Drop the Down

How to Start Your Real Estate Investing Empire with $7,000 or Less

By: Paul Aker

Narrated by: Jay Deane

Length: 43 mins

Publisher's summary

If you’re ready to jumpstart your real estate investment empire but don’t think you have enough down payment, then keep listening. 

A massive hurdle for many would-be investors comes in the form of the down payment. Often, lenders require 25-30 percent down for investment properties. That means a $200,000 home would require a down payment of $50,000 to $60,000. Of course, a lot people who would like to invest right now do not have that kind of cash available. This is the barrier of entry that often separates the investing class from dreamers. But this book shows you time-tested and proven ways to overcome that hurdle. You learn how to Drop the Down required to become an investor. 

Author Paul Aker teaches you how to get away with as little as $7,000 down - sometimes even less! Here’s what you will discover:

• Ways to skip a down payment altogether, just by changing your address
• How to turn sellers into your personal bank 
• How to unlock your own resources that are not liquid
• How to connect family and friends using the innovative “ACRS” method to bypass hefty down payments while maximizing returns 
• How to get some lenders to take a chance on you with no or low-money down 
• Key finance terms required to become a knowledgeable investor
• Examples of how ordinary people put these methods to work
• Accessible, easy to understand concepts anyone can learn

Why bother learning these techniques? The typical rate of return is just too hard to ignore. Smart investing combined with solid management turns homes into profit centers churning out bundles of cash each year. Plus, real estate historically appreciates.  

The average single-family home appreciated by 39 percent over a 10-year period between 1989 and 2019, according to the National Association of Realtors. As a realtor, (inactive) lawyer, investor and award-winning investigative journalist, Aker has a real world understanding of the topic.

©2021 Paul Aker (P)2021 Paul Aker

Very informative

Really appreciate all the information in this book. Real estate investing has been daunting but this book has so many great ideas to help the “average joe” get into real estate.

Easy and Fast Read!

Anyone lacking savings for a down payment but trying to figure out a way to buy real estate, should read or listen to this book!

The author provides several examples in an easy-to-read format to help anyone understand different pathways of getting into real estate. As a super informative and easy read, this book is a great launching pad for that!

Real estate investing for the average Joe

Short book packed with expert advice! Has so many innovative ideas on how to make down payments more affordable, so that more people can try their hand at real estate investing. Teaches you how to make it happen with resources you may not have thought of.

Love the examples - they really help make it easier to understand!

JUST Wow !

This is probably the most information with examples I got in less than 1 hr. It was so interesting that I had rewind a listen to it again as I had always heard of the concepts HELOC and other legal loops in the real estate industry but this was just all info without fluff in one hub! Thank you Paul! highly recommend this a listen!

Very helpful

I live on Maui and the homes are very expensive. I have been struggling for years to come up with a large down payment for a home that is close to a million dollars. This book has provided me new found tactics strategies and hope. Now the path to My million dollar home seems clear and attainable. Everyone should read this!