A QUOTE FROM ADAM LEITMAN BAILEY

“Great real estate deals are like worms. To find the really prize ones, you should be prepared to get your hands dirty. You usually cannot see them until you do some digging, but often, once you start, several will appear.” – Adam Leitman Bailey

ABOUT Finding the uncommon deal

Our recent economic meltdown transformed real estate from a popular investment to financial kryptonite. Too many people purchased homes with mortgages they simply could never afford. The good news: great deals are out there for the taking.

Finding the Uncommon Deal by Adam Leitman Bailey gives you the secrets to discovering and successfully negotiating the lowest prices for the most prized properties available. You’ll get the expert advice you need to navigate this changing real estate world.

  • Discover how to go beyond Internet listings to get on-the-ground intelligence on the best deals
  • Get proven negotiating skills to close the deal at a rock-bottom price
  • Learn how to buy properties heading to foreclosure before the gavel hits, for rock bottom prices!

If you’re successful enough to afford a home, then you probably have the skills needed to get a great deal in today’s market. Finding the Uncommon Deal gives you the keys to leverage your skills for success and savings, opening the door to today’s best properties and lowest prices.

More than 50 real estate professionals, including brokers, lawyers, engineers, insurance agents, mortgage brokers, and bankers spent an incredible number of hours striving to make this book into one of the best ever written on home buying. Adam Leitman Bailey would like to thank all of them, especially those who made this book a large part of their lives.

Great real estate deals are like worms. To find the really prize ones, you should be prepared to get your hands dirty. You usually cannot see them until you do some digging, but often, once you start, several will appear. On most uncommon deals, the seller found out about them through local information and chatting up the right people not from sitting home surfing listings on the Internet. This book explains how to find uncommon deals in today’s market, which is full of them. The good news is that most of the skills that have allowed you to become successful enough to afford a home will also allow you to find the best home at the cheapest price. Your negotiation and persuasion abilities, tenacity, ability to handle rejection and to overcome it, and a willingness to dig for deals and to read and understand the motives of others are your best assets. The real estate nightmare that recently hit our country transformed sound real estate practice from prudent investment into both a casino and an automated teller machine. Borrowers purchased homes with mortgages that they simply could never afford. The good news is, great deals are now out there for the finding.

INSIDE THE BOOK

Read the glossary as well as chapter previews here