Creating Wealth Through Probate The Best Kept Secret in Real Estate Investing

Creating Wealth Through Probate The Best Kept Secret in Real Estate Investing

“This unique “one of a kind” real estate book should be read by every serious real estate investor” — Robert J. Bruss, Tribune Media Services

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1 Star Not a Good Book
The book is titled “Creating Wealth Through Probate”. I’m not a highly experienced investor, but I’m certainly not a newbie. I’ve read 3 real estate investing books in the last month or two and this is the worst of them. In fact, I’m actually not sure if I should try to sell it on Amazon because I don’t want someone else to waste their money.

If the book is about probate, talk about probate. “Tales of Probate” and Appendices are great, but they have little value in actually achieving wealth through probate. The author does talk about probate, but he also goes into real estate investing in general. This was a mistake. There are many, many books that discuss this topic. All of the books that I’ve read on real estate investing are better in content and go into further detail. No need to beat a dead horse.

2 Stars A GOOD PRIMMER BUT NEEDS MORE
THIS BOOK MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO GET YOU TO PURCHASE THE WRITERS HOW TO PRODUCT. IT WAS INTERESTING BUT ONLY HALF OF IT WAS SUBJECT MATTER AND THE REST WAS A GLOSSERY OF THINGS THAT I DDNT KNOW WHAT IT WAS FOR.

1 Star Nice anecdotes about the success of others, but where is the meat?
Thank goodness I did not purchase this book! The library saves me again. A worthless read that did nothing to educate me in investing in probate real estate. The author focuses on anecdotal stories, mostly of success with making money off personal property–not real estate.

1 Star Basically an infomercial
I concur with everyone here. after reading this nonsense i wondered who i felt more sorry for, me for the hours of life i will never get back, or for the trees that died to publish it. I agree with the previous post, look at the death records and then work backwards. And that didnt waste your time or kill any nature.

1 Star Not worth it.
This book does not give solid practical advice. If you’re a new investor who has never bought a house before, perhaps this would work for you. But if you’ve bought and fixed up a property it isn’t for you. You’d be better served going to the probate court in your area and asking questions. It included lots of general anecdotes, but it makes one wonder why he wrote it if he weren’t truly going to share how to do it. The actual probate advice in this book could be condensed to a 10-page pamphlet.

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Opening Price Principle Best Kept Secret on Wall Street

Opening Price Principle Best Kept Secret on Wall Street

Traders and books - they seem to naturally go together like peas in a pod. Most of us already have an extensive trading library. Why consider adding this book to your collection? Together, we (Larry and Peggy) have 50 years experience in the markets. We trade the “Opening Price Principle” every day we are in the markets. It has made us money and saved us money. Why share this principle? We share it because we are committed to teaching traders. If you want to know how we would explain and illustrate the “Opening Price Principle” and its use to someone sitting with us at our trading desk, then read this book. Better yet, “work” this book. We only take students who are willing to “do the work.” That philosophy is reflected in this book. YOU have to do some work. That is the nature of learning and gaining experience and eventually coming to a place of wisdom. We also believe in the “keep It Simple” principle. We use simple language, communicate clearly and focus on the real and very practical constraints every trader faces in today’s market. In short, without sitting beside us watching prices unfold and the “Opening Price Principle” operate in the market, this book is the closest we can bring you to that ultimate learning experience.

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5 Stars You either get it, or you don’t.
I find it interesting how much animosity there is towards this book. Although, I guess that’s probably a good thing. If you’re interested in daytrading, you absolutely have to know this. Maybe you already know it, maybe you don’t, but whatever you do, make sure you know this. Until you do, you have no business daytrading.

4 Stars Very important principle!
I agree that this book could be better written and I am disappointed in its contents. However, I believe that many of the other reviewers fail to understand the importance of the concept in this book. He happens to use it with Fibonacci, but do not think this is just another Fibonacci book. I recommend all professional day traders like myself to draw a colored line each day at the NYSE Opening Price ( I trade e-minis myself) and over time you will start to see how important this price often is, especially in wider range days. Larry Pesavanto uses is as a filter - favor buying if above the opening price and favor selling if below the opening price. This is something I do and helps put probability greatly on your side. Also, as illustrated in his book, the opening price often act as an important Support/Resistance level. In my opinion it is much more important than yesterday’s closing price, esp. after the gap has been filled. Although the book has me wishing for more content I highly recommend getting this book and adding the principle in your trading. I have plenty of trading books where I do not use anything from them, so if I can get one or two important things out of it, I have gotten my money’s worth. I don’t have any of his other books but I can say this one is well worth the money! Hence I am giving the book 4 stars and do not believe that it should have a rating of less than 3 stars due to the content and the price. Linda Raschke also uses the Opening Price Principle.

1 Star Opening Price Principle: Best Kept Secret on Wall Street
What a trader really needs is “The Closing Price Principle” for the current day, with is the Top Super Secret on Wall Street. Here it is for FREE (no subscription required):

The closing price will be near the high or low of the day approx. 66.66666666666666667% of the time

1 Star Opening price principle or Fibonacci?
The opening price principle could be written on one page. I have books on Fibs, I didn’t need another. Give me a break!!!!!!!!

1 Star Absolute Disgrace
Perhaps one of the most poorly written books I own. The author should either get some new friends to inform him of his lack of writing talent, or he should be imprisoned for such an apathetic attempt at writing. On top of that, his “Opening Price Prinicipal” is a completely stolen method. Toby Crabel was one of the original co-creators of this technique. The information on this technique is better explained in “The Ultimate Trading Guide”, “Long Term Secrets to Short Term Trading”, and “Professional Stock Trading”. Of course, if one can track down Crabel’s book, then you have the original work which is very thorough. At then end of the book, he does have a rather paltry chapter on Fib ratios that can be found and better utilized in numerous other books. In summary, this book is poorly written, weakly paraphrased, and completey lacking of any original content.

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The New Option Secret Volatility The Weapon of the Professional Trader and the Most Important Indicator in Option Trading

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Discover how option Volatility indicates market tops/bottoms, how it tells you the best strategy to use, how it indicates whether options should be bought or sold & how it can be used to take advantage of premium “disparity” between option stock prices. Learn expert ways to exploit opition market inefficiences, how to use “neutral strategies” to trade like a “bookie” and methods that take advantage of seasonal factors in volatility. A special section explains how “gurus” like Natenbert, Najarian, Trester and others use volatility to their beneift. “Comprehensive discussions of the most important variable in option pricing-volatility- is certain to benefit both profesional and novice traders” according to Larry McMillan, Author of “Options as a Strategic Investment.” This edition has all new, fully updated charts.

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5 Stars I’m not fond of options….but this is a great book!
Mr.Caplan has put a great spin on option investing. If 90% of options expire worthless why buy them, just sell them. This is where this book shines. I have been involved with futures for 11 years. I have been a broker an investor …

In each instance I have avoided options on futures. With Mr.Caplan’s assessment on how volatitlity plays a key role to determining what options to sell and what price to sell them at. I was impressed at how he was able to take a complicated subject and make it easy to read.

His inclusion of articles from various other option traders was great as well.

1 Star If you write options ONLY!
This book was promoted heavily on different sites on the net, and I happened to be one of those who bought it!!!! To cut the story short, this book is not for amatuers! And not for ordinary regular option buyers (like me)!

This book covers only:
1. Futures trades (mainly).
2. Option writing and spreads.

But if you are not both of the above… forget this book!!! At the beginning of this book, you’ll see how deeply the author discusses futures not stocks! And when you get to page number 47, you understand that this book is useless if you (like me) only buy options.

I am not saying this book is good or now, how am I to know?!! I can’t even test his methodology… but in my situation this book is of no use!

4 Stars Worth a Read
Though dated and focused on Futures, I found this book to be very helpful. The last 3rd of this book is a collection of articles written by other authors on the subject. Very useful!

Why not 5 stars? It is focused on Futures instead of Options in general.
This is only mildly annoying as most of the information is relevant to Options.

Again, very helpful book.

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Sniper Trading Essential Short Term Money Making Secrets for Trading Stocks Options and Futures

Sniper Trading Essential Short Term Money Making Secrets for Trading Stocks Options and Futures

Your Guide to Earning Consistent Profits on Short-Term Investments

Fine-tune your trading skills to the point that you’ll know where the market will go and when it will get there-with Sniper Trading: Essential Short-Term Money-Making Secrets for Trading Stocks, Options, and Futures. Renowned trader George Angell shows you how to spot the best opportunities, capitalize on them, and get out of the market in one quick shot-just like other “sniper” traders.

Sniper Trading offers three specific approaches to the market: support and resistance, time and price, and day of the week-then shows you how to utilize this information to:

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User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star Vague, hyped and outdated
An old friend of mine asked me to read this book for him that was a gift years ago. I have been trading for over 5 years. I gave it a spin. UGGGHHHH!!!! What garbage!!!!!!

If this book ever was legit or had any validity, it was long before the volatile markets of today. Overall, the methods described in this book are to be met with extreme caution. If you are actually foolish enough to attempt them, you had better paper trade them for at least a year before risking your own money. I paper traded them and I had less than 10% winners. Yes, 90% of my tested trades failed.

There are better, more current options for you. SKIP THIS!!!

1 Star a reader
I have read and studied many trading methods over 10 years. I am curious about this author so bought a few books from him to read. It’s a waste of time and money. Totally agree with those who voted 1 star for this author. Trading today is not so easy and too general as this author described in his books. So, newcomers be aware!

4 Stars Helpful book
I find the book enlightening. It can be a bit repetitive, and some of the information is not that well organized. However, the content is there. Some of the pages have very concentrated content, you have to read them several times because there are so many concepts presented. Apparently the pay-by-mail LSS system he sold was marketed somewhat dishonestly, but that doesn’t mean he’s not an excellent trader. I find this book helpful in identifying mistakes and broadening my understanding. It is worth noting the book focuses primarily on futures trading in its examples, however the concepts apply to trading in general. This book is definitely not a waist of paper as some of these reviews seem to imply. I purchased this book after reading in it in a bookstore, if you doubt its content read in it first. Just my thoughts.

2 Stars Not a very good book
1. There is obviously a credibility issue with Angell getting nailed for telling half truth in marketing the LSS system in the late 90s. The book is not entirely about the LSS system though. I always take the cautious track when someone try to sell me a profitable system.

2. I agree with the other reviewers on the contents. The book is rather unorganized(in many chapters) and there is a lot of cliche repeating through the book. Yes, market wizards are better read if you want something along that line.

3. Many of the claims were not backed up with tested results. If that doesn’t raise your suspicion, I can sell you the Brooklyn bridge at a pretty good price.

4. There are the momentum forumulas one reader suggested. Yes, play with them and learn anything you can before risking any real cash. I am not certain it offers more insight than other existing indicators but I keep my mind open on that one.

5. As to the simplicity of a two legged move, yes, I laughed when I first read it. However, you shouldn’t take something for granted just because it is simple (Many successful traders use simple system which they have lots of insights on). The key in this matter is how well that two legged breast work in action which the book didn’t offer any solid evidence.

And some of his rules are leaning towards the discretionary side which makes the system less repeatable and objective.

5 Stars Top 10
This book is one of the top ten books on trading & investing that I’ve ever read. Mr. Angell has given the retail trader a real gift in terms of being able analyze the market based on price action (which is the final arbiter of value). If you work with the methodologies and formulas in the book, lay them out in a spreadsheet, track the market by its Oscillation in combination with increasing or decreasing Momentum while keeping an eye on the 5 and 1 day Strength measurements and initiating trades in the buy envelope, sell envelope or at the pivot point (long or short based on market momentum) there is a very high proability that you will learn to trade extremely well. This of course, will lead to making a substantial amount of money.

I recommend purchasing this book and the workbook, setting up your spreadsheet formulas and tracking your commodit(ies) for a period of a month via paper trading while you figure it out - You MUST keep good records and track the information in a spreadsheet so that you can create a good historical understanding of the market’s price action in relation to the differnt value measurements. (I’m using it with the E-Minis, but I’m sure it will work for any commodity).

Note: (It took me a total of about 6 months of sitting in front of my screens and analyzing the market movement to put it all together-so, there is a learning curve, but believe me, it was worth it).

Good Trading and Good Luck!

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