Making Money in Real Estate: The Canadian Guide to Profitable Investment in Residential Property, Revised Edition Revised Edition

Making Money in Real Estate: The Bestselling Canadian Guide to Investing in Residential Property

For the Canadian investor who is looking to build wealth through real estate, Making Money in Real Estate is an exceptional guide and resource designed to be actively consulted and successfully applied. The author, Douglas Gray, draws on his vast experience as a lawyer, consultant and author to offer investors – both novice and veteran – an “A to Z” of “street-smart” real estate investment knowledge and strategies.

At your fingertips, you are provided with practical and essential information on:

• types of investment properties to consider
• locating properties that fit your investment goals
• building a team of experts
• negotiating with sellers
• mortgage financing and tax issues
• insurance options
• property management
• selling a property
• developing a personalized investment plan that works
• financial and estate planning.

The glossary, checklists, mortgage tables, sources of further information and a comprehensive index round out this book.

Real estate is long-term investment. Be informed – avoid the pitfalls and make prudent decisions, because those choices will have a significant impact on your financial health. Look to Making Money in Real Estate as the benchmark of “how to” for profitable real estate investing.

Douglas Gray is Canada’s bestselling real estate and small business author. Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have relied on his books for their comprehensive information, insider tips and practicality. Here is what the critics have said about his real estate guides:

“Gray delivers the goods. It is all-Canadian, and not a retread book full of tips that are worthless north of the U.S.-Canada border. It’s chockfull of practical street-smart strategies and advice … thorough and eminently usable.”

Business in Vancouver

“… no legalese here … just some good ol’ street-level English that explains – mostly for the benefit of novices – all the real and perceived complexities of mortgages.”

Calgary Herald

“The prolific output of real estate and financial books establishes Gray as a Canadian voice … [He] provides consumer insights into securing the best deal and avoiding the pitfalls … Gray’s legal background has given him valuable insights.”

Edmonton Journal

“[The] author knows what he is talking about … full of street-smarts and practical advice…”

Halifax Chronicle-Herald