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1988 National Construction Estimator 78
2021 Sonoma Way 15
A
about-to-expire lease 69
abstract of judgment 31
abutting property 48
access 22, 67
account receivable 15
accounting deadline 84
Adler, Albert 35
Adler v. Elphick 35
Adverse possession 50
adverse possession 48, 51, 53
advertising 32, 33
agent 10, 96
Aggressive Tax Avoidance for Real Estate Investors 10
Airlines 85
Alameda 17, 18, 22
Alameda County 29, 32
Alaskan “gold country 49
all cash 5, 22
all-cash 54
Allen 106
Allen, Bob 95, 102
Allen, Robert 48, 50
Andrews, Gary 77, 79
answering machine 101
anti-condo-conversion law 65
Anti-growth 40
anti-retaliation law 37
appraisal 68
appraiser 61, 69, 72
appreciate 31
appropriate size and shape 70
Argent 77
ARM 97
Army Corps of Engineers 38
Arrest 87
arrest 87
arrested 33
Asbestos 12
asbestos 77, 78, 79
Assembly 67
assembly 67, 70
assessment 24
assessment certificate 26
Assessment certificates 27
Assessment district 26
assessment district 25
Assessment district sale 24
Assessment lien 24
assessor 17, 21, 22, 55
assessor's map 19
assessor’s map 50
assessor's office 87
assessor’s records 33, 48
Assign with warranty 33
Association of California Water Agencies 27
Athens, TX 20
Atlanta 69, 70
attachment lien 60
attendance 75
auction 75, 83
auction fever 22
auctioneer 23
B
back-up offer 5
bad neighborhood 15
bail money 33
Bakanauskas, Ruth 36
Baldassari, Bob 29
bank repo department 44
bankrupt 77
Bankruptcy 91
bankruptcy 30, 31, 60, 78
basis 10
Bauske 87, 88
Bauske, Mike 87
beach 53
Beck 18, 19, 23, 26
Beck, John 6, 17, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 51, 57
Bellingham, WA 40
Bellingham, Washington 98
Berkeley 35, 36, 37
Berkeley, California 35
Berkeley Police Department 37
Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board 35
Berkeley Tenants Rights Amendments Act of 1982 35
Berkeley’s Rent Stabilization Law 36
bid against yourself 18
bid chilling 22
black 21
boarded them up 15
boarded up 13
boarding-up 16
boards of health 11
boardwalk 52
Bogart, Peter 23
Bogart, Punty 23
Bonanza 22
bond 58
boot camp 17
Brand Companies 78
Bribe 41
Brumley Company 75
Bruss 10
Bruss, Bob 5, 9, 11
Bryant, Dick 39
builder 10
bulletin board 44
Bureau of Indian Affairs 49
Bureau of Land Management 49
Bureau of Prisons 49
bureaucrat 69
Bush, George 39
business cycle 32
business hours 73
business license 44
buy out 70
Buying Real Estate Superbargains at Califomia Tax 21
C
California 16, 92
California Aqueduct 68
California Association of Realtors® 93
California Subdivision Map Act 35
California Water Code 26
capital gain tax 54
carriage bolts 15
cats 5, 9
CBI 30
CCIM 92
ceiling stains 5
Census 49
Center For Property Rights 37
central mailbox bank 44
CERCLA 77
certificate 24, 27
certified mail 26
Chaffee 38
Change orders 10
Changing Times 69
Charleston, SC 75
Chattahoochee Terrace 65
Chicago Tribune 79
Chickasha 19, 20
chromium 17
Circuit City 69
Citizens Savings of Ithaca, NY 75
Class action suit 38
classified ad 22, 23, 33, 43
classified-ad 100
Clean Water Act of 1972 38
Coastal Commission 41
Coats, George 59, 68
Coelho, Eric 5
collection agency 31
college student 32
commission 5, 9, 12, 63, 72, 80, 92, 95
community apartment project 35
comparable space 70
Competitive Market Analysis 92
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 77
Condemnation 11
condemnation 9, 11
Condemned property 9
condo conversion 36, 65
Condo reconversion 63
conscience of the court 25
conservative” appraisers 106
Conservatorship 88
conservatorship 87
Consolidated Capital 96
conspiracy 106
Construction loan 10
construction period interest 10
contaminated 23
contaminated property 17
contamination 18
contingency clause 12
contingent 70
Contra Costa County 47
contrarian strategy 21
Copperopolis, CA 107
Corporate property 83
Corps of Engineers 38, 39
cost-of-living or appreciation adjustment clause 52
Council on Environmental Quality 40
County Courthouse Book 48
court costs 29
Creating Wealth 95, 102, 106
credit 95
credit bureau 31
criminal lien 60
CYA appraisal 83
cyclical 91
D
Daily Commerce 23
Daily Herald 96
Davidson 13
Davidson, George 12
dealer 45, 54, 65, 70, 73
dealer license 44
Deals on Wheels 43, 45
Death 30
death certificate 30
debt-collection behavior 30
deed 23
deed in lieu of foreclosure 88
Deed mistake 52
deed restrictions 27
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure 65
deeds in lieu of foreclosure 87
default judgment 29
delayed exchange 12, 95
delinquent assessment certificate 25
delinquent mortgage 91
delinquent property tax sale 52
Delinquent tax auction 15
delinquent-tax-auction 18
demolish 11
demolished 22
Demolition 12
Department of Water Resources 26, 68
depreciated 7
depreciation 54
developer 54, 91
development 75
Development-ready lots 75
direct mail 33
direct-mail piece 102
disasters 11
Discipline 19, 92
disclosure 78
disclosures 23
Discount lien release 57
discount release 107
disinheriting 48
Disney, Walt 67
DisneyWorld 67
Distress Sales Report 17, 51
Distressed Sales Report 24
Distressed-owner bargain 87
diversification 32
Divorce 87
divorce 51, 87
dogs 5
double-digit cap rate 92
drainage ditch 39
drive-through window 69
due diligence 17, 65, 95
Dunwoody, GA 65
duplex 35, 37, 69, 98
E
Early payoff 27
earthquake fault 22
easement 67
easements 27
Easy-come-easy-go syndrome 97
easy-come-easy-go syndrome 49, 59, 71
El Dorado County 22
El Monte, CA 37
electron microscope 78
Ellis Act 36, 37
Elphick, Sheila 35
eminent domain 22
eminent-domain 68
encapsulate 77
enclosed that porch 10
Energy and Water Developments Appropriations Act 38
Environmental audit 23
environmental audit 65
Environmental liability 7, 12, 30, 55, 65
environmental liability 31
environmental problems 22
Environmental Protection Agency 38, 78, 79
Environmental-liability considerations 73
Environmental-problem property 77
equal protection clause 37
escaped land 50
escheat 54
estate planning 78
Ethical considerations 22, 30, 41, 54, 61, 65, 73, 80, 106
ethical considerations 85
Ethics 10, 23
evict 21, 36, 37
evicting 44
Eviction 6, 87
eviction 87
exceptions 58
excess auction proceeds 22
Excess proceeds 16
excess proceeds 22, 23
excess sales proceeds 22
exchange 73, 97
execution lien 60
execution sale 30
executors 47
exempt-the-plaintiff 37
F
factory 85
Family Roots® 48
farm area 72
Fassuliotis 75
Fassuliotis, Dennis 60, 75
fast buck not the last buck 71
fast buck, not the last buck 5
fast cash 101
feces 5
Federal Archives and Record Center 49
federal income-tax lien 60
Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jur 38
fee simple 24
FHA 64
FHA appraisal 64
FHA/VA appraiser 106
fiduciary 73
fiduciary duty 80
Fifth Amendment 39
Financing 21, 54, 70, 75, 80, 91, 92, 97
financing 23, 58, 73, 84
Finders fee 72
finder’s fee 49
Finding and Buying Your Place in the Country 18
Fire 13
First Chicago Bank 63
Fisher, Sheldon 38
Fisher v. Losey 10
fix-up 5
fix-up costs 10
fixed-price contract 10
fixed-rate loan 10
fixed-rate mortgage 97
fixer upper 15
fixer uppers 9
Fixers 44
floating-rate loan 10
flood-zone 75
floodplain 22
Fontana, CA 37
For Sale By Owners 97
For Sale” sign 44
for-sale-by-owner ad 72
Forced Sale Workbook 24
foreclose 57, 59, 78
Foreclosure 31
foreclosure 52, 58, 60, 87, 92
foreclosure auction 51
Foreclosure Hidden Treasures. 51
Foreclosure notice 33
foreclosure notice 32
foreign buyers 95, 106
four-plex 98
fourplex 37
Foxworthy, Jeff 20
fractional interest 49
fraud 68, 85
front man 69
front men 67
full price 6
Full-tim 65
Full-time 7, 11, 29, 40, 54, 61, 70, 73, 80, 106
full-time 84
G
garnish wages 31
garnishing wages 30
Genealogical Publishing Company 47
genealogical research 47
Genealogy 50
genealogy 49
general contractor 10, 12, 13
Ghirardelli, Domenico 53
Gillette 32
golf-course lot 60
good faith possessor 51
government-agency lien 16
Grady County auction 20
Grady County Tax Resale Auction 19
Grand Central Station 85
grantee index 52
Greene 50
Greenmail 37
greenmail 37
Groves, Kenneth 17
guardianship 87, 88
Gut rehab 9
gut rehab 13
H
Harris, Dave 53
Hawaii 92
heating oil 78
Hedge 10
heir 49
heir hunter 50
heir hunters 50
heir-tracing business 48
heirs 47, 49, 52
Heritage Park Mall 69
Hesperia, CA 68
Hewlett Packard 12C 43
Hoffman Associates 83
holdouts 67
Home Equity Sales Contracts 101
Homeowner 69
Homeowner-association-dues foreclosure 107
Homeowners association 54
Homeowners dues 107
homeowners dues 65
homeowners-dues lien 60
homestead law 60
hospital 69
Hoss 22
How I Turned $1,000 into $3,000,000 in Real Estate 98
How I Turned $1,000 into $5,000,000 in Real Estate 41
How to Increase the Value of Real Estate 36
How to Invest in Califomia Tax Certificates 27
How to Invest in Califomia Tax Sale Certificates 26
How to Make a Fortune in Real Estate 53
HUD 15
I
Idlewood Condominiums 63
Immigration and Naturalization Service 49
Improvement Act of 191 1 26
Improvement Bond Act of 1915 26
improvements 10
income tax evasion 50
indemnification 78
Indopco, Inc. 80
inherit 71
Inner-city 17
installment sale 45
institutional mortgage 27
Insurance 77
interest 29, 31, 58
interest-rate futures hedging 10
interest-rate futures options 10
interim decontrol 37
Interloper 9
International Vital Records Handbook 48
Intestate estate sale 68
Intracoastal Waterway 75
Inve$tor 75
involuntary” lien 31
IRS lien 16, 27
IRS liens 22
J
John Beck's Forced Sale Workbook 21
Joyal, Esther 60
Judgment investing 29
judgment investment 34
judgment lien 57
judgment lien holder 59
Judicial Council of California of Annual Data Refe 29
junk bond 45
Junk land 16
just compensation 39
K
Kaluzhny, Ernie 78
Kaplan, Jay 96
Kelly, William 38
Kern County, CA 68
Kessler, Ernie 59, 63
Kill ratio 11, 29, 40, 55, 72, 97
KILZ 5
Kilz 7
L
land 10, 16, 17, 22, 35, 38, 39, 43, 49, 54, 55
land contract 88
land contracts 21
land improvements 10
Land Rights Letter 38
Land Rush 67
landlocked 68, 70
Landlocked land 67
Landlording 43, 50
Latham & Watkins 38
law of descent 48
lawsuit liability 34
lead-based paint 80
leads 101
lease 69, 70
Lease option 69
lease option 10
lease-option 24
Leasing Professional 78
legal newspaper 18, 49, 88
levee 26
levying 30
Lexis 26
Library of Congress 49
license 106
Lick, James 53
Lien Release and Partial Satisfaction of Judgment 57
lien-to-value ratio 25
Lindsley, Ed 52
line of credit 91
lis pendens 9
listing 9, 16
litigation 65
living trust 31
loan-to-value ratio 84
long-term capital gain 29
Long-term result 45
Los Angeles 23
Los Angeles County 47
Los Angeles County Administrator 68
Los Angeles Times 50
Louisville 12
Loveladies Harbor, Inc. 39
low-income 19
Lowry, Al 51
M
M.A.I. 83
maintenance districts 24
maintenance endowment 26
Marienthal 36
Marienthal, Kim 35
marijuana 18
marketable (insurable) title 49, 51
marketable title 26
Maryland Bank & Trust Co. 78
materials 5
Maxim Engineers, Inc. 77
maximum bid 19
Means Repair & Remodeling Cost Data 1988 78
Membership Agency Roster 27
Metroscan 88
Microfiche 33
mildew 10
military bases 36, 85
military contractors 85
Milken, Michael 45
Mill Valley, CA 22
Milwaukee, OR 87
Mineral King 67
mineral rights 52
minimum bid 16, 17, 18
Miranda warning 30
misleading 44
mismanagement 85
Mitigation 40
mobilehome 20
mobilehome park 43
Mobilehomes 43
mobilehomes 45
month-to-month lease 6
Mormon church 49
Morrisville, PA 39
mortgage 31
Mortgage Bankers Association 79
mosquito 26
mosquito abatement 24
motor fuel tank 78
Moving 69
moving 69
Multnomah (Portland) County, OR 87
municipal court records 32
Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 26
N
Napier, Jimmie 43
National Multi Housing Council 80
negative amortization 96
negative cash flow 95
negative equity 107
neglected properties 9
Nepacco 77
New York 37
Nexis 26
Nickerson, William 41, 98
Nitti, Tom 36
no money down 97
non-residential user 83
nonperforming mortgage 91
nonrecourse 31, 58
nonresidential 69
nonresidential real estate 84
Norfolk 43
note 43, 44
notes 43, 59
Nothing Down 48, 95
nothing down 95
nothing-down 50
notice 15, 27
notice of mortgage default 31
notice of non-renewal 6
notices 26
notices of default 87
NRC 75
O
Oakland 16, 17, 22
Ocean Beach Park 53
Ocean City, MD 39
Ocean House Corp. v. Permanent Rent Control Board 36
ocean-front 53
Ocie Mills 39
odd shaped 22
odor 5, 7
office 69
office building 70
Oklahoma City 69
Oklahoma County 20
on-line data bases 27
operations and maintenance program 79
option 41, 68, 69
Order of Examination 33
Oregon 21
Oregon Justice Information Network 87
O’Reilly, John 37
OREO 60, 63, 65, 75, 80
Orlando 67
Other Real Estate Owned 88
Out of county 32
Out-of-county land owners 71
Outer Banks 39
Overbidding 25
Owner unknown 16, 47
Owner Unknown—Your Guide to Real Estate Treasure H 47
owner-occupant 83
owner-unknown 53
P
Pan Am Building 85
Park Ridge, IL 78
part-time 7, 11, 29, 40, 54, 61, 65, 70, 73, 80, 84, 106
Partial Interest 26
Partial interest 72
partial interest 49, 71, 88
partial interests 15
partition 49
penny-saver newspaper 44
per se 16
per-square-foot cost 68
Perotti, Jean 5
Persistence 92
personal injury 31
personal injury lawsuit 77
personal property 10
personally liable 31
pet lot 24
pet odor 7
pet rock 24
pets 7
phantom lien 107
pilings 40
Plottage 70
plottage 67, 69, 70
Ponderosa syndrome 22
Portland, OR 87
Positive cash flow 20
positive cash flow 20, 98
Postal Service 16
postponed 22
Pozsgai, John 39
Pre-tax sale applications 52
preforeclosure 87, 91
Prepayment discount 44
prepayment penalty 44
Prime land 47
Princeton, NJ 91
private investigator 69
Private Property Rights Act 39
Probate 87
probate 31, 48, 49, 68, 87, 88
property tax 19
Property-wanted ads 95
property-wanted-ad 98
Provo, Utah 48, 95
Public corporations 84
publicity 25
Punty 23
Q
Quick-sale value 95
quiet title 49, 53
quiet title lawsuit 54
quiet title suit 49, 51
quiet-title lawsuit 21, 88
Quinn 47
quitclaim 49, 51
quitclaim deed 51, 54
R
Raw land 71
raw land 71, 91
Real Estate Commissioner 35
Real Estate Data, Inc. 33
real-estate agent 68, 72
real-estate license 73
Realtors@ Marketing Institute 92
Recession 32
reclamation 24
Reclamation District 25
Reclamation District Lien Sales 27
reconveyance 107
Recorders office 27
recorder's office 87
recorders office 19
Redemption 19
redemption period 27
Referral fee 44
Refinance 12
refinance 31
Refinancing 36
refinery 78
registered mail 26
Regulatory loopholes 35
rehab 5
rehabilitation 9
Reilly, William 38, 39
reinstated 16, 25
Reinstatement 25
relationships 96
renegotiate 5
Renovation 6, 72
renovation 6, 7, 12
rent 11
Rent control 37, 40
rent control 37, 40, 79
Rent Control Board 37
rent security deposit 33
Rent Stabilization Board 36
rent-control 65
rent-control law 35, 36, 37
rent-skimming 51
replacement cost 10
residence 60
Residential Property Acquisition Handbook 64
resort area 47
retail 85
Return to sender 16
right of redemption 22
Rights of redemption 16
Robinson, Leigh 43, 50
Roulac 85
Roulac, Steve 83
Rules of thumb 91
run-down house 87
Rural 17
rural 18, 47
S
Sacramento Bee 26
Sale-leaseback 83
sale-leaseback 84
San Diego County 47
San Francisco 35, 37
San Francisco Bay Area 53
San Francisco Examiner 26
Santa Catalina Island 53
Santa Maria 37
Santa Maria Rent Control Board v. Bluvshtein 37
Santa Monica 37
satisfaction of lien 31
Schaub, John 43, 101
Scher, Les 18
School board 83
Schwartz 91
Schwartz, Daniel 91, 93
scoring system 96
screening 96
Scruggs 45
Scruggs, Lonnie 43
Seamon, Eloise 39
Sears, Cecil 69
Seastrand 25
Seastrand, Al 25, 27
Secrecy 7, 48, 72
secrecy 12, 22, 30, 41, 45, 61, 65, 67, 68, 70, 81
secret 61
secrets 100
Secured line of credit 10
security deposit 58
Segel 47, 48, 49, 50, 52
Segel, Jay 47, 50, 52, 55
Self-insurance 20
seller financing 70
septic system 39
Sequence 48, 71, 96
sequence 102
Sequoia National Forest 67
settled out of court 25
Sewer lien 88
Sheriff’s sale 107
sick building syndrome 79
Sierra Club 67
slide 22
Sliver 68
sliver 22
Slivers 22
Small business 33
small claims 32
Small claims court 32
small claims court 29, 30, 44
Smart Trust Deed Investing in California 59
smell 5
soil was unstable 22
Sonoma County, California 23
South Carolina National Bank 75
South Lake Tahoe 22
South Nags Head, NC 39
specific performance suit 9
Speed 19
speed 97
Spokane 97
Spokane, Washington 96
Spokesman-Review 96
Starker 95, 96, 106
Starr 16, 19, 20, 21, 22
Starr, Ron 15, 22, 70, 107
Starr, Ronald 21
stationery 71, 72
statute of limitations 21, 26
Stephenson 71, 72, 73
Stephenson, Jim 71
Stephenson System 71
Stevens, Mark 67
sting operation 41
storm water 39
straw buyer 67
straw man 59
subdivide 70
subdivided land 91
Subdivided Lands Act 35
subdivision 67
subject to 36, 58
sublease 37, 69
suitability 85
Sunset 78
Surplus 84
surplus 57, 83, 84
surveyor's error 22
syndicator 96
Syre, David 40
T
takings 39
tape recording 102
Tax assessor 70
tax assessor 15, 21, 47, 50, 55, 71
tax assessor split 10
tax assessor’s breakdown 10
tax certificates 15
tax collector 16
tax ramification 61
Tax Ramifications 29, 40, 54, 65, 70, 73
Tax ramifications 7, 10, 80, 84, 106
tax ramifications 45
Tax Reform Act of 198 41
Tax Reform Act of 1984 95
Tax Reform Act of 1986 63
Tax Update 80
tax-assessor information 27
tax-assessor records 84
tax-auction 21
tax-lien certificate 19
Tenancies in common 48
tenancies in common 35
tenant-in-common 36, 37
tenant-in-common agreement 36
tenant-in-common conversion 36, 37
tenant-in-common interest 15, 87
tenant-in-common unit 36
tenants in common 35, 36, 72
termite inspector 5
Test 102
Thomas 58
Thomas, Ted 51, 52, 57, 59, 102
Thompson, Paul 18, 97
title company 107
title insurance 21, 26
title-insurance companies 52
Tornado 12
torts 59
toxic liability 73
toxics 77
transaction cost 95
transfer tax 17
trash 77
Trash-collection companies 77
treasurer’s deeds 27
trespass 52
trespassing 22, 51
Triplex 35
triplex 37
trust deed 31
Trustee sales 107
TRW 30
Tucker, GA 63
Tucker, Jim 63
U
U.C. Berkeley 36
U.S. Court of Claims 39
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 38
U.S. Forest Service 67
Unbuilt subdivision 91
unconstitutional taking 37
Underground tanks 78
Unfit for human occupancy 9
unfit-for-human-occupancy 10
uninhabitable 13
universities 36
unlawfully withholding property 36
unoccupied raw land 48, 52
Unsecured line of credit 10
unsuitable to build on 22
Urban Land 38
Urban Land Institute 69
Urdan, Nancy 36
urine 5
Used mobilehome 43
used-car salesmen 44
useless lot 24
useless parcel 22
useless properties 23
useless real estate 24
Utah County Court House 48
utilities 9, 85
V
VA 64
vacancy control 37
vacancy rate 35
vacant 7
Vacant building 84
vacant unit 36
variance 68
vertical land 22
Vicars, Jon 35
view 24, 68
Virginia 52
Virginia Beach 52
Virginia Beach Development Company 53
vital statistics 30, 49
Voluntary” lien 31
W
Wall Street Journal 69, 95
Walters 30, 32, 33
Walters, Lloyd 29, 59
warehouse 83
warranty of habitability 6
water rights 27
waterfront 53
Western Land Bank 22, 23
Wetland 38
wetland 23, 38, 39, 40
Whitfield 97
Whitfield, Glen 96
will 55
Williams, Minnie 53
windshield appraisal 22
Winnikoff, Albert 53
Wipe-out auction 58
Word choice 101
Wrigley 32
writing off 59
Y
Yuba County 17, 21
Z
zoning 18, 22, 40, 68, 69, 70