DOLF DE ROOS, PHD, is the Chairman of Property Ventures Limited, a successful real estate investor, and a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. His public seminars are popular across the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Europe. His other books include Real Estate Riches, The Insider's Guide to Real Estate Investing Loopholes, and The Insider's Guide to Making Money in Real Estate, all from Wiley. GENE BURNS is a full-time real estate investor who specializes in buying distressed homes in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has pioneered several techniques for helping distressed sellers.
To prove there are good real estate investments out there in any market, the authors challenged themselves to buy one home every week for an entire year. They used a variety of acquisition and financing techniques and present a mix of strategies all good investors should be ready to use. (Realtor Magazine, July 2006)