the down payment and non-recurring closing costs.

Loan Qualifying Form
Check if you qualify for a loan.

California Housing Finance Agency
Below market interest rate first mortgage programs and a variety of down payment assistance programs to eligible first-time California homebuyers.

Sperling’s Best Places
This site offers wonderful reference tools to check demographical information about various cities and neighborhoods.

HUD Advice for Home Sellers
Information for home sellers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Tips: Interviewing Real Estate Brokers
A list of questions that may be helpful to ask while speaking with prospective real estate brokers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Tips for Selling Your Home
Tips for home sellers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The Homeseller's Guide To Success
From the National Association of Realtors.

Moving Tips
From the National Association of Realtors.

The Movers Directory
A comprehensive list of guides and tips for movers.

Glossary of Real Estate and Mortgage Terms
Comprehensive glossary of common terms and words used in real estate transactions and financing.

Resources for Landlords

Rehab Real Estate Center
Looking for a professional to help rehabilitate your "diamond in the rough" property? Search no more!

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Ten Tips for Landlords
Simple suggestions to help your landlord or property management business run smoothly.

Top Ten Tax Deductions for Landlords
You are probably paying too much in taxes on your rental income.

Repairs, Maintenance, and Entry to Rented Premises
Landlords' duties to repair rental property and to give tenants notice before entering.

Tenant Injuries: Landlord Liability and Insurance FAQ
Protect yourself from liability from tenant injuries.

Landlord Tenant Laws by State

Checking Your Credit

Free Annual Credit Reports
Under the FACT Act amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, you are entitled to one free credit report every year from TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax.

Credit Repair Secrets

Tonja Demoff: Credit Repair Secrets Audio Set - $189.00
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Discover quick and easy ways to repair your credit and raise your credit score.
Learn the “how to”, “what to”, and “where to” of repairing your credit. Get the answers you need to immediately improve your credit score and repair any problems. Find out about credit scores and inquiries, and how they affect your ability to get a home loan.

New Law Helps Ease Pain for Some Facing Foreclosure or Short Sale
On December 20 President Bush signed into law H.R. 3648, the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007. While this piece of legislation is far from being a cure for all the ills caused by the recent and on-going meltdown in the real estate mortgage sector, it will certainly provide relief for some who are caught between declining home values and rising mortgage payments.

Like-Kind Exchanges - Real Estate Tax Tips
Generally, if you exchange business or investment property solely for business or investment property of a like-kind, no gain or loss is recognized under Internal Revenue Code Section 1031.

Internal Revenue Code section 1031
Under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 1031), the exchange of certain types of property may defer the recognition of capital gains or losses due upon sale, and hence defer any capital gains taxes otherwise due.

FAQs: Capital Gains, Losses/Sale of Home: Property
Frequently asked questions answered by the IRS.

Mortgage Terms Glossary
A comprehensive list of terms and definitions for mortgage terms.

Other Types of Mortgages
Besides the standard fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgages, there are other types of mortgages and ways to finance a home.

City of Long Beach Multi-Family Rehabilitation Loan Program
The City of Long Beach provides low-cost loans, with no maximum loan amount, available to qualified applicants at 0% interest with a 20-year loan term for owners of rental units of two or more on a lot.

Commercial Property Listings
Loopnet offers a comprehensive listing of commercial and multi-tenant residential properties for sale in the Southern California area.

Marcus & Millichap
Brokerage with online listings of multi-tenant apartment properties in Southern California market area.

Hendricks & Partners
National apartment brokerage that provides online property listings and apartment market trend reports.

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