Mark Ferguson has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.9★ across 29 ratings. The most-rated is Build a Rental Property Empire, 5th Edition.
Build a Rental Property Empire, 5th Edition
Summary
Learn the best way to invest in rental properties in this well-researched audiobook by real estate investor Mark Ferguson (who owns more than 100,000 sq. ft. of rentals). This book gives you the exact details on how to finance, find, analyze, manage, and even sell rental properties. Where other books lack the details on how to actually make money in real estate, this book is all about the details. It is presented by someone who has been investing in real estate for over 15 years and is still investing today. If you are having trouble figuring out how to find the right properties, how to finance them, where to buy properties, or how to buy with little cash, this books tells you how to overcome those obstacles. If you can't find your answer in the book, Mark even gives his email address so you can ask him directly. Mark is a successful rental property owner, fix and flipper, and real estate broker. Mark has sold over 1,000 houses as a broker, flipped over 155 houses, and owns his own office, Blue Steel Real Estate. Mark bought his first rental property on his own in December 2010 and now has 19 rentals (commercial and residential). He has fixed and flipped houses since 2001, and has been a real estate agent since 200. Over the years, he has learned the best way to find rentals, get great deals, manage properties, finance properties, find great markets, and build wealth with rentals. In this book, Mark gives you all the information you need to be a successful rental property investor. Mark also started InvestFourMore, a real estate blog with over 35,000 subscribers and millions of visitors. He is known for his straight-to-the-point communication style that is easy to understand and full of insight. This book is not full of theories and made-up stories. It contains real-world case studies and information on investing from an investor actively investing in today’s market. Here are just a few of the topics covered: Why rental properties will help you retire faster than other investments The risks of investing in rentals How to determine what a good rental property is How to determine what type of rental to buy How to get a great deal on properties How to finance rentals, even if you have more than four or more than 10 How to invest in rentals with less cash How to repair and maintain properties How to manage rentals or find a property manager What are the best exit strategies How to buy rental properties when your market is too expensive Bonus chapter on commercial real estate investing This book has been revised a number of times to reflect current market conditions and changes in Mark's strategy.
©2016 Mark Ferguson (P)2019 Mark Ferguson
The Book on Negotiating Real Estate
Summary
Want to close more investment deals...and make more money in the process? When the real estate market gets hot, it’s the investors who know the ins and outs of negotiating with sellers (and with agents, banks, contractors, and other institutions) who will get the deal. And it’s those same investors who will get their properties sold for top dollar and minimal stress! With almost 1,000 successful deals between them, real estate investors J Scott, Mark Ferguson, and Carol Scott combined real-world experience and the science of negotiation to create an audiobook covering all aspects of the real estate negotiation process - from the first interaction with a buyer or seller to renegotiating the contract after a bad inspection or appraisal. Containing dozens of true-life stories highlighting how strong negotiation skills can result in more and better deals, this audiobook includes lots of samples of dialogue that will teach you both what to say and how to say it in order to maximize your chances of reaching a profitable deal. Inside, you'll discover: How to uncover and use information to tip negotiating outcomes in your favor Strategies for defining optimal first offers and subsequent counteroffers Techniques for in-the-trenches negotiating and overcoming objections Tips for conquering tactics employed by those on the other side Techniques for using concessions to get your deal to the finish line The blueprint to renegotiating issues that arise from contract contingencies How to overcome the challenges of making and receiving offers through agents Strategies to get the best deals when buying properties from banks and the HUD And so much more!
©2019 J Scott (P)2019 BiggerPockets Publishing, LLC
Build a Commercial Real Estate Empire: How to Scale to New Heights with the Right Financing, Deals, and Strategies
Summary
Build a Rental Property Empire has been a hugely successful book for Mark Ferguson, who is a house flipper (almost 200 completed), landlord, broker, blogger, and influencer. Mark started with residential properties, but when the market became too hot and cash flowing became more difficult, he switched to commercial real estate. After finding success, many of his followers asked for this book. Build a Commercial Real Estate Empire is not a fluffy motivational book about how rich you can become by investing in big real estate deals. It is a how-to book. It teaches you how to buy, finance, find, repair, manage, and value commercial real estate. It comes with more than 10 case studies that go into the details of deals Mark has done in the last three years, including the good, the bad, and the ugly. If you have any interest in commercial real estate — not multifamily residential apartments — but retail, industrial, and office space, this is the book for you. If you are looking to simply dump huge amounts of money into big commercial properties, this is not the book for you. This book shows you how to add value, get great deals, and refinance properties to take cash out for bigger deals…all while bringing in substantial monthly income. Real estate is a wonderful business with so many opportunities. Commercial real estate is an often-overlooked niche, which means there is a ton of opportunity.
©2020 Mark Ferguson (P)2020 Mark Ferguson
Fix and Flip Your Way to Financial Freedom
Summary
Looking for a book from a flipper doing deals in today's hot market? Mark Ferguson has had from 15 to 20 flips going at once in 2017 in Colorado, one of the hottest real estate markets in the country. He does not rely on market appreciation to make money, but his techniques to find awesome deals. That is only part of the flipping business.
Are you ready to start an exciting career or side job flipping houses? Fix and Flip Your Way to Financial Freedom is written by Mark Ferguson, who runs Investfourmore.com, a real estate blog with 300,000 views a month. Mark is also an active flipper, having flipped over 100 homes and is currently flipping multiple homes in today's hot market. Mark is also a real estate agent, a rental property owner and a trusted authority when it comes to real estate investing.
This book contains all the details need to start flipping houses from scratch or to build your current flipping business bigger and better. In this book you'll discover how to:
Finance your flips with banks, hard money, private money and more
Find killer deals that make it possible to make a lot of money flipping houses
Accurately predict the costs and repairs that will come with a flip
Figure out what houses you should buy and which houses you should stay away from
Structure offers and negotiate
Find contractors and keep good contractors working hard
Sell your houses for top dollar quickly!
Scale your business to get to the point of doing 10 or more flips at one time (like Mark)
Fix and Flip Your Way to Financial Freedom is a wealth of information on flipping houses. It will help you know what it takes to make it big in real estate and avoid many of the costly mistakes most new flippers make.
©2014, 2017 InvestFourMore (P)2017 InvestFourMore
How to Make It Big as a Real Estate Agent: The Right Systems and Approaches to Cut Years Off Your Learning Curve and Become Successful in Real Estate
Summary
"There are many great suggestions in How to Make It Big as a Real Estate Agent. I am returning to real estate sales after a several decades long hiatus and have a game plan to implement which lines up with those which Mark has used. But the idea of building a team is a new one to me and is one I will implement. Great advice for new agents, particularly making it clear the extent of dedication and hard work required to achieve the upper levels of success. I strongly recommend this book." (Ray)
Mark Ferguson has been a realtor for over 15 years. He runs a sales team of 10 who have sold over 1,000 homes. Mark has personally sold over 200 homes in one year. Mark has been featured in the Washington Post, Yahoo, Zillow, Realtor.com, Realtor Magazine, Time, Trulia, and many other major media outlets. In this book, Mark describes exactly how he has made it big in real estate and what to expect as a real estate agent. Mark breaks down how much money real estate agents can really make, as well as how much work an agent will have to do.
There are many stories out there about how little money agents make and how they are on call at all hours. The truth is real estate can be a wonderful business if you treat it as a business and plan accordingly. There are many things an agent can do to be successful, which Mark details in this book.
Choosing the right broker
Getting off to a fast start selling houses
Finding the right lead sources
Where to spend your money
Where not to spend your money
The best ways to network
How to build a business not create a job
How to make your real estate agent business a sell-able asset
Much, much more
If you are familiar with Mark and his writing style, you know he hates fluff. This is a straight-to-the-point book with an immense amount of usable information and techniques. You can find Mark at https://investfourmore.com, where he has created one of the most popular real estate blogs.
©2016 Mark Ferguson (P)2019 Mark Ferguson