Timing the Real Estate Market

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How to buy low and sell high in real estate.

Yes, timing is everything. In the real estate market, that means buying in markets that are ready to take off and cashing out before prices crash. In Timing the Real Estate Market, millionaire real estate entrepreneur Craig Hall reveals to America's 17 million real estate investors his secrets for maximizing profits, by knowing when to buy, when to sell, and what to do in between.

Following Hall's savvy advice, real estate investors will learn:

• The seven major trends affecting real estate prices
• How to predict when real estate prices are poised to increase
• How to capture maximum profits by knowing when to sell
• How to add value to a property while waiting for the real estate market to pick up
• How to survive during a downturn--until the next market upswing.

Biographical Note

Craig Hall is chairman and founder of Hall Financial Group, a real estate finance and investment firm with interests in the United States and Europe. He owns millions of square feet of real estate and lectures frequently to entrepreneurs.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Part One: Why Timing the Market Is the Best Way to Make Money in Real Estate.
  • Chapter 1: Timing, Timing, Timing!
  • Chapter 2: The Myth of Cash Flow: Why You Don't Make Money "Owning" Real Estate.
  • Chapter 3: Lessons I've Learned from Real Estate Cycles of the Last 35 Years.
  • Chapter 4: The Fundamentals of Pricing: Capitalization Rate and Net Operating Income.
• Part Two: The Seven Trends That Drive Real Estate Timing Decisions.
  • Chapter 5: The Seven Major Trends Behind Real Estate Cycles.
  • Chapter 6: What Each of the Seven Trends Tells You About When To Buy, Hold or Sell.
  • Chapter 7: Using the Seven Trends in the Real World.
• Part Three: When To Buy.
  • Chapter 8: Buying Baiscs.
  • Chapter 9: Buy When There's Blood in the Streets: The Contrarian Timing Strategy.
  • Chapter 10: Buy When Prices Are Going Up: The Momentum Timing Strategy.
• Part Four: How to Hold.
  • Chapter 11: Increase the Property Value of Your Property: Six Powerful Techniques.
  • Chapter 12: Hold Most Properties for One Cycle.
  • Chapter 13: Hold Some Properties Longer Than One Cycle.
• Part Five: When to Sell.
  • Chapter 14: Selling Basics.
  • Chapter 15: When the Pay Window Is Open, Sell: The "Sell When Everyone Wants It" Strategy.
  • Chapter 16: When Positive Momentum Is at Risk, Get Out: The "Sell Before Prices Go Down Again" Strategy.
• Part Six: Putting Theory into Practice.
  • Chapter 17: Is Real Estate the Next Bubble?
  • Chapter 18: Real Estate Timing: More Art Than Science..
• Index.