"This book shows you the most powerful, practical system ever discovered to make money buying pre-foreclosures. If you follow its advice, it could make you rich."

--Brian Tracy, bestselling author of The Psychology of Achievement

"What great content and a fresh approach to the business of foreclosure investing. Alexis has it right--believe in yourself and what you do, be open and honest with others, and work hard. You'll make a great living and enjoy life along the way."

--Barbara Corcoran, founder of the Corcoran Group and bestselling author of If You Don't Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons on Your Pigtails: And Other Lessons I Learned from My Mom

"This book shares with readers the right and moral way to invest in pre-foreclosures. Author Alexis McGee shows you that you can help homeowners and make a profit. This book is a must for all real estate investors, whether you are working on your first deal or your twentieth!"

--Diane Kennedy, bestselling author of Loopholes of the Rich and coauthor of The Maui Millionaires

"Want to make money the honest way? Read Alexis McGee's great ideas on real estate foreclosures, and you'll have acces to a wealth of know-how, experience, and years of success. You'll learn from people who have done it--not just ideas, but stuff that works in the real world."

--Ron Willingham, author of The Inner Game of Selling and Integrity Selling for the 21st Century
Customer Review: Ron's Review
The book is excellent, and provides some powerful insight to Pre-foreclosure investing. Alexis is straight forward and to the point on this subject. Alexis is also extremely passionate about what she does, and very motivational. I anticipate reaping great rewards from the techniques she has provided in her book, and I don't plan on "selling my soul" doing so. Thanks Alexis!
Customer Review: Great intro book
This is a great book for people starting in the foreclosure business. It gives the basics and then gives Foreclosures.com's spin on how they do business. I would have liked to see more on how you can use the website to start your business, but I guess that is covered when you join. Good starter book. Read More

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Whoopee!

Legendary radio personality and television game show host, Bob Eubanks, recently unloaded his Westlake Village house in Thousand Oaks, Calif., for $1.982 million in what the Los Angeles Times describes as a short sale transaction. The five-time Emmy Award winner, which includes a lifetime achievement award, purchased the 4,972 sq. ft. four-bedroom, 4.5 bathroom “Normandy-style home” for $2.66 million in 2006.

A widow in 2001, Eubanks shared the home, which he attempted unsuccessfully to sell two years ago with a sticker price $2.595 million, with his second wife and their young son.

Other luxurious amenities include wood and stone floors, custom built-in cabinetry, French doors and an office, among others. The 3.5-acre grounds feature a swimming pool with spa, a two-story play fort, an outdoor covered loggia, stone walkways and fountains.

Eubanks, 77, was the host of the super popular “The Newlywed Game,” which aired on-and-off with him as the Master of Ceremonies for a record-setting six consecutive decades. He’s apparently a card-carrying member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys association, suggesting that perhaps he’ll mosey along to a new ranch to ride out his well-deserved retirement.

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Perception is not reality.

Randy Lutz learned that important lesson firsthand when he attempted to relocate his family, which includes a handicapped son, from a “crime-ridden” Rhode Island neighborhood to a seemingly more friendly Winter Park, Fla., community. Lutz, responding to a home-for-rent ad listing on CraigsList.com, had no idea that the lease he signed on a new place — and seemingly a new life — was a complete fraud.

That’s because two opportunist scammers, a local boyfriend-girlfriend tag-team, were lying in wait in the “Sunshine State.” The duplicitous pair had broken into the home, which was a vacant foreclosure, changed the locks and marketed it as if it was their own, according to the Palm Beach Post.

Greed was apparently their undoing when another couple who had also “rented” a a property from the imposters came to the Lutz-rented house looking for their landlords. From that point forward, with the help of a neighbor who knew the house was in foreclosure, the scheme unraveled.

In fact, the couple — who Lutz described as “fairly nice people” — were soon tracked down and arrested.

“There was no reason to think that they were anything but what they said they were,” Lutz was quoted as saying.

The good news is that the bank that truly did own the home that was illegally rented out to the Lutz family agreed to let them remain in the house. Clearly, a new — and legal — rental agreement was drawn up, providing a rare happy ending in an otherwise twisted foreclosure tale.

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More and more lenders are apparently looking to avoid the foreclosure process, opting instead to sell the distressed assets for less than their original loan amounts.

That’s the latest, at least, from Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS), which revealed short sales accounted for nearly one-quarter (23.9 percent) of home purchases in Jan. 2012, which is more than the monthly foreclosure tally (19.7 percent). All told, based on these statistics, short sales and foreclosure sales accounted for more than 40 percent of all real estate purchases to start the New Year.

There are many reasons for the uptick, most notably the massive costs that lenders incur because of foreclosures, particularly at such a high volume. In fact, some lenders (Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase & Co.) are so eager to avoid the foreclosure process that they are offering distressed homeowners as much as $35,000 to accelerate their departures. In addition, streamlined short sale procedures have been introduced that compel loan servicers to respond to all short sale offers in 30 days or less.

So if a bank is willing to reduce the price on a desirable home, incentivize the homeowner who can no longer afford his or mortgage to relocate and get a “non-performing” asset of its books as soon as possible, it appears that everyone — all things considered — comes out a winner. Even neighborhoods, which have been scarred with the black marks of foreclosure and its deleterious effects, and in turn their collective property values, appear to benefit from short sales.

But you be the judge: Check out available short sale homes for sale in your neighborhood today at Foreclosure.com. Yes, we have short sales — along with many other distressed property listings — available on our site, many of which are 30 to 50 percent less than market value.

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More and more lenders are apparently looking to avoid the foreclosure process, opting instead to sell the distressed assets for less than their original loan amounts.

That’s the latest, at least, from Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS), which revealed short sales accounted for nearly one-quarter (23.9 percent) of home purchases in Jan. 2012, which is more than the monthly foreclosure tally (19.7 percent). All told, based on these statistics, short sales and foreclosure sales accounted for more than 40 percent of all real estate purchases to start the New Year.

There are many reasons for the uptick, most notably the massive costs that lenders incur because of foreclosures, particularly at such a high volume. In fact, some lenders (Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase & Co.) are so eager to avoid the foreclosure process that they are offering distressed homeowners as much as $35,000 to accelerate their departures. In addition, streamlined short sale procedures have been introduced that compel loan servicers to respond to all short sale offers in 30 days or less.

So if a bank is willing to reduce the price on a desirable home, incentivize the homeowner who can no longer afford his or mortgage to relocate and get a “non-performing” asset of its books as soon as possible, it appears that everyone — all things considered — comes out a winner. Even neighborhoods, which have been scarred with the black marks of foreclosure and its deleterious effects, and in turn their collective property values, appear to benefit from short sales.

But you be the judge: Check out available short sale homes for sale in your neighborhood today at Foreclosure.com. Yes, we have short sales — along with many other distressed property listings — available on our site, many of which are 30 to 50 percent less than market value.

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