Making it in Real Estate : Starting Out as a Developer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McNellis, John
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Urban Land Institute, [2020]
Edition:Second edition, expanded and updated.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part 1: Making It in Real Estate
  • 1. Quit Your Job?
  • 2. Doing It on the Side
  • 3. Playing Small Ball
  • 4. Specialize or Die
  • 5. Bromancing the Deal
  • 6. Size Matters
  • 7. Buying It Right
  • 8. Desperately Chasing Yield
  • 9. Liquid Assets
  • 10. A Little Help from My Friends
  • 11. Fickle Shades of Green
  • 12. Autographing the Deal
  • 13. The Politics of It All
  • 14. Decked by City Hall?
  • 15. Sell versus Hold
  • 16. Lies, Damn Lies, and the IRR
  • 17. Working without a Net Worth
  • 18. Monogamy and Its Downside
  • 19. Let Us Now Praise Famous Architects
  • 20. General Contractor Relativity
  • 21. Sex, Lies, and Off-Market Deals
  • 22. Do As I Say
  • 23. The Back of a Napkin
  • 24. No Partners, No Problems
  • 25. The "NTM"
  • 26. Understating Your Net Worth
  • 27. Leaseholds: Buy 'Em Where They Ain't
  • 28. Your Empire: Build It or Buy It?
  • 29. The 1031 Exchange: Panacea or Placebo?
  • 30. The Only Free Cheese Is in a Mouse Trap
  • 31. Game of Phones
  • 32. Winter Is Coming
  • 33. Winter Is Here
  • 34. There's No Place Like Home
  • 35. Investing in Accidental Assets
  • 36. Retail's Wholesale Risks
  • 37. Environmental Contamination: Hazardous to Your Health?
  • 38. A Sod Roof Too Far
  • 39. Money
  • 40. Abandon All Hope
  • Part 2: Making It in Life
  • 41. How to Keep Friends and Influence No One
  • 42. Commencement Address
  • 43. Your Obituary
  • 44. Seeing the Forest for the Trees
  • 45. In Memoriam: James J. Curtis III
  • 46. Postscript
  • Glossary: Real Estate Jargon Demystified