The Real Estate Investor's Field Manual

The Real Estate Investor's Field Manual was written for the person who wants to get into real estate investing but doesn't know where to begin-or believes it takes a fortune, perfect credit, or years of experience just to get started.

Charles Aaron N. T. Green takes a different approach:

Simple. Practical. Doable.

Drawing from his own real-world investing experiences, Green shows beginners how to start looking for opportunities with tools they may already have-a smartphone, laptop, internet connection, public records, a little creativity, and the willingness to ask questions and take action.

Inside this field manual, you'll learn practical ways to locate motivated property owners and distressed-property opportunities through courthouse records, eviction filings, estates, tax records, pre-foreclosures, vacant properties, driving for dollars, Craigslist, social media, classified advertising, direct mail, signs, and more.

You'll discover Green's beginner-friendly principles for evaluating neighborhoods, including his Starbucks Principle, why he believes investors should pay attention to the businesses and landmarks surrounding a property, and why buying the right market can be more important than falling in love with the house.

But finding a property is only the beginning.

Learn the basics of wholesaling, assignments, estimating deals, building a buyers list, working with experienced investors, finding funding, developing relationships with title companies, managing rentals, creating cash flow, and recognizing a second opportunity when a property owner simply doesn't want to sell.

Green also shares the personal story of how a chance encounter in a Baltimore City courthouse in 2009 introduced him to the power of public records-and how relationships, creativity, rooming houses, property management and wholesaling eventually became part of his real estate journey.

This isn't designed to be another enormous real estate textbook that leaves a beginner overwhelmed.

It is a field manual.

Read a principle.

Try it.

Make the call.

Drive the neighborhood.

Search the records.

Send the letter.

Run the numbers.

Ask questions.

Then get moving.

And if you actually find your first promising deal and need help figuring out what comes next, the book includes an opportunity to contact the author about a potential 50/50 collaboration, particularly for new Maryland investors who may need assistance with buyers, funding, closing, title-company connections or getting a deal across the finish line.

You do not have to know everything before you begin.

You just have to begin.