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		Symbols
		[IRC § 465(b)(6)(B)(ii)]  62
		[IRC § 465(b)(6)(D)(i)  62
		30-day note  63
		30-year mortgage  71
		60 Minutes  118, 119, 120, 122
		A
		abandoned  87
		absolute auction  69
		accountants  19
		accounting rules  61
		accrual-basis taxpayer  86
		Acquiring Property Through Forced Partition Sales:  81
		active participant  86
		actuarial table  93
		actuarial tables  94
		actuarial-table  95
		Adams, Barry  29, 59
		adjustable rate mortgages  76
		administrators  107
		adverse publicity  81
		advertising  72
		Aggressive Tax Avoidance for Real Estate Investors  7
		Agreement to bid  107
		Alameda  40
		Alameda, CA  36
		alcoholics  14
		alimony lien  84
		All appropriate inquiry  9
		all appropriate inquiry  80
		all cash  36, 47, 51, 76, 89
		all-cash  117
		all-cash buyer  13
		Allen, Robert  10, 114
		Almanac Of American Politics  54
		alternative minimum tax  11
		ambulance chaser  27
		annuities  14
		annuity  95
		Anthenien, Mark  106
		anti-assignment clause  101
		anti-partition agreement  80, 83
		Appraisal  43
		appraisal  35
		Appraisal Journal  81
		Appraisals  31
		appraisals  67
		Appraiser  75
		appraiser  32, 80
		appraisers  11, 19
		appreciation  10, 36, 53, 56, 87, 94
		ARM  52
		Arrearages  23
		arrearages  23
		arson  58, 108
		assault and battery  119
		assembly  13
		assessments  51
		assign  10, 100, 102
		Assigned-risk pool  58
		Assignment  101
		assignment  88
		assignment-of-distributive-share agreement  85
		at-risk rules  62
		Attachment lien  27
		Attendance  72
		attorneys  19
		auctioneer  54, 72
		B
		bad credit  39
		bad faith  46
		bad-foundation  20
		bad-weather principle  69
		Bank of Seoul  122
		Bank of Seoul & Trust Co. v. Marcione  120
		Bank of Ukiah v. Rice  82
		bankrupt  49, 77
		bankruptcies  27
		Bankruptcy  101, 111, 113, 114
		bankruptcy  11, 13, 14, 44, 45, 47, 57, 58, 95, 111, 113, 114, 115
		Banks, Jim  35
		bargain purchase technique  72
		basis  99
		BC Law Review  81
		Beck  88, 105, 108
		Beck, John  7, 8, 12, 14, 23, 28, 29, 36, 44, 46, 48, 50, 54, 57, 58, 59, 62, 64, 67, 68, 81, 87, 91, 95, 105, 111, 114, 118, 120
		BFP v. Imperial Savings  58
		bid  68
		Bid chilling  48
		bid chilling  109, 120, 122, 123
		bidding procedures  69
		binder  36
		binder title insurance policy  43
		black sheep  81
		Blacks Law Dictionary  85
		Blue Sheet  33
		booby trap  121
		borrowing builder who never sells  7
		Boulder Creek  106
		Boyd Estate  86
		brag book  38
		break-even cash flow  8, 10
		bribe  65
		brokers  64
		Brower, Chris  96
		Bruss, Bob  63, 64, 95
		Bruss, Robert  25
		Budget  77
		builder  37
		builder auction  71
		Builder auctions  71
		bums rush  73
		bureaucrat  68
		Bureaucrats  64
		business split-up  14
		buy-low-sell-high  36
		Buy-very-low-sell-low  13
		buy-very-low-sell-low  36
		buyers remorse  106
		C
		California FAIR Plan  58
		California Real Estate 2d  82
		California Real Estate Law 2d  120
		California Title Insurance Practice  28
		Californias Home Equity Sales Contract Statute  18
		call option  99
		Camden County  5
		capital loss  99
		Carranza, Jesse  14, 44
		Carrigan & Associates  69
		carrying cost  71
		carrying costs  7, 13, 61
		cash flow  68, 71
		cash resale value  19
		cash-basis taxpayer  86
		cashiers check  47, 52, 54, 55
		Cassell Brothers, Inc.  107
		Charities  94
		Chemodurow, Michael  100
		Chicago Title  43
		Chicago Title Insurance Company  26
		circuit breakers  69
		Circumvention  103
		classified  25
		classified ads  99, 101, 102
		clean hands  103
		clean-up  57
		Clean-up cost  49
		clear title market value  24
		clearinghouse  102
		clipping service  25
		closing costs  10, 35
		co-signing  10
		cold calling  34
		cold calls  9
		commission  9, 13, 31, 32, 35, 47, 102, 111, 114, 115
		commissions  7
		common law  93
		comparable sales  51
		Complete Asset Protection Guide  46
		Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation  9
		concealing  41
		concealing a material fact  41
		Concealment  103
		condemned  12, 14
		condition  56
		conditions of the sale  108
		Condo  101
		condo  26, 44, 55
		condominium  114
		conflict  65
		conservators  94
		conspiracy  41
		Constitution  26, 40, 47
		construction  6, 13
		construction defect  9
		construction financing  37
		construction loan  6, 77
		construction-defects lawsuit  75
		constructive trust  119
		Consumer-finance companies  61
		Consumers  20
		contamination  10, 12, 14, 49
		contingencies  76
		Continuing Education of the Bar  28
		Contra Costa  40
		Contra Costa Times  44
		Conventional  61
		conventional lender  69
		Cornell Law Review  53
		corporation  19
		corporations  11, 12, 13
		cosigning  40
		county recorders office  44, 121
		court confirmation  37
		court hearing  31
		credit counseling  51
		Crittenden, Alan  64
		Crittenden Foreclosures For Sale  64
		Current Law of California Real Estate 2d  23
		customary practice  10
		cyclical opportunity  71
		D
		Dacey, Norman  31, 32
		DAMAR  51
		Damar  44
		Dataquick  44
		Davidson, George  42
		Deal killer  122
		Dealer  100
		dealer  42, 55, 77, 86
		dealer property  11
		death rate  32
		deaths  27
		deceit  18
		Deedless real-estate investing  10
		default  101
		default judgment  119
		deferred maintenance  3deficiency judgment  53
		Delayed exchange  55
		delayed-exchange escrow  56
		delayed-exchange facilitator  11
		DelDotto, Dave  64
		delinquency rate  48
		delinquent property tax auction  85
		delinquent tax sales  35
		delinquent taxes  51
		delinquent-property-tax sale  105
		denial  39, 49
		Dennis v. Overholtzer  24
		Department of Housing And Urban Development (HUD)  67
		depreciation  11, 35, 42, 55, 86, 100
		depreciation deductions  62
		desirable properties  9
		destruction and theft of her personal property  119
		developer  24
		Dialsearch  25
		Diamond Farming, Probate Real Estate  34
		Dickensian novel  18
		DiGrazia  34, 35, 36
		DiGrazia, Gary  14, 32, 34, 38
		Direct mail  40
		direct mail  39, 85
		direct-mail  42
		disclosure  88
		discount lien release  108
		discount-lien-release  19
		Disney World  13
		Distress Sales Report  14, 36, 46, 54, 64, 87, 95, 114, 120
		Distressed Real Estate Times  113
		distribution in kind  31
		diversity  103
		divorce  79, 83, 85, 99, 101
		divorces  27
		divorcing  14, 26
		do-it-yourself estate planners  94
		double escrow  36
		double post card  34
		double-escrow  46
		dream house  6
		drug addicts  14
		due diligence  9, 39, 100, 113
		due process  26
		due-on-sale claus  41
		Due-on-sale clause  58, 84
		due-on-sale clause  40
		due-proces  26
		due-process  40, 47
		Dupree + Scott  95
		dysphemisms  20
		E
		easy-come equity  13
		easy-come-easy-go syndrome  12, 13, 31
		easy-qualifier mortgage  35
		efficient  5
		ego  31
		electronic clipping services  25
		Elias  111
		embezzlement  121, 122
		embezzling  113
		entrepreneur  20
		environmental due diligence  9
		Environmental liability  9, 77, 80, 97, 100, 109, 113, 117
		environmental liability  10
		EPIC  76
		equitable mortgage  101
		equity lines of credit  35
		Ernie Kessler  62
		escrow company  14
		escrow instructions  101
		Estate planners  94
		Estate Planning  32, 94
		estate referee  37
		ethical code  17
		Ethical considerations  89, 96, 109, 113
		Ethics  41, 76
		evict  102
		evicted  47
		evicting  6
		Eviction  52, 119
		eviction  57, 86, 101, 119
		excess possessions  35
		Excess proceeds  51
		excess proceeds  55, 88
		exchange  11, 55, 86, 100
		exchanging  35, 42, 55
		executed-judgment-lien  7
		Execution lien  27
		execution lien  122
		execution sale  117, 118
		execution sales  120
		executors  107
		Experian  33
		expiration date  100
		expire  99
		extortion  85
		Extreme bargain  122
		F
		Face-to-face negotiations  102
		fair market value  72
		false statement  18, 41
		Farm  81
		farm  12, 44
		farm land  79
		fast cash  41
		Federal Estate and Gift Taxes  93
		federal income taxes  6
		fee simple  82
		felon  28
		feuding  14
		feuds  32
		FHA  10, 42, 51, 62, 63, 67
		FHA and VA  61
		FHLMC  84
		Fidelity Savings and Loan  62
		Fiduciary relationship  65
		fiduciary responsibilities  9, 17
		finance  72
		Financing  51, 68, 76, 80, 89, 108, 115
		financing  41, 62, 69, 76, 99
		finders fee  36
		fire  58
		five-day rescission period  43, 45
		fix up  88
		fix-up cost  67
		fixed-rate  62, 68, 71
		fixer-upper  12
		fixers  35
		flip  7, 10, 36
		flipping  11
		Flood  24
		FNMA  52, 76, 84
		for-sale-by-owner  5, 75, 115
		forced sale  12
		Forced Sale Workbook  14, 29, 58, 59, 91, 105, 111, 118
		foreclosed properties  35
		foreclosure  12, 14, 20, 63, 87, 95, 120
		Foreclosure auction  39
		foreclosure auction  11, 12, 14, 25, 47, 72, 108
		foreclosure auctions  61
		foreclosure rate  48
		Foreclosure Super-Bargains in California  29
		Foreclosure Superbargains in California  48, 56, 59
		Foreclosure-auction  6, 14
		foreclosures  13, 20, 27, 68, 71
		forged  102
		Forgeries  26
		Form 2433 quick-sale value  105
		Form 4585 Seizure and Sale Worksheet  105
		foundation  51
		foundation problem  12, 19
		four-mortgages-per-person limit  52, 76
		fraud  18, 26
		fraudulent transfer  45
		Fraudulent transfer in anticipation of bankruptcy  58
		fraudulent trust deed  27
		free and clear  52
		free market  20
		Freedom of Information Act  76
		freezing  59
		freezing weather  69
		Fremont, California  57
		Full-time  64, 80, 89, 100, 108, 113, 117
		Future Interests and Estate Planning 2d  95
		G
		Gardiner, Richard  100
		Garvey, Jane  87, 88
		generator  69
		get-rich-quick business  14
		Glavin, Bill  68
		Gold Rush  24
		Golden Rule  18
		Goldstein, Arnold  46
		good faith  103
		Good Morning America.  10
		Goodale v. West  103
		Goodfriend, Marc  87
		Goodkin, Lewis  76
		Goodkin Real Estate Report/Florida  76
		government-regulated auction  73
		government-regulated auctions  71
		gross rent multiplier  71
		Groves, Kenneth  49
		Guardians  94
		guardians  27
		Guenther, Robert  24
		gut rehab  12
		H
		handwritten envelope  40
		Hardy v. Admiral Oil  23
		Harold, Judge Greene  68
		Hazard and liability insurance  58
		Hazard insurance  108
		Healy  81
		Healy, Martin  81
		hedge  14, 96
		Hedging  95
		heir  31, 82
		heirs  12, 13, 34, 35, 85, 94, 107
		hidden lien  43
		Hieb v. Mitchell  90
		high-credit guarantor  10
		high-loan-to-value-ratio  10
		Hinton, Steven  106
		holding over  57
		holding-over foreclosee  6
		holdover  6
		home office  86
		home owners association  77
		home-equity line  52
		homelessness  39
		homeowners association dues  118, 121
		homestead  121
		Homestead exemption  112
		homestead exemption  113
		housing developments  71
		How To Avoid Probate  32
		How to Avoid Probate  31
		How to buy IRS seized properties.  106
		How to Buy Real Estate for Little or No Money Down  10
		How To File For Bankruptcy  113
		How to File for Bankruptcy  111
		How To Make A Fortune In Real Estate: The Land Gam  24
		How to Make Money Buying Pre-Foreclosure Propertie  46
		How to Manage Residential Property for Maximum Cas  59, 75
		How to Research Title  59
		How to Use Leverage to Maximize your Real Estate I  10, 19
		HUD  59, 69
		HUD foreclosures  67
		HUD Sales Weekend  68
		Hunter v. Schulz  82
		I
		Illinois  87
		impounds  24
		improper notice  119
		improvements  108
		in default of foreclosure  43
		In Re James Moore  101
		in the money  99
		incompetent competitors  45
		indemnification agreement  24
		Independent Administration of Estates Act  34, 35, 37
		indexing  28
		induce  18
		industrial  100
		inheritance  79, 81
		inheritance-tax  35
		injunctions  103
		insiders  5
		Inspection  51, 114
		inspection  73
		installment sale  42, 103
		installment sales  100
		installment-sale  55, 86
		institutional lender  10
		insurable interest  95
		Insurance  85
		insurance  51
		intentional and negligent infliction of emotional  119
		interest rate  68
		Internal Revenue Code  62
		Internal Revenue Manual  105
		intimidation  18
		investor association  64
		involuntary lien  27
		Iowa  25
		IRS  47, 57, 83
		IRS auction  83, 87, 95
		IRS lien  84
		IRS redemption interest rate  87
		IRS regulation §31.7701-3(a)  86
		IRS sale value  105
		IRS sales  105
		IRS seized property auction  85
		IRS seized property sales  89
		IRS seized-property sale  12
		IRS worksheet  105
		IRS-seized property sale  58
		IRSs redemption period  88
		J
		Jankowski, Dennis  91
		Job loss  99
		judgment creditor  117
		Judgment lien  27, 84
		judgment sales  27
		judgments  26, 79
		judicially foreclosed  101
		junior lien  88
		K
		Kane v. Huntley Financial  82
		Kapit, Stephen  85
		Kaplan  67, 68
		Kaplan, Larry  67, 68, 69
		Karoutas v. Home Federal Bank  49
		Kendall v. Ernest Pestana, Inc.  101
		Kessler  64, 88
		Kessler, Ernie  14, 54, 63, 87
		Kessler System  63
		Kill ratio  42, 63, 67, 72
		kill ratio  80, 89
		kill-ratio  47
		Kinter, Dan  24, 83
		Kramer  93
		L
		land contract  23, 27, 28
		Land Game  31
		Language Of Real Estate  82
		Law of Averages  34
		Law of Future Interests 2d ed.  93
		Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory  50
		Laws of Economics  21
		lawsuit  86
		lease option  23, 25, 71, 76, 99, 100
		lease-option  83
		Leasing Professional  100
		least productive  63
		legal newspaper  40
		legal training  25
		Lehmkuhl, Craig  13
		lender  72
		lending institutions  61
		Leon, Jose  35, 36
		Leonard  111
		Leper properties  8
		leper properties  12, 52
		leper property  28
		letter of recommendation  38
		liability insurance  58
		libel  119
		lien  45, 47, 50, 53, 57
		liens  14
		life estate  12, 14, 20, 93, 95, 96
		life expectancy  94
		life insurance  14, 96
		life tenant  93, 94
		limited partners  45
		limited partnership  79
		limited-partnership prospectus  18
		line of credit  26, 52, 99
		lines of credit  6, 41, 51
		Lippett, Peter  32, 94, 95
		lis pendens  25, 82
		Listing  37
		listings  9, 34
		little old ladies  40
		living trusts  31
		loan officers  19
		loan-to-purchase-price ratio  6
		loan-to-value ratio  6, 10, 27
		location  72
		locksmith  52, 56
		long-term capital gains  55
		long-term capital gains rates  35
		long-term capital gains tax rate  42
		long-term holder  42
		long-term option  101
		long-term-capital-gains exclusion  11
		Los Angeles Times  27
		Lotus 123  50
		Louisville  42
		low-grade ore  9
		Lowndes  93
		Lucier, Thomas  46
		M
		mail fraud  41
		major news stories  72
		major sports events  72
		malpractice  119
		malpractice suit  118
		management  36, 100
		management problems  84
		Manhattan Beach, CA  27
		Market distress  8
		market value  18
		Marketable title  23
		Marshfield, WI  96
		Martinez  42
		Massachusetts  25
		materialmens lien  84
		McCord  93
		McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987  68
		mechanics lien  51
		media attention  122
		memorandum of the option  100
		Methuselah  95
		Methuselah-length longevity  14
		Metropolitan Life  96
		Miami Beach First National Bank  96
		Michigan  87
		microfiche  33
		Miller  23, 120
		Milpitas, California  118
		minimum bid  50, 55, 105, 119
		mislead  41, 43
		Misrepresentation  103
		misrepresentations  18
		Missouri  13, 46
		Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System  11
		Moran, Jud  9
		Morrone, Charles  118, 121
		mortgage  27
		mortgage-contingency  52
		Mortgage-insurance companies  61
		moving  40
		Multiple Listing Book  25
		multiple listing book  5, 6
		Multiple Listing Service  5
		mutual interest  17
		N
		National Housing Law Project (NHLP)  68
		negative amortization  10
		negative cash flow  8, 10, 84
		negative equity  44
		negative mortgage amortization  10
		negative value  9
		negative-cash-flow  100
		neglect  67
		net bid  67
		net worth  19
		New Jersey  52
		New York  13
		Newman, Paul  87
		newspaper of general circulation  40, 50
		newspapers of general circulation  32
		NHLP  68
		Nicholson, Brandt  55
		Niimi, Sus  27
		no-one-knowscategory  9
		non-agent bid  67
		non-owner-occupant penalty  68
		non-profit institution  12
		nonconforming use  58
		nonjudicial sale  107
		nonjudicial sale  105, 108
		Nonrecourse  62
		nonrecourse  62
		nonrecourse financing  73
		nonresidential  52, 100
		notarized  23, 24
		Notary  28
		notary stamp  27
		note  37
		Nothing Down  10
		Nothing down  10
		nothing down  68
		Notice  121
		notice  40, 47, 50, 118
		notice of default  18, 46, 51
		NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE  32
		Number-of-deals laws  100
		O
		obscene  20
		Offensive and Defensive Strategy and Tactics for D  46
		office  100
		Office Building Acquisition Handbook  28
		office buildings  44
		officers of businesses  19
		Oil Patch  8
		one-bedroom house  12
		one-time assumability  63
		Onondaga County  53, 54
		Onondaga County, New York  53
		open house  115
		open-bid auction  117
		option  23, 84, 99, 101
		option to renew  102
		Options  18
		options  25, 27
		ordinary-income-tax rates  11
		OREO  14, 39, 50, 59, 61, 62, 64, 67, 73, 108
		OREO department  61
		origination date  50
		Other Real Estate Owned  61
		out appraising  19
		out-of-area owners of raw land  9
		out-of-county personal representative  34
		out-of-state lender  63
		over-encumbered properties  12
		Overbids  114
		overhead  41
		overreact  24
		overreaction  8
		owelty  82
		owner occupants of homes  9
		owner-occupant home owner  8
		owners of businesses with employees  19
		P
		paper  19
		paralegals  32
		part-time  64, 77, 80, 89, 100, 108, 113, 117
		partial interest  12
		Partial ownership  52
		partition  79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 93, 106
		Partition in kind  83
		partition suits  27
		partnership  86
		passive loss limitations  11
		passive loss limits  62, 86
		Patchin, Peter  79
		pattern  75
		pay off statement  14
		Pay Zero Tax  7
		payoff statement  20, 50
		Perano, Dante  64
		Persistence  14
		personal injury  11
		personal liability  62
		personal representative  34, 36, 37
		Phoenix  44
		physical inspection  9
		positive cash flow  10
		positive tax flow  86
		positive-cash-flow  100
		post cards  44
		post-foreclosure  50
		postpone  47
		postponement  50
		postponements  7
		power of attorney  28
		pre-approved  52
		pre-foreclosure  39, 50, 100, 108, 115
		pre-register  71
		Preforeclosure  6
		preforeclosure  14
		preliminary title report  23, 43
		premature death  14
		premium  81, 85
		pretrial publicity  119
		Private auction  68
		private auction  31, 48, 72, 73
		Private auction buying  72
		private auctions  71
		private party  68
		private post office box  27
		private probate sale  36
		Probate  14
		probate  12, 13, 20, 34, 35, 85, 95
		probate attorney  37
		probate code  34
		probate confirmation hearing  36
		probate file  36
		probate-to-population ratio  32
		Professional Publishing  46
		properties-considered-per-purchase ratio  5
		properties-to-deals ratio  39
		Property management  13, 42
		property management  11
		property-tax auction  87, 95
		public auction  48
		purchase agreements  63
		put option  99
		Q
		qualified bidder  71
		questionnaire  39
		quick-sale  64
		Quick-sale value  13, 61
		quick-sale value  14, 36, 85, 105
		quiet title  26, 27
		quitclaim  84, 88, 90, 101
		quitclaim deed  27, 118
		R
		racketeering  41
		radon gas  8
		rapport  36
		ratios  5
		raw land  79, 82, 100, 106
		Real Estate Educators Journal  52
		Real Estate Investors Monthly  44
		Real Estate Issues  79
		Real Estate Owned  61
		Real-estate agent  114
		real-estate agent  9, 23, 36, 39, 75, 80, 81
		real-estate agents  19
		real-estate broker  32, 44
		real-estate brokerage  85
		real-estate license  41
		real-estate salesman  5
		reasonable  20
		Reattachment of junior lien  88
		recession  105
		recorders office  40
		redemption period  87, 118, 119
		Redford, Robert  87
		refi  68
		refinance  40, 50, 52, 106
		Refinancing ramifications  72
		rehab  52
		Reilly, John  82
		reinstate  39, 47, 59, 88, 101
		relationships  13, 64, 65
		remainder estate  12, 14, 20, 93, 95
		remainder interest  82, 97
		remainderman  93
		remaindermen  93
		Renauer  111
		renovation  6, 11, 12, 13, 36, 41
		rent  81, 83, 84, 86
		rent-skimming  100
		rental house  100
		REO  61
		REO Guide  64
		REO Realty Registry  64
		REO services  64
		repairs  35, 51
		replacement-cost appraisal  58
		repos  67
		Researching the Title of Real Estate  29
		Residential Property Acquisition Handbook  28
		restraining order  68
		retail  100
		revenue officer  106
		Revenue Ruling 80-80  96
		reverse directory  34, 101
		reversion  93
		right of redemption  57, 87, 90
		right to redeem  105, 107, 108
		rights of redemption  101
		risk  14, 20
		risks  14
		Rohmeyer, George  96
		rolling-recourse  62
		rolling-recourse mortgage  62
		RTC  61
		Ruff, Howard  44
		Rural Housing Service  61
		S
		Sachs  34, 35
		Sachs, Dwain  5, 13, 32, 36, 81
		Sacramento  56
		Safer, Morley  122
		San Francisco  45
		San Francisco Bay Area  50
		San Francisco Bay Counties Exchange Service  55
		San Francisco Chronicle  47
		San Francisco IRS district  88
		San Joaquin  40, 42, 45
		San Jose Mercury News  119, 121
		San Mateo  48
		Santa Clara  40
		SBA  57
		Schaub, John  101
		Schultheis v. Schultheis  82
		Schwartz  95
		Scott, Mike  79, 95
		screen  6
		Screening  33, 43, 67, 80
		screening  5, 7, 33, 34, 39, 46, 47, 76, 109
		sealed-bid auction  83, 106
		search title  57
		secondary market  52
		Secrecy  25
		secrecy  13, 45, 50, 62, 69, 90, 109, 114, 117
		secret  100
		securities laws  41
		security deposit  39, 56, 59, 123
		security deposits  59
		seizure  26
		Seizure-Sale Hotline  88
		self-amortizing mortgages  62
		Seller financing  35
		seller financing  23
		senior citizen  51
		senior lien  51
		Sequence  45, 50, 80, 89
		sequence  7, 69
		sequencing  6, 47, 76, 109
		Sheriffs sale  90
		sheriffs sale  71, 87
		Shop around  17
		short-term capital loss  99
		Sibling rivalry  32
		Siblings  79
		Simes  93
		single-family homes  11
		Single-Family Lease Options  101
		Single-family Lease Options  76, 84
		single-tenant building  100
		skip-tracing  88
		slander  119
		Small Business Administration  57, 61
		Smirnov, Yakov  68
		Smith  93
		soil-movement  49
		Solano  40
		specific performance  102, 103, 104
		speculation  8
		Speed  39
		speed  34, 42, 45, 47
		split purchase  93
		St. Louis  5, 13, 81
		Starr  23, 86, 120
		Starr, Ron  48, 57, 63, 64, 83, 105, 107, 109, 120
		Starr, Ronald  29
		State veterans agencies  61
		statement of identification  26
		Statistical Abstract of the U.S.  48
		Statistical Abstract of the Untied States  115
		statute of limitations  25, 27
		statutes  93
		statutory expiration dates  27
		stealing  17
		Sting  87
		stock brokers  19
		Stockton, CA  54
		Stockton, California  50
		straight rental  71
		straw man  10
		straw men  13
		Stubbs, Bill  123
		subcontractor  76
		subject to  41, 42
		subordination agreement  6
		substance over form  101
		suicide  121
		Suitability  18
		summary judgment  118
		superbargain  48, 118
		Superbargains  57
		superbargains  117
		surviving spouses  33
		syndicator  44
		syndicators  19, 77
		Syracuse  52
		T
		Take This House, Please! The complete guide to buy  64
		tax assessor  33, 95
		tax deed  24
		tax ramification  62
		Tax Ramifications  42, 77, 99, 113, 117
		Tax ramifications  35, 73, 86
		tax ramifications  11, 55, 89
		tax reform  11
		Tax Reform Act of 1986  11
		tax sale  12
		tax sales  27
		tax-free exchange  11
		tenancy by the entirety  112
		Tenant-in-common  79
		tenant-in-common  80, 95
		tenant-in-common interest  12, 85
		tenant-occupied property  61
		tenants in common  86
		termite inspections  43
		testimonial  41
		Texas  87
		The Property Acquisition Guide  64
		Thomas  40, 44
		Thomas, Ted  11, 14, 39, 41, 42, 44, 46, 115
		Thompson  50, 51, 55, 56, 71, 72, 115
		Thompson, Eileen  114
		Thompson, Paul  13, 14, 20, 50, 52, 54, 59, 64, 71, 115
		time is of the essence  103
		time value of money  81
		title  72
		title company  24
		title insurance  14, 20, 28, 35, 72, 84, 115
		title problem  8, 23, 24
		Title search  50, 122
		title search  6, 39, 43
		title-insurance-company officers  19
		title-search  25
		toxic  28
		toxic contamination  47, 73, 80
		Toxic liability  45, 62, 69, 89
		toxic liability  11, 49
		toxic-clean-up liability  9
		track record  11
		Transaction costs  7
		Transfer tax  59
		transfer tax  44, 75
		transfer taxes  102
		trashed out  35
		trespass  9
		trust  94
		trust deed  27, 101
		trustee deed  52
		trustee sale  13, 71, 105, 120
		trustee sales  61
		two-on-a-lot houses  12
		U
		U.S. District Court  68
		U.S. v. Whiting Pools, Inc.  111
		Unclean hands  103
		Unclear title  24
		Unconscionability  20
		unconscionability  20
		undivided interest  79
		unfair  20
		Unfair practice  103
		unfinished houses  72
		unsaleable  23
		unsecured financing  26
		unsecured loan  10
		unsecured note  23
		unsophisticated  18
		unsophisticated seller  10, 19
		unsophisticated sellers  19
		unwanted tenant  72
		useless land  14
		utilities  69
		V
		VA  10, 62, 64, 67, 68
		vacant  36, 52, 59, 71, 106
		vandalism  56, 67
		vandalism risk  61
		vandalized  35
		Veribanc  65
		veteran  68
		Veterans Administration  68
		videotape  120
		W
		waiting list  14
		Wall Street Journal  24, 101
		Walters, Lloyd  7, 121
		warranty  75, 76
		Waste  95
		waste  93
		We-wrote-it-off syndrome  13
		weather  68, 72
		Wechsler  53
		Wechsler, Steve  53
		weird of the world  14
		welsh  102
		welshing  103
		will  93
		Williams v. Williams  82
		wills  28
		Win-win  17, 48
		windshield appraisal  37, 47, 51, 55, 57
		Winnikoff  36
		Winnikoff, Albert  24, 31
		winterized  59
		Woodland, CA  105, 108
		workouts  13
		wrongful foreclosure  119
		Y
		Yarrow  115
		Yarrow, Sandra  114
		Your Complete Guide to Foreclosure Profits  41, 42
		Z
		zero-sum game  17, 48
		Zimmerman, Jim  69
		zoning  58