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Old June 13, 2001, 04:46 PM
Boyd Stone
 
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Default Your wish is my command

Hi!

You wrote:
> Could you tell me more about the book? I
> tried to look for some online reviews, but I
> couldn't find any.... For example, is it to
> do mainly with businesses, or property? Or
> is it mainly a book about negotiation?

Here's the Table of Contents:

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Chapter 1: 100 Percent Return Every Time
[Tells how the author and two friends used OPM to open a fitness club business and sold it five years later; the author made $5000 as a front-end organizing fee, $17,463 as a fund-raising fee, $60,000 in cash flow from operating the business, $28,500 sales fee, $68,590 profit from his 13.3% ownership share.]

Chapter 2: To Hell With Just Making Ends Meet!
[Tells about converting a closed down plant into a thriving new business, an office building gold mine, a finder's fee for a land deal.]

Chapter 3: Using OPM To Make Money For Yourself
[Investor pooling of resources, syndication defined.]

Chapter 4: Getting Started--Search, See and Listen
[Where to look and what to look for, real estate and mortgage brokers, your county recorder's office.]

Chapter 5: Analyzing and Structuring
[A small coffee/sandwich shop, a residential income property]

Chapter 6: Tie Up The Deal
[Raising money for someone else, doing your own deal]

Chapter 7: Packaging The Opportunity: Planning
[An investment syndicate, business form used in a syndication, private offerings, documenting the investment syndicate]

Chapter 8: Confidential Memorandum: Investment Circular Portion

Chapter 9: Confidential Memorandum: Agreement of Limited Partnership, And Statement of Suitability And Subscription Agreement

Chapter 10: Package Presentation Comments

Chapter 11: Coming Up With Other People's Money

Chapter 12: Forming The Partnership And Closing The Investment Transaction

Chapter 13: Managing The Partnership

Chapter 14: Increasing Your Fees, Income and Net Worth

Chapter 15: The Winning Combination

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Appendix I - Model Full-Length Package

Appendix II - Model Mini-Package

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All in all, an interesting read (and one I need to re-read).

Hope this was helpful,

- Boyd