Table of contents for

How to Use Leverage to Maximize Your Real Estate Investment Return

by John T. Reed

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PART ONE: LEVERAGE
1. Your Leverage Strategy 1
2. How To Measure The Time Value Of Money 35
3. Reed's Rules of Real Estate Finance 51
4. Tax Ramifications 59

PART TWO: LENDERS
5. Loan Sources 74
6. How Lenders Decide Whether To Say Yes 90
7. Special Types of Loans 111

PART THREE: TERMS
8. Terms Of The Loan 117

PART FOUR: SELLERS
9. Seller Loans 132

PART FIVE: EXISTING LOANS
10. How And When To Keep Existing Loans 153
1 1. How And When To Refinance 171

PART SIX: PAYMENT TECHNIQUES
12. Payment Pattern Variations 176

PART SEVEN: SAFETY TECHNIQUES
13. Collateral Techniques 195
14. Character And Capacity Techniques 220

PART EIGHT: HOW TO MANAGE YOUR MORTAGE
15. How To Manage Your Mortgage 234

PART NINE: HIGH LEVERAGE
16. High Leverage 242

PART TEN: TAKING BACK A LOAN WHEN YOU SELL
17. Why You Shouldn't 262
18. How To Take Back A Loan 270

PART ELEVEN: SUMMARY
19. Summary 278

APPENDIXES

A. Recommended Books and Periodicals 281-

B. Definitions 284

C. Abbreviations 288

D. Cash Sources 291

John T. Reed, a.k.a. John Reed, Jack Reed, 342 Bryan Drive, Alamo, CA 94507, Voice: 925-820-7262, Fax: 925-820-1259, Email: johnreed@johntreed.com