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20%-Below-Market Value 106
200% declining balance 42
3050FX 110
3050SL 110
35% test 93
60 Minutes 48
A
AAA 102
abortion clinic 48
Acalanes Union District 26
Acalanes Union School District 24
Access 64
accessways 74
active participant 95
adjacent land 51
adult education 103
adverse possession 75
aerators 30
Aggressive Tax Avoidance for Real Estate Investors 5, 7, 10, 81, 94, 95, 104
agreements of sale 89
air 74
Air-conditioner pans 108
air-conditioners 108
Alamo 23, 24
Allen, Bob 51
Allen, John 96
alley 56
alternative minimum tax 93
aluminum siding 108
American Federation of Teachers 27
American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers 8
American LaFrance 82
American School & University 40
Americans With Disabilities Act 102
America’s Best Colleges 103
Amortization 5, 6
amortization 83
Angels Camp 102
Angels Camp, CA 101
Angels Inn 101, 102
Angels Inn Motel 101
annuity 83, 84
anti-foreclosure-abuse law 90
Apartment 52
apartment-rental agencies 18
appeal 32
Appraisal 98
appraisal 81
Appraisal of Real Estate 8
appraiser 51
appraisers 49
Appreciation 5, 6
appreciation 5
as is 97
asphalt 102, 108
assembly 61
assessment 32, 33
assessment-to-value ratio 32
assessor 51
assumable 89
Assumptions 81
Atchison Village 77
Atlanta 33, 50
Attics 31
attics 55
attorney 71
Auctions 98
Audit 35, 38
Audubon Park, New Jersey 77
B
bad tenant 46
bad tenants 45
balloon 83
balloon payment 84
bankruptcies 90
bankruptcy 88
Bankruptcy Act of 1938 88
bargain purchase 12
baseline 30
basement 55, 56
basements 55
Bathrooms 56
Bear Valley 101
Beaumont, Texas 7
Beck, John 90
beginners 12
below-market interest rate 82
Benjamin Franklin Parkway 22
Best Western 101
Beverly Hills 22
Big 4 Rents 41
Big Tree State Park 101
blanket mortgage 78
Blount, Sherwood 67
Blueprints 110
blueprints 59
Boeing 82
bond 84
borrowing builder who never sells 7
Boston 87
brochure 36
Bruss, Bob 103
Builders 22
building code 56
Building Owners and Managers Association method 43
Buildings, Portable 40
Buy and hold 5
buy down 83, 86
Buy long, sell short 18
C
Cable TV 102
Cal 103, 104
Cal Berkeley 103
Calaveras County Visitor Center 101
Calaveras County Visitors Center 102
CalTrans 102
CalTrans (California Department of Transportation) 102
Cambridge, Massachusetts 70
Cambridge Rent Control Board 70
cap rate 13, 17, 41
Cape Cod house 104, 107
capital improvements 15
Capital improvements by tenant 15
capitalization rate 29
Carn 67
cash equivalent” appraisal 81
cash equivalent price 86
Cash flow 5, 6
cash value 82
cash-on-cash return 18
cathedral ceiling 56
Catholic Diocese of D.C. 25
Catholic schools 26
Cavities above and below stairways 59
ceiling 111
Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 101
Certified Commercial Investment Member 6
changeables 8, 9
Changing Times 50
charter schools 25
Cherry Hill 21
Chicago 77
Chicago Title Insurance Company 90
chlordane 109
circuit breaker box 31
city water 102
clean-out process 46
clear title 87
Clinton, Hillary 26
co-op 69, 71, 77, 79
coat closet 59
Coldwell Banker 14
College 102
College Board Index of Majors and Graduate Degrees 104
College of San Mateo 103
colonial 110
commercial mortgage 83
commission 107
commissions 18
commitment 78
common driveway easement 74
commuting time 26
compactor trash container 32
CompuServe 27
concealing a material fact 84
concessionaire 36
condo 19, 71, 77, 79, 88
Condo conversion 49
Condo litigation 88
condos 18
conservation 31
construction loan 101
Consumer Price Index 17
Consumer Reports 109
contents 41
Contra Costa County, California 55
contractor” grade 109
contracts for deed 89
conversion ratio 15
cookie cutter 104
copper shields 109
Corruption 68
Corsicana, TX 59
cosmetic renovation 7
cosmetic renovation 52
cosmetic upgrading 47
cost of living 38
Country Club District 23
court order 74, 75
critical mass 46
D
Dallas 52, 67
dam 63
dams 31
Danville 23, 55
Danville, California 52
Davidson, George 43
Deacon’s Masterpiece 107
dead end 57, 59
dead-end hallway 58
dealer 10, 91
Dear Abby 12
deaths 90
deficit 84
degree days 31
demolish 70
demolition 14, 61
depreciation 5, 10, 93, 94, 106
detached home 77
developer 110
Development 101
development 77, 102, 103
discount 82
discounted cash flow 6
Discretionary expenses 29
discrimination 48
disqualified lease 93
diversification 42
divorce 90
dominance 73
dominant 75
dormers 55, 104
double-hung windows 108
Dresser coupling 109
driveway 102
due process 88, 90
duplex 33
E
easement 65, 67, 70, 73, 74, 87
efficiency apartment 58
electric bill 30
elevator 57
elevators 55
Embassy Suite 18
Embassy Suites 18
embezzlement 36
employee 105
employees 105
Enclosed patios 59
engineering study 78
equal protection 67
equitable title 89
Escalation clause 35, 38
escalator clause 95
Euclid v. Ambler Realty 67
evict 46
Eviction 47
excess land 51
exchange 10, 11, 91
Executive education 103
Executive suites 18
executive-education program 103
Executive-suite sandwich leases 17
expert witness 68
extension program 103
F
Family member 71
Farm 52
farm 52
fast buck 11, 12
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio 85
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco 14
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 10
fertilizer 105
feud 74
FHA 85
FHLMC 105
Field Institute poll 25
Fifth Amendment 67
fifth bedroom 55
Financing 42, 78
Finding and Buying Your Place in the Country 73
first-year expensing 42
fixed rate mortgage 45
Fixers 7
flat roof 108
flat water rate 32
flexibility 42
flood plain 67
Florida 24
flue damper 30
flue pipe 58
fluorescent 30
FNMA 105
For sale by owner 97
for-sale-by-owner 106
Forbes 27
Forced Sale Workbook 90
Forced sales 97
forecasting 79
Foreclosure Super-Bargains in California 90
foreclosures 90
forfeit 35, 36
Forgeries 90
Fort Worth 30, 108
foundation 109
four-bedroom houses 55
four-mortgages limit 106
Fourteenth Amendment 67
fourth bedroom 55
foyers 55
fraud 90
Fraudulent transfer 88
furnished 18
furnished apartments 69
G
galvanic response 109
gap loan 45
Garage 35
garage 56
garage doors 108
garage space 35
GE Capital Modular Space 41, 43
Geller, Leslie 67
General Electric 82
General Motors 82
Georgia 104
Gettel, Ronald 32
GNMA 105
Gold Country 101
Gold Country Inn 102
Gold Rush 87
Golden Gate 103
government approval 58
government approvals 78
government entity 71
Government National Mortgage Association 84
grad school 102
Grand Central Station 56
Greenbriar 17
Greenbriar Apartments 82
greenhouse 97
gross rent multiplier 13, 17
Grubb and Ellis 96
guardians 90
Guenther, Robert 87
H
Haddon Township, New Jersey 22
Haddonfield 21
half-cape 107
half-year convention 42
hallway 56
hallways 55
Harvard Business Review 38
Harvard Business School 6, 56, 103
high ceilings 56
High Leverage Real Estate Investments 68
High Leverage Real Estate Investments. 49
high pressure so dium 30
high vacancy 47
highest and best use 49, 50, 98
Highland Park 23
Hinds 67
historic certification 95
historic district 67
historic rehab credit 95
historic structure 74
Hoffman Associates 49
holding period 10
Holly Apartments 17
Holmes, OliverWendell 107
Home study 26
homeowners association 79
Hong Kong 110
Hong Kong Suit Syndrome 110
horses 64
hot water circulating pump 30
hotel 69
house trailer 38
How I Turned $1,000 into $5,000,000 in Real Estate 7
How to Buy Real Estate for at Least 20% Below Mark 12, 106
How To Get Rich In Real Estate, 81
How To Make a Fortune in Real Estate—The Land Game 63
How To Make A Fortune In Real Estate: The Land Gam 87
How to Manage Apartments for Maximum Cash Flow and 15, 31
How to Manage Apartments for Maximum Cash flow and 30
How to Manage Residential Property for Maximum Cas 19, 36
How To Use Leverage To Maximize Your Real Estate I 78, 81, 94
How To Use Leverage to Maximize Your Real Estate I 82
How To Use Leverage… 84
How We Made $1,000,000 by Recycling Great Old Hous 51
HUD 69, 70
I
improvement ratio 95, 106
Income property brokerage 97
Income/Expense Analysis Apartments 15
Income/Expense Analysis Suburban Office Buildings 15, 37
incompatible use 75
Industrial 52
industrial building 49, 55
inflation 6
installment sale 10
installment sale contract 89
Institute of Real Estate Management 15, 36, 37
institutions 103
insulation 31
insulation blanket 30
Insurance 41
insurance premiums 19
interest 35, 36
Interim decontrol 70
interim financing 78
Internet 27, 103
investment interest limitations 93
Iowa 88
IRC §179 42
IRR 6
irrigation 52
IRS 7, 10
IRV Formula 13
IRV formula 29, 45
Ivory Tower 103
Ivy League 104
J
Jaffe 103
Jaffe, Dwight 103
Johnson, Robert 32
Jones, Lang & Wooten 21
judgment sale 90
Jumping Frog Jubilee 101, 102
junk bond 85
just compensation 67
K
Kaanapali 77
Kansas 23
Kansas City 23
Kent, Robert 81
L
lagniappe 35
Lake Mission Viejo 63
Lamons, Robert 26
land 91
land contract 89
Land contracts 89
Land Rush 50, 98
landlocked land 64, 73
Landlording 41, 101, 103, 108
Las Brisas Apartments 108
last buck 11, 12
Late charge 35
late charge 37
laundry income 36
laundry room 36
leak 32
Leaks 108
lease 93
lease police 71
leases 56
leasing 51
Lee, Dennis 101
legal and equitable title 89
legal costs 79
legal description 88
legal newspaper 97
Lemann, Nicholas 67
Lexington Avenue 21
Lick, James 87
life insurance salesman 84
lifeline 30
Light 74
lighting 36
limited partnership 91
lis pendens 87
Livermore 24, 41
load factor 55, 56, 59
loan-to-value ratio 105
lobbies 55, 57
lock in rates 78
lofts 52
long-term-leased apartments 18
look-down, walk-around 109
Los Alamos 24
Los Angeles 69
Louisville 43
louvered wall 59
low income housing 71
low pressure sodium 30
Lower Your Real Estate Taxes: A Practical Guide fo 32
luxury 69
M
M.A.I. appraisal 95
M.B.A. 104
M.I.T. 103
M/PF Research, Inc. 14
Madison Square Garden 56
MAI 43
mailboxes 59
Manhattan 77, 78
manned booth 37
Marcus & Millichap 82, 83
margins 12
Marin County 64
market survey 16
marketing costs 79
Marketing Myopia 38
Martinez Unified School District 24, 26
Masonry 109
Massachusetts 88
master-metered building 31
mating call 15
Maui, Hawaii 77
Mayer, Martin 22
Mearsuring office square feet 43
Medicare 106
Meier, Charles 30
mentorship” program 103
mercury vapor 30
merging 75
mid-quarter convention 42
Milwaukee 26
minerals 73
miniwarehouse 35, 59
Miramonte 25
Mission Viejo 63
Missouri 23
Mitchell, Jack 98
MLS 56
Mobile Modular Management Corp. 41
Mobile Offices 40
Monte Vista 25
Monte Vista High School 38
Moore Room® 41
Moraga 25
Moraga, CA 109
moratorium on construction 67
Mortgage insurance companies 85
Motel 101
motel 69
Motel 6 108
Mount Holly, New Jersey 52
Mount Vernon 73
moving a building 61
moving the easement 75
Multiple Listing Book 46, 55, 97
Murphys, CA 101
N
named exception 88
National Association of Home Builders 67
National Education Association 26
National Laboratory 24
National Parking Association 37
National Trust for Historic Preservation 95
Neiman, Larry 33
net operating income 29
new construction 69
New Jersey 46, 50
New York 71, 79
New York City 14, 50, 52, 56, 69, 70
New York Times 71
newspaper classified section 98
Nichols, Miller 23
Nickerson 30
Nickerson, William 7
Nixon, Richard 77
Nob Hill 77
Non-business hours renting 37
non-government tax-exempt entities 94
non-residential 69
nonresidential 46
Northgate 25
notarized 89
note 84
Nothing Down 51
number of bedrooms 55
O
OC 110
Office 52
office 55
Office Network, Inc. 14
Ohio State 104
Oklahoma City federal building 48
Oktoberfest 102
one hoss shay 107
one-bedroom house 55
one-horse shay 107
one-hoss shay 106, 108, 109
one-man-shop 107
operating expenses 29
opportunity costs 9
option 68
option to purchase 93, 95
options to renew 95
Ordway 67
Orlando 68
out-of-date name 21
Outdoor Advertising Association of America 38
overbuilt 14
owner-occupied building 69
P
pads 108
painters 31
Pan Am Building 56
Park Avenue 21
Park Avenue Plaza 22
Parking 35
parking 37, 46
parking easement 74
parking space 56
partition suit 90
passive loss limitation 93
passive loss limitations 93
passive loss limits 42
payback period 58
Pennsylvania Station 56
pension funds 103
permanent lender 45
permanent loan 101
permit 38, 41, 102
personal property 42
Personal property split-off 51
personal-articles floater 19
Philadelphia 22, 104
Philadelphia Savings Fund Society 84
photoelectric switch 30
Pipe corrosion 109
pitched roof 108
Pleasant Hill, CA 24
plottage 50, 51, 61
point of diminishing returns 11, 107
points 83
police power 67
political violence 48
Politics 68
Portable modular buildings 38
Portland, Oregon 49
positive cash flow 89, 105
Post office address 22
powder room 56
prescription 74, 75
preservation easement 74
preserving trees 52
pressure-treated lumber 109
Prestige 45
prestige 21
Previews 98
price cut 84
Price, Oliver 49
Price, OliverRay 68
pride of ownership 45
Privacy 64
private schools 26
probate 87
Prodigy 27
profit margin 12
property management 106
Proposition 13 39
published rates 33
Pupil Attendance Alternatives 25
Q
quiet title 88
quiet title suit 90
quitclaim deed 90
R
raw land 8, 101
real estate agent 105
Real Estate Investor’s Monthly 30, 81
real estate license 107
Real Estate Principles and Practices 75
Real estate taxes 32
recovery period 91
Recreation amenity easement 74
redemption period 88
redwood 109
refinance 90
Refinancing 94
refinancing 7, 94, 104
regional master plan 67
rehab tax credit 91
REITs 103
renovation 79
Rent control 69
rent control 9, 14, 70
repairs 29
Residential Property Acquisition Handbook 109
rest room 57
Retail 52
retail malls 55
rezoning 68, 69
Richmond (California) Unified School District 24
Ring, Alfred 75
risk 45
Robin Hill 109
Robin Hill Apartments 38
Robinson, Leigh 41, 101, 102, 103, 108
Rohmeyer, George 61
roof 56
rooming house 70
Russian Hill 77
S
Sale leaseback 94
sale leaseback 93, 94
Sale-leaseback 91
San Francisco 38, 46, 61, 64, 77, 87
San Ramon Valley 25
sandwich lease options 18
sandwich leasing 17
Santa Monica 9
satellite 102
scenic easement 73
Scher, Les 73, 75
school choice 25
School crises 24
School district 22
School ratings 24
Scotch Wrap 109
Sears, Cecil 50
second bath 56
second mortgage 83
secrecy 50
Section 121 of the Internal Revenue Code 105
security 36
security deposit 18, 35
seizure 88
Self-employment income tax 106
Selling Income Property Successfully 96
separate meters 31
septic system 104
serial home seller 105
servience 73
servient 75
Sewanhaka Central H.S. 25
sewer 102
Sewer refund 32
Shawnee Mission School District 23
Shipping containers 42
Shopping Centers Today 38
Shore, Barrie 38
showerheads 30
Shula, Don 8
shutters 110
sidewalk 102
Sign space rental 35, 37
significantly-renovated apartments 69
Single-family 52
single-family home 55
Single-Family Lease Options 18
size 49
skylights 108
skyscraper 50
SL-18 fluorescent bulb 30
slide 64
sliding-glass shower doors 108
slum 9, 45
Small Business Administration 101
Smith, Harold 111
Social Security 106
solar easement 74
Sotheby’s 98
Southern New Jersey 109
specific performance 87
speed 79
sponge game 11
sprinkler system 56
Stanford 103
Starr, Ronald 90
State Farm 19
State Historical Officer 95
statutes of limitations 90
steam cleaners 31
steam heating system 108
Stephanopolous, George 26
Stevens, Mark 50, 98
Storage boxes 43
storage space 57
storeroom 57
Strategy Zoning 67
strip shopping center 55
subcontractors 107, 108
Subdivision 49
subdivision 107
subject to 81
sublease 18
submeters 31
substance over form 94
suitability 85
Sunlight 64
surplus real estate 49
survey 88
swimming pool 108
syndications 91
T
Tarlick, Herb 110
Tax appeal specialists 33
tax bracket 91
Tax efficiency 91
tax efficiency 93
Tax Incentives for Historic Preservation 95
Tax Reform Act of 1984 91, 93
Tax Reform Act of 1986 91
tax sale 90
Tax savings 5, 6
Tax shelter 5
tax-exempt (municipal) bonds 94
tax-exempt bond 105
tax-exempt bonds 93
tax-exempt entities 91
tax-exempt use 93
Tax-exempt use property 91
tax-favored tenant 91
team 80
Telephone 32
telephone boiler room operation 46
telephone panel 58
temporary buildings 39
tenancy in common 87
tenant complaints 15
termites 109
Texas A & M 52
Texas Apartment Association 33
Texas Monthly 52, 67, 68
third bedroom 55
three-unit apartment building 69
three-year payback criterion 58
three-year payback period 30
Timber 51
timber 73
time to complete 80
time-share 79
timers 30
title insurance 88
To-be-demolished building 61
top soil 73
traffic 53
Transaction costs 9
transaction costs 10
transients 70
trash collection 31
trash survey 32
triplex 33
Truckee 102
True Coat 109
Turnover 18
turnover 15, 70
Twain, Mark 101
twin duplex 49
U
U.S. News 25, 103, 104
unchangeables 8, 9, 52
unclear title 87
Under New Management 47
unemployment office 46
unincorporated 23
union 27
University of CA 103
unrealized potential 12
unsecured financing 89
unsecured note 84, 89
Unusual properties 97
Urban Land Institute 50
USAA 19
Utilities 63
V
VA 85
VA loan 83
vacancies 30
vacancy 47
vacancy decontrol 70
vacancy electric bill 30, 31
vacancy rate 13, 14
Vacant apartment 79
Vacant lot 70
vacation-home subdivision 106
variance 49, 64, 67, 69
Vending machine 35, 36
vending machine 30, 36
verification 29
Victorian house 61
Vietnam 110
view 64
vouchers 25
vulture funds 87
W
Waiting list 15
Wall Street Journal 21, 22, 50, 52, 68, 70, 105
Walnut Creek 23
Walt Disney 102
Washington, DC 21, 37
Washington, George 73
water 109
water rights 63
water saver toilet 30
water use property 63
water view 63
Waterfront 63
Watergate 21
Web 104
Weir 51, 55
welfare 46
West Virginia 52
Westchester County, New York 98
Westmont 22
Wharton 104
wheelchairs 102
Williams Mobile Offices 40
Williams Scotsman 41
Winnikoff, Albert 87
Winnikoff, lbert 63
Winning At Zoning 67
Wisconsin 104
Workers comp insurance 33
World Trade Center 48
wraparound 83
wrongful use 75
Y
Yellow Pages 32, 102
You Can Get Your Real Estate Taxes Reduced 32
Yucatan 89
Z
zero coupon bond 84
ZIP code 23
Zip code 22
Zoning 39
zoning 8, 49, 50, 52, 56, 67, 69, 71, 101
zoning attorney 68