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A glimpse of Closely Held Secrets
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Chapter 1. Your Best Bargains:
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- Pennies-n-the-dollar Land Bargains
- "How To" - Not Just
"Where To"
- Where Do These Bargains Come From?
- Are These Bargains Real?
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Chapter 2. Why Tax Sales Offer
Better Deals
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Don't Fall Victim To Misleading Ads
- Can You Buy Real Estate From Other
Agencies?
- The FSA and "Property In
Inventory"
- The Myth of Bargains From HUD
- What about the VA?
- There's Only One Reason For Tax Sales
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Chapter 3. - Mark-up Of Property
Values
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- A Quick Sale For Big Profits
- Compare Appraised Value to Actual Value
- Compare the Minimum Bid to Actual Value
- Learn How to Read the Scoreboard
- The "Look Before You Leap"
Method
- A Cautious Approach
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Chapter 4 - What
to buy and How to Sign-Up
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- Buying For Personal Use
- Investment Buying
- Watch for Mortgages
- Watch Out for Multiple Mortgages
- Pick a Strategy and the Hard Part's
Done - Right?
- Where to Find The Tax Sales Listings
- What to Ask The Tax Officials for
- Value Clues on the Bid Sheet
- The Feel-Good-Feeling of a Treasure
Hunt
- When and How Do You Get Title?
- Bidding By Mail
- What If There's A House On The
Property?
- Location, Location, Location
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- Beware of "Them With The
Gold"
- A Couple of Bidding Tips
- Cash, Check, or Money Order
- Money Sources
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Chapter 6 - Negotiated Sales
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- Look After the Dust Settles
- Specify Your List
- Bid Acceptance
- How Does The Bidding Work?
- A Great Measure of Safety
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Chapter 7 - Where Do Property
Lines Come From?
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- Metes And Bounds
- Feudal Land Rights
- Evaluation of English Common Law
- The Origin of Property Taxes
- The State Land States
- The Public Land States
- The Louisiana Purchase
- The Origin of Land Descriptions
- Longitude and Latitude - The
Rectangular Survey System.
- Pinpoint Any Spot On Earth
- Ranges
- Townships
- Why Is This Important To You?
- Townships With Names
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Chapter 8 - Looking For The Actual
Property You Bought or Will Buy
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- Now On To The Smaller Things
- Half Sections and Quarter Sections
- Distance
- Some Convenient Distance References
- Windshield Property Spotting
- Sub-Divisions
- Annexes
- Don't Count On Help From Clerks In
County Offices
- The Reaches
- Find Out Exactly Where Your Property
Really Is
- When You Visit the Courthouse - Come
Prepared
- Office Etiquette
- Maybe It's Me - A Story of s Lucky
Mistake
- Meet The Bagleys
- What is a Bagley
- Let's Get To Work
- Now For The BAD News - Not All Tax
Offices Have Bagley Book
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Chapter 9 - Adventures in Finding
The Property
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- Any Roads To The Property?
- Locating Unfamiliar Roadways
- The United States Geological Survey
- What If There Are No Bagley's?
- Other Sources of Information
- Sometimes Logic Fails - Bring A Good
Compass
- Never Trust A Thief
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Chapter 10 - When The Lines Are In
The Wrong Place
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- Survey Errors And Accidents
- Do You Always Need To Know For Sure?
- One Example Of A "Sellers
Market"
- Land Rights, Easements and Restrictions
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This is only a synopsis of the
material that you will receive. There are 10 more chapters
which cover:
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How To Buy Houses And Structures
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INSIDE and OUT
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HOW TO SELL YOUR PROPERTY
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Showing Your Property
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Putting His Money In Your Pocket
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Adverse Possession
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Online Help And Lots Of It For The Real
Estate Pro
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Finding Fannie Mae And Other Government
Agencies
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The GOLD in Tax Lean Certificates
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States Of The Union Addresses
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