Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Conservation of natural resour    3. Conservation of natural resources    4. Energy industries    5. Environmental    6. Environmental Law    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Natural Resources    10. Power resources    11. United States    12. Environment law    13. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    14. USA   

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I agree with [previous reviewer]
...I have been studying Real Estate for about a year and I was always a little confused by all the different information concerning foreclosures , REOs, etc., and this book is helping to clear it all up.It's probably due to the way the author takes you through the different scenerios with actual examples.To teach it this clearly he obviously knows what he's doing.At [money] in the bookstore it's a bit pricey, but at the discounted Amazon price, I think it's a must have!...

A must read for all real estate investors
This is the best book that i found so far. It is easy to read and easy to understand. Unlike other books, this one walks you through the process of buying a foreclosed property with actual cases, documents, guidelines and helpful tips for avoiding mistakes. It is like having an expert there with you.Don't take my words for it.Read it and find out how good it is.

Come on now...
I read through this book in the store and did find it to have some good info, but the other review in here goes way overboard.It seems like this person is talking about the bible and not this book.The review statesthis book is "a must-read", "an invaluable learning tool, aswell as a must-keep guide for future reference", "an inspiring(yet mindful of pitfalls) strategy-packed book", and "leaves youwondering why he revealed all his secrets. "Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Foreclosure    5. Real Estate - General    6. Real Estate - Investments    7. Real estate investment    8. Business & Economics / Real Estate    9. Property & real estate    10. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    11. USA   

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John Grisham fans should read this book instead!
"Our Town" is a poignant and powerful legal thriller. This is perhaps a surprising way to characterize a work by UCal, Berkeley policy wonks, published by one of the lesser known university presses, but this book deserves the widest possible readership. It tells the epic, heroic, heart-rending, and true story of the attempt to bring fair housing policy to New Jersey, the most suburban state in the country, and by extension, the most representative of American housing trends. It tells the story of an attempt by the African-American community of Mt. Laurel, New Jersey- a community whose origins date back to the colonial period - to create affordable housing in what was then, in 1968, a largely rural, white township of southern New Jersey. In response to thier request for the necesary zoning approval, the then mayor of Mt. Laurel (and wealthy farmer and late state senator) William Haines told the black community of Mt. LAurel: "if you people cannot afford to live in our town, then you will have to move." (this is a quotation from memory). The legals battles that followed over the next 25 years were epochal for New Jersey and for the country. This story is an epic (not unlike Jonathan Harr's book about the toxic wazste dumps in Massachusetts, A Civil Action) with genuine heroes such as Ethel Lawrence , the black New Jersey woman who led the fight, and even NJ supreme court justices who saw through the racism of Mt Laurel officialsand the subtler but equally insidious intransigence of NJ governor Thomas Kean, who, for my money, is the worst villain of the lot. (I am, by the way, a New Jerseyan myself).Everyone who care about racial justice in America should find this book worthwhile. For an essentialy academic study, it is astonishingly moving. I read it in hardcover, when it first came out, mainly because I was attracted by its stylish cover, but it is the kind of book I actively recommend to my friends and family. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Discrimination in housing    2. Housing (Social Welfare Aspects)    3. Minority Studies - General    4. Mount Laurel (Township)    5. New Jersey    6. Race And Ethnic Relations    7. Sociology    8. Housing    9. Human rights    10. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    11. Racism & racial discrimination    12. Social issues    13. USA   

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Keeping the Faith!
`The good that artists do lives after them ...'
Excellent glimpse inside the post-humous struggles over artists' legacies
Despite being an outsider to the art world (and what you would call a total amateur!), I found this book completely engrossing: the widows and children interviewed in this book all have very interesting and varying ways of dealing with the enormous responsibilities associated with managing an artist's estate - their voices come to life in this book.It's fascinating also to read about the interaction between the various players in the art world and their different agendas - galleries, widows, families, museums etc all have views on what is in the best interest of the artist and their careful dance is rendered most interestingly here.Very good read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Artists    4. Biography    5. Decedents' estates    6. Executors and administrators    7. History - General    8. Individual Artist    9. United States    10. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    11. Individual artists    12. Private, property, family law    13. USA   

Subjects:  1. England    2. Joint ownership of personal pr    3. Joint ownership of personal property    4. Joint tenancy    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Property    8. Wales    9. English law: personal property    10. Law / Property    11. Law | Property & Land Law   

Subjects:  1. California    2. Landlord and tenant    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Practical Guides    6. Property    7. Real Estate    8. Reference   

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A handy (if dated) reference
I found this book to be a great resource when plowing my way through trusts & estates in law school.Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Property Law    4. Reference    5. Trusts and trustees    6. United States    7. Private, property, family law   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Commercial real estate    5. Management    6. Real Estate - General    7. Real Estate - Investments    8. Real estate management    9. Rental housing    10. Residential real estate    11. Small Business - General    12. Business & Economics / Real Estate    13. Law for the lay person    14. Property & real estate    15. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Maryland    7. Real Estate - General    8. Real estate business    9. Real property    10. Vendors and purchasers    11. Examinations & assessment    12. House & Home / General    13. Property & real estate    14. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Property   

Subjects:  1. Banks & Banking    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. General    6. Property    7. Real Estate - General    8. Business & Economics / Real Estate    9. Personal property law    10. Property & real estate   

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Excellent, Straight Information about Critical Issues for men and their children.
I am a divorced Dad and have gone through the Family Court system, unfortunately prior to reading this book. I have raised three children for 13 years; single-handedly and now find myself as an outsider in a custody dispute over my forth child, a 1-year-old son. I must share with anyone (women, men, dads, moms, children) that you must read this book. It is an excellent description of what fathers and their children face in the current Family court climate. Not only describing in a very truthful and non-euphemistic manner the current issues and trends but also how we got here.
It's about time.
While being in a city and state that supposedly supports "father's rights", my husband and I are terrified of what we are setting into motion next week- trying to get custody of his daughter. Children as Fodder in the Downfall of Society
In short, if you don't know the material in this book, you don't know human rights, (including children's rights, men's or father's rights, and women's rights) as it applies in contemporary western society.If you have yet to emancipate yourself from the radical feminist induced mental slavery, you may not be ready for this book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Family & Relationships    2. Family Relationships    3. Family/Marriage    4. Advice on parenting    5. Child custody    6. Custody of children    7. Divorce    8. Domestic Relations - Divorce & Separation    9. Family welfare    10. Father and child    11. Fatherhood    12. Fathers    13. Law    14. Law for the lay person    15. Legal status, laws, etc    16. Marriage, family & other relationships    17. Parenthood    18. Popular works    19. Private, property, family law    20. Separation & divorce    21. USA   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. California    5. Cases    6. Real Estate - General    7. Real property    8. Business & Economics / Real Estate    9. Private, property, family law   

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Worst E&E Book Out There
This is easily the worst book in the E&E series.

Not bad, but the worst of the series
I've read 11 or so of the Examples and Explanations books while in Law School.For the most part, the series is great.The material is broken down into sections that make sense and the important points are made and remade with the examples.
Highly recommended
The questions and explanations in this book are clear and very helpful. They are organized in a logical fashion and help you work progressively through problems in Article 9 transactions. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Chattel mortgages    2. Commercial    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Personal property    6. Property    7. Securities    8. Security (Law)    9. United States   

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Evidence    3. Law    4. Property    5. Research    6. Safety    7. Traffic accident investigation   

Editorial Review

The phenomenal success of Western civilization and the remarkable economic expansion fueled by modern capitalism, says Tom Bethell, depend chiefly on the institution of private property and the development of secure property rights, yet this simple, striking idea is misunderstood by elite opinion leaders in the United States and around the world. Bethell, a reporter for the Read more

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Tom Bethell Explains it All--Why Good Law Leads to Prosperity
The Noblest Triumph is one of the most illuminating and important books I have ever read. That may sound like an overstatement, but I don't think so. This book shows why a system of property law that is predictable, secure, transparent and protects the little guy's property as well as the rich guy's is a prerequisite for a prosperous society.
Useful defense of property.
Nothing demonstrates the ignorance of the last generation of legal theorists about property than the Supreme Court decision of Kelo v. New London.That this decision could have been made after publication of Bethell's Noblest Triumph is surprising.Bethell does an outstanding job of explaining the history and theories of property in a very readable manner, even though his book is worthy of being required reading for college courses.To avoid the horrible results that Justice O'Conner correctly foresees from Kelo, this book should be required reading for all college students through summer reading programs, if colleges still have such programs.

Private Property Laws are the Basis for Prosperity
Why, over the past few hundred years has the west done so much better than the rest?Why have some countries become modern while others lag behind, with only a few wealthy citizens and the largest part of the society mired in poverty?In his book "The Noblest Triumph" Tom Bethell argues that the incredible success of modern market capitalism rests upon the west's strong commitment to the institution of private property and the legal guarantees that make them secure.While he doesn't argue that this is the sole factor but he argues that it is a vital one as human nature dictates that people are more productive if their labor will reward them personally. We live in an ownership society and when a body of law backs the claim that the vast majority of citizens hold on their businesses and homes it gives The United States a stability that other societies lack.Bethell compares the strong property rights found in the western nations with the weakness of such rights in other lands. He makes a strong case for laws insuring property rights by showing that a lack of legal guarantees prevents foreign investment as investors fear having their investment seized at the capricious whim of a new leader or the nationalization of their assets.These sorts of occurrences which are so common in the third world,l retard foreign investment for decades.So, the vast amount of foreign capital invested here in the United States is a tribute to our rule of law.
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Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Economics - Theory    3. History & Theory    4. History & Theory - General    5. History: World    6. Political Science    7. Property    8. Public Policy - Economic Policy   

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to sum up the book, get a attorney
I HAVE ABOUT A 6 BOOKS FROM AMAZON ON LANDLORDS ,THIS ONE IS THE WORST. TO SUM UP THE BOOK ,GET A LAWYER. THERE ARE SOME VERY GOOD BOOKS FROM AMAZON WRITTEN BY A COP THAT ARE MUCH BETTER. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Florida    4. Landlord and tenant    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Popular works    7. Property    8. Real Estate    9. Real Estate - General   

Subjects:  1. Estates & Trusts    2. Law    3. Legal Profession    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Property   

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Subjects:  1. Construction    2. Construction contracts    3. Engineering - Civil    4. Engineering Construction Management    5. Law    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. United States    8. Construction industry    9. Contract law    10. Environment law    11. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    12. Technology / Engineering / Civil    13. USA   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Property    5. Real property    6. United States    7. Private, property, family law