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"Teaching
real estate investing to the world. "
John Beck is a California attorney
living on a little island in the San Francisco Bay called
Alameda. He has a small law practice which emphasized
California real estate matters - especially foreclosures.
In addition to being a California
attorney, he is the author or co-author of numerous
books on real estate - and real estate related - investing.
The first, The Forced Sale Workbook, was probably the
most influential book ever published in the United States
on "forced sales" - other than-lender foreclosures -
e.g. tax sales (the "foreclosure" of local agency liens
- or the so called real property tax lien, I.R.S. Seized
Property Sales (the "foreclosure" of the federal tax
lien), execution sales (the "foreclosure" of a state
judgment lien), etc.
Another of his books, the Complete
Guide to Real Estate Foreclosure Super Bargains in California,
(which was written together with Ron Starr) is probably
the most complete guide to purchasing lender foreclosures
ever published for California foreclosure investors.
Still another (again written together with Ron Starr),
Take This IIouse, Please! The Complete Guide to Buying
Real Estate Owned by Lenders, Volumes 1 and 2, (plus
an additional third volume specifically on buying lender
repossessed property in California writen by John) are
probably the most complete guides to buying lender repossessed
property throughout the United States ever published.
Additionally, in 1992 John
published the first complete, specific, step-by-step
book on how to invest in Arizona tax liens - entitled
simply: How to Invest in Arizona Tax Liens and subtitled:
(and earn a HIGH 16% return - with a secure 20% (or
less) loan-to-value ratio - PLUS get a chance to buy
real estate at as much as an 80% discount!!).
Additionally, he is the author
of numerous published articles on real estate investing
and he writes a syndicated California newspaper column
on foreclosure investing, The Foreclosure Corner. This
column is carried in the leading real estate foreclosure
newspaper in the "Southland" (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside,
San Bernardino and Ventura Counties), the Daily Commerce,
plus the leading real estate foreclosure newspaper in
San Diego County, the San Diego Commerce. Additionally
the column is carried in the leading real estate foreclosure
newspaper in Northern California, The Inter-City Express,
which provides foreclosure information for Alameda,
Contra Costa, Marin, Sacramento, San Mateo and Santa
Clara Counties.
He has also been a real estate
broker, syndicator and real estate consultant who has
been listed in Who's Who in Creative Real Estate. He
is a much sought after speaker who regularly conducts
real estate investment seminars in both Northern and
Southern California and who has spoken extensively throughout
the United States and has appeared on numerous radio
and television shows as a guest expert on foreclosures.
In addition to his law degree,
John holds M.B.A.'s in both Taxation and Real Estate
and has taught various real estate subjects at the collegiate
level.
But most importantly John has
been an active real estate investor who, over the past
fifteen years, has invested in tax lien certificates
(or their deed-with-right-of-redemption counterpart)
in numerous states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois,
Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia.
Additionally he has literally purchased well over 1.000
properties through the tax lien certificate sale process
in Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York,
and Texas.
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