The Weekend Millionaire's Secrets to Investing in Real Estate: How to Become Wealthy in Your Spare Time: How to Become Wealthy in Your Spare Time

Easily the best real estate investing book I've read. This is a no-nonsense, very practical look at how to buy single-family homes and rent them out. It's a page-turner, it doesn't get lost in the details yet is descriptive enough for people to get started. The authors' philosophy is to generate an income stream through renting your properties, and then use the properties as leverage for buying subsequent properties. They basically advocate NEVER selling them unless they're not profitable.As other reviewers have pointed out, the sections on negotiating are excellent and should not be taken lightly. The techniques they describe were eye-opening, I was shocked at how they might be used, or used against me! To many, the section on negotating may even be more useful than the rest of the book.To further motivate you to get started, the book includes 8 chapters at the end, each representing one week, that describe exactly what to do in your first 8 weeks of getting started. Very well written, i've already recommended this book to several others.The authors correctly convince you that the terms of the deal are often as important, or more important, than the selling price. This is because you can still get a good return on investment (ROI) even if you pay more than the asking price. Then, to me, the only weakness in this book relates to financing homes in very expensive markets. The authors advocate only buying houses within a 10-mile radius of where you live. Sure, if you have so-so credit and little money, you can probably scrape up financing for homes in the $50000-$100000 range. But what if you're like me, in the San Francisco Bay Area, where 1300 sq foot homes in decent neighborhoods can go for $300-400k? This is a VERY high barrier for entry. This becomes laughable when the authors describe an example where they bought a 12000 sq foot manufacturing facility for $200k, and the challenges they faced with making this facility profitable when rented. I'm not sure that any amount of creative financing will be able to help some people in markets like this.

Many people are stuck in a 8-5 JOB and want to start a busines but don't have the capital or time to do it. The author is honest and up front that you can become a millionaire through your own real estate investing business but it won't happen overnight. He takes you step by step on how you can get started with out a lot of risk, working on weekends and with very little money to get started. What the author shares in this book works as he has successfully used the same material he teaches in the book to build his own real estate investing business. I first became acquainted with the author Mike Summey when I purchased the "Wealth And Empowerment Training" course from Carleton Sheets Training Institute. Mike did a lecture on one of the video's as he is one of Carleton's most successful students. During the lecture he showed slides of his properties and he explains in detail how he built his Real Estate Investing Empire. If you are serious about becoming financially independent buy the book!

I never really understood why people get so excited about real estate investing until I read this book. Now I finally got it. The tax shelter, the leverage potential and the long term benefits all make sense now. Best of all I liked the 8 weekends where they tell you exactly what to do to get started. This has to be the best $15 I've ever spent.

I've read dozens of books on real estate investing and to be honest, I've found most of them either over my head or just plain unbelievable. When I heard Mike Summey talking about the book on the Real Estate and You show on WYCA-FM, I had to check it out. Finally, I've found a book that explains real estate investing in simple language and breaks it down into such doable tasks that I can't wait to get started. I loved the stories that illustrate how to apply the techniques the authors teach. Not only do they tell you what to do and how to do it, but they go the extra mile and use real life stories to show you how to achieve successful win/win negotiations that benefit everyone. If you don't buy another real estate book, buy this one. It's a keeper! You may also want to check out the website listed in the book. It's www.weekendmillionaire.com and it's a great resource for real estate investors.