Table of Contents

PART 1:THE PAST
Chapter 1Understanding the Housing Crisis
Chapter 2Overleveraged

PART 2: THE PRESENT
Chapter 3A Buyer's Market
Chapter 4Distressed Real Estate
Chapter 5The New Lending Guidelines
Chapter 6Negotiating with Lenders (Loan Modifications)

PART 3:THE OPPORTUNITY
Chapter 7Reinventing Yourself in the New Economy
Chapter 8The Gold Rush of 1849
Chapter 9Transaction-Based Real Estate Businesses
Chapter 10Commercial Real Estate
Chapter 11Retail
Chapter 12Office
Chapter 13Residential Real Estate
Chapter 14Multifamily
Chapter 15Farm Areas
Chapter 16Community Anchors
Chapter 17How to Add Value to Real Estate
Chapter 18The Local Advantage

Part 4:THE FUTURE
Chapter 19Credit Markets
Chapter 20Creating a "Cash Cow" to Buy Real Estate
Chapter 21The No Debt Alternative
Chapter 22The Economic Recovery

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