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Good news for those who think they cannot scrape together a down payment and get approved for a mortgage

This latest book from million-selling real estate author Bob Irwin brings a ray a hope to the millions who dream of owning their own homes but who either aren''t sure they can afford one or lack the "official" financial qualifications for a mortgage. Pitched exclusively to the needs of this market, How to Buy a Home When You Can''t Afford It is a treasure trove of innovative tactics, tips, strategies, and methods for finding financing and closing on a home. Irwin shows readers how to determine how much they''re really worth, how to uncover hidden assets they never new they had, and how virtually anyone can improve his or her credit rating in just six months. He then cuts right to the chase with dozens of proven options, including:

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• First-time home owner benefits .
• Creative ways to cover closing costs .
• Bargaining down sellers .
• Obtaining "sweat equity" government homes .

Robert Irwin, one of America's most trusted real estate experts, provides the tools you need to avoid foreclosure-and protect your credit, your wealth, and your peace of mind.

How to Use a Short Sale to Stop Home Foreclosure and Protect Your Finances removes the complications and stress often associated with short selling a property. Using real-life success stories, Irwin explains how a short sale works and walks you through the process step by step. You'll learn how to:

• Convince lenders to engage in a short sale
• Deal with a loss mitigation committee
• Get a loan modification
• Find an agent
• Manage issues with the IRS
• Beat the deadlines that can doom a short sale

It contains all the paperwork you'll need to execute a short sale, along with listings of helpful outside resources.

How to Use a Short Sale to Stop Home Foreclosure and Protect Your Finances provides everything you need to get out from under- without spending a dime of your own money.

The classic guide to getting the best deal when buying a home--from America•s #1 real estate expert

Featuring fully revised facts and figures that reflect the most recent changes in the real estate market, Tips And Traps When Buying a Home, Fourth Edition is helpful whether you''re a first-time or experienced home buyer. It gives you practical, step-by-step information on a broad range of proven home buying strategies, along with indispensable advice and guidance on buying in an "up" market, flipping, buying with options, bidding wars, and other important facets of real estate deals.

The classic guide to getting the best deal when selling a home--from America''s #1 real estate expert

This latest edition of Bob Irwin''s classic Tips And Traps When Selling a Homebrings you up to speed on all the recent changes, regulations, and trends in real estate--whether you''re new to the selling process or are an experienced home seller. It provides important information on market conditions, new tax advantages, toxic materials in the home, alternatives to the traditional broker, as well as proven strategies for handling multiple offers, dealing with "fee-for-service" and discount brokers, and holding a home for investment.

An updated edition of Robert Irwin''s popular, practical guide to the basics of investing

How to Get Started in Real Estate Investing presents a step-by-step system that walks you through your first purchase and helps you build on that success. Updated to reflect today''s market realities, this second edition is the reliable, hands-on guide every first-time investor needs.

Fortunately, successful online investor and real estate expert Robert Irwin knows his way around real estate on the Internet. In The Armchair Real Estate Investor, Irwin serves as your guide to every stage of investing, from raising capital to landlording to buying and selling. And with insider access to the top real estate web sites, Irwin shows how even first-time investors can profit from the vast expertise available online.

Irwin explains that the Internet advantage for investors is immediate access to buyers and sellers. The Armchair Real Estate Investor features the latest information on using foreclosure websites to locate pre-foreclosures, REOs (bank owned repos), and auctions.  Armchair Real Estate Investor also includes successful For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) websites, where investors can sell direct and save thousands in commissions on almost every transaction.

Readers will also learn:

• How to build a web site for an investment business
• Safe procedures to evaluate tenants
• Networking tips for building a team of investment partners
• How to secure nontraditional loans

A long-time real estate investor, broker, consultant, and landlord, Robert Irwin is the author of over 60 books on real estate investing that have sold over a million copies combined. He has written for several real estate publications, including The Wall Street Journal's Real Estate Journal and Owners.com, and has appeared on hundreds of radio broadcasts and made numerous television appearances. Visit Irwin's website at www.robertirwin.com.

Most experts agree that those days are now gone. To sell a home quickly in today's changing real estate climate, with sales and prices slowing in many areas, sellers need new techniques and approaches to get buyers' attention-as well as their asking price-so that their property does not sit unsold.

In Fix It, Stage It, Sell It-QUICK! "America's #1 Real Estate Expert" Robert Irwin provides the complete information sellers need to ensure any property has a successful, swift sale, stripping it down to the most essential, cost-effective work that should be done. This focused guide explains not only staging, but also fixing up and selling, making this a complete approach to what every home seller needs to move a property fast in any market.