Part 1: Mindset + knowledge = wealth -- Get started now -- Multiple paths to building wealth -- Part 2: How to raise the money -- Strengthen your credit power -- How to invest using little (or none) of your own cash -- Forget the banks, seek out seller financing -- Five more techniques to finance your investments -- How to come up with the money to close -- Here's how to qualify -- Part 3: How to invest for maximum gain -- Twenty-seven ways to find or create below-market deals -- Make money with foreclosures and REOs -- More sources of bargains -- Run numbers like a pro -- How you can greatly increase the value of your investment property -- Twenty-one more ways to boost the value of your properties -- Part 4: Onward and upward to building wealth -- Win what you want through negotiation -- How to write your purchase offer -- Craft your lease to increase profits -- The 12 secrets of successful landlording

1. Real estate investment