Real Estate Magazine Issue: Special with Graft Architecture Office

The latest issue of FIV is all about real estate: the successful architecture firm Graft gives us an exclusive interview about their company, interesting projects and their passion for architecture. In our big apartment and house guide we introduce you to different apartment and house types, so you can find exactly the property that suits you perfectly. Have fun browsing!

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Real Estate Magazine Issue: “The Crown

The latest issue of FIV is something very special: The eleventh issue of our magazine is all about real estate. We report on The Crown, a luxury new construction project in Hamburg’s HafenCity. We also introduce you to the most popular and exclusive interior brands: From Armani Casa to Robert Cavalli Home , there are great brands to furnish your property stylishly. Matching the presented interior brands we show you in our furniture special what you have to pay attention to when buying tables, armchairs, sofas and co. Have fun browsing and get inspired!

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Real Estate Magazine Issue: Buying Real Estate in Germany

The latest issue of our FIV Magazine is a collaboration between FIV Magazine and Lukinski. In the magazine you will learn everything about buying real estate: Where is the best place to buy real estate, what do I need to consider and what about taxes? After reading our magazine you are guaranteed to be a real estate expert. So have fun browsing through it!

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Real Estate Magazine Issue: Real Estate in the USA

The latest issue of our FIV Magazine is all about real estate in the USA. Have you always wondered how to best invest in real estate in the USA and how the tax system in America works? Then our magazine is the right place for you, have fun browsing!

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New issue: Real estate in the USA

Here you can find a small overview of the topics printed in the new issue:

• Invest and live in America
• Topic Tax: Learn how the tax system works in America

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Buying real estate in the USA: What to watch out for & tax system in America

You want to invest in real estate in the USA? Here you will find tips and learn what you need to pay attention to when buying real estate in the U.S. and how the tax system works in America.

Taxes USA: Buying real estate – Taxes, property tax etc. for house, apartment & land

What taxes do you have to pay when you buy a house in the US? Below you will find a list of all the types of taxes you have to pay, how much they are, where you can read more about them and what they are used for. Everything you need to know about taxes related to buying a property, be it your home or a vacation home. We answer the questions, what are “transfer taxes”? How much is the property tax when buying a property? Here are the answers.

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New issue#13: Buying property in Germany

Here you will find a small overview of the topics printed in the new issue:

• Buying real estate in Germany: Overview of major cities
• Everything about buying real estate: tips & explanations
• Taxes: Everything about taxes!

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Buying real estate: wealth accumulation, investment & inflation

The inflation of money is omnipresent. If you invest money today, it will only be worth half in 30 years. This article compares the classic investment of money in the bank with a capital investment in the form of real estate. Real estate creates “real value. Find out what that means here!

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Taxes: Basics, Real Estate, Books, Videos, Tips & Tricks – Guidebook

Taxes are often a tiresome topic, especially in Germany. A tax advisor can help or you can learn how taxes work. It is not that difficult! Wage tax, value added tax, real estate transfer tax (read more here: Taxes in Germany) and much more: it’s not easy to keep track of everything. But if you are not interested in hiring an expensive tax consultant (read more about tax consultant costs), you have to deal with the topic of taxes intensively. We want to help you with that! Here you will find an overview of guides as well as book and video tips on the subject of taxes. Whether we introduce you to individual types of German taxes or you watch a video on the subject of tax returns, all your questions about German taxes will be answered here.

Getting started in real estate: book tips & recommendations

Getting started in real estate as an investment is not that easy: buying your first property first of all means having to learn and understand a lot. Also, property types are varied, for example, there are types such as semi-detached, terrace apartment, maisonette apartment, timber-framed house and more. Here you will learn: How to get started in real estate (buying your first property)? We always refer to real estate for investment. Here you will be guided through six steps that will suggest you a structured approach to get started in real estate. So that buying property is soon no longer just an investment idea for you – but something that you successfuly implement alongside your everyday life. So we’ll help you become a landlord or buy a condo and rent it out.

Here’s another tip for you! Online you can find a lot of articles and tips on Lukinski.de. Here you can learn everything: from tax basics for asset accumulation, to real estate as a capital investment through renting, to saving taxes with real estate (external). Everything free of charge from the expert.

Tip! Overview Real Estate XXL

The world of real estate is complex and multifaceted. If you want to keep an overview and avoid making mistakes, you should prepare well and clarify as many open questions as possible in good time. No matter whether you want to build, buy and rent out a property or live in it yourself, or even use a property as an investment to generate passive income: The preparation is the A&O. Here you will find articles, as well as book and video tips with successful and helpful books and videos on the subject of real estate – including tips and tricks from professionals and experts.

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Buy real estate, rent & earn money

Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 (147 ratings)

The ultimate advisor for passive income from residential real estate.

• With a real estate yields of up to 8 % are possible (if the investor manages cleverly).
• Real estate is a stable investment – in the long run, an increase in value can even be expected.
• Who invests correctly, builds up a lucrative additional source of income, an optimal old age provision or even a completely new professional mainstay!
• The demand for housing is growing and there is no end in sight. Due to the housing shortage, higher and higher yields can be achieved, especially in cities.
• With a real estate investment you can save a lot of taxes
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Tax Guide for Real Estate Investors

Rating: 4.3 / 5.0 (233 ratings)

The ultimate tax guide for private investments in residential real estate. Secure maximum tax advantages through superior knowledge!

• Maximum recognition of income-related expenses
• Realization of tax-free capital gains
• Tax advantages for listed properties
• Holiday real estate at home and abroad as an investment property
• Inheritance and gift tax (tax-optimised transfer to spouse & children)
• Bonus material: Excel tool for calculating return, financing costs and cash flow
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A real estate millionaire in five years without start-up capital

Rating: 4.2 / 5.0 (387 ratings)

The ultimate guide to entrepreneur basics, investing, equity and managing money.

• 43 timeless laws of success, with which you become financially, professionally and privately more successful and achieve your goals.
• Precise step-by-step guidance to financial freedom so you can avoid frustrating mistakes while following your passion.
• In total, the book contains 668 Learnings that specifically help you enjoy a happier and more fulfilling life
• Proven strategies, tools and techniques to help you build passive income and a fortune (with real estate), even without any start-up capital.
• The secrets of rich, happy and successful people, presented in such an inspiring and practical way that you will be able to put them into practice even without any previous knowledge.
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1×1 of the real estate millionaire: Guide to investing

Rating: 4.3 / 5.0 (257 ratings)

• The ultimate guide on how to become a millionaire in real estate.
• How do I build wealth with real estate and generate equity returns of over 30%?
• How to achieve high returns with very little risk?
• How do I choose the right object and how do I find it?
• How is real estate financed correctly and what mistakes should be avoided?
• How do I choose the right tenant?
• How do I deal with sellers and brokers?
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DIY pension: passive income for retirement provision

Rating: 4.4 / 5.0 (274 ratings)

The ultimate guide on how to buy a home as an investment to create your own retirement.

• We’ll show you how buying a small apartment changed our lives.
• We teach you all the basics about how an apartment works as an investment: What advantages this form of investment offers and what is true about the typical concerns about rental nomads, expenses and financing risks.
• We describe a search profile and search procedure to find worthwhile and future-proof apartments.
• We’ll show you how to put homes through their paces, evaluate and price them.
• We will help you to convince the bank of your plans.
• We prepare you for the notary appointment and the transfer of ownership.
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Passive income through real estate

Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 (122 ratings)

The ultimate guide to how you can profit by investing in real estate.

• This book is suitable for all private investors who would like to invest part of their assets profitably in real estate and for whom a direct investment in shares is out of the question because of the costs and risks.
• REITs are not non-transparent financial products, but rather those with a passive and transparent investment strategy that makes it possible to generate a regular income.
• This paperback book goes into detail about what is meant by real estate investment trusts. It explains in practical terms what REITs invest in and how distributions and income are treated for tax purposes.
• In addition, the risks of REITs are closely examined and contrasted with the opportunities.
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Giving away & bequeathing real estate in a tax-optimised manner: regulating succession

Rating: 4.6 / 5.0 (63 ratings)

The ultimate guide on how to give away and inherit real estate in a tax-efficient way.

• Presentation of the legal succession with the consequences for the inheritance tax burden
• Optimal drafting of a will for the transfer of real estate to children and grandchildren
• Gifts of real estate during lifetime as a means of reducing the tax burden
• Protection of the donor of real estate through usufruct, right in rem and life annuity
• Annex with sample texts for the implementation of the strategies
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Related links about the topic Real estate

Are you wondering how to buy, sell, rent or finance a property? What exactly does a real estate agent do? If you’re looking for answers to these questions, check out our advanced book lists with recommendations and reader reviews on real estate!

Successful investing

Successful investing is a dream of many people. But unfortunately, it is not as easy as it seems. How can you start as a beginner in the investment industry? What do you have to consider and which mistakes should you try to avoid? What is worth investing in? And what does the term “investment” mean anyway? We present you the best books on the subject of investment!

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Let property

Renting out property is a great way to provide for your retirement and stop worrying financially. There is a lot of money to be made in real estate – how it all works is explained in the following books so you don’t make any mistakes!

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• Book recommendations: Renting a property

Sell property

You have already invested in real estate or inherited a house, and now you want to sell it for a profit? In this article we give you book tips on the subject of selling real estate! In this article you will find all the information about selling real estate – packed in book tips with which you can not go wrong.

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• Book Recommendations: Selling real estate

Real estate agent

Earning money with real estate is a lifelong dream for many. Marketing and selling luxurious homes in the most beautiful cities in the world. That’s the image that comes to mind when we think of real estate agents. We want to show you the way to get there and give you a jump start. We offer you a list of the best book recommendations with tips and tricks from the experts: everything from training books, job aids with forms, and guides with how-to’s on getting started in real estate. Our guides to success in real estate.

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• Book Recommendations: Real Estate Agent

Overview real estate XXL: Investment, broker, renting & Co.

Here you get back to the overview of book and video recommendations on the subject of real estate in Germany. Investment cases, capital investment, passive income, house or apartment buy and rent and much more is explained to you here by experts and understandable. In this XXL guide you will find information and articles on the most diverse questions on the subject of real estate.

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Book Recommendations: Building property, guidebook, financing & co

Here you will find books by professionals, all about building real estate. They will help you finance your dream home and show you what you should pay attention to. Buy or build? Both options have their advantages. Most people ask themselves this question. The answer depends of course on personal requirements and financial possibilities. Here you will find tips on the topics: What your own property may cost, how you earn money with equity and everything around the topics of financing.

Tip! Overview Real Estate XXL

The world of real estate is complex and multifaceted. If you want to keep an overview and avoid making mistakes, you should prepare well and clarify as many open questions as possible in good time. No matter whether you want to build, buy and rent out a property or live in it yourself, or even use a property as an investment to generate passive income: The preparation is the A&O. Here you will find articles, as well as book and video tips with successful and helpful books and videos on the subject of real estate – including tips and tricks from professionals and experts.

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Earn money with residential real estate: Private real estate investor

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0 (914 ratings)

You too can be successful with investments in residential real estate! In this book, the trained lawyer and banker Alexander Goldwein explains understandably and with concrete examples, how you can build a fortune with residential real estate and achieve financial freedom. The reading assumes no previous knowledge and is also suitable for beginners. Bestselling author Goldwein has become a self-made millionaire in just a few years with investments in residential real estate. Several of his guidebooks on real estate are #1 bestsellers on Amazon.

In this book you will learn concretely:

• Strategies for safe & profitable investment in residential real estate
• Tracking down lucrative income properties even in tight markets
• Basics of real estate valuation and purchase price determination
• Checklists for professional examination & negotiation strategies for the purchase
• Strategies for optimal financing and leverage of return on equity
• Calculation of cash flow & return with the Excel calculation tool available as a bonus
• Tax-optimised management & realisation of capital gains
• Practice-relevant basics of real estate law (including the particularities of rented condominiums)
• Practical basics of tenancy law (including regulations on rent increases)
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Immobilien Ratgeber: Investment property

Rating: 4.7 out of 5.0 (58 ratings)

What you will benefit from reading this real estate book:

• The author explains how to finance investment properties with and without equity capital
• Learn where to find investment properties in A & B locations
• The biggest mistakes when buying real estate are revealed to you so you can avoid them from the start
• You get strategies that make worry-free investing possible
• You will be shown the best tips for saving taxes with the purchase of real estate and much more!
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Real estate financing: The right strategy

Rating 4.5 out of 5.0 (53 ratings)

For owner-occupiers of a property, it is all about the favourable financing of the property. For capital investors, it’s about the best possible financing conditions for the rented property. With this pocketbook you will find out which financing plan is suitable for you.

The guide answers all the important questions about money for a house or apartment, whether for initial financing, modernization or follow-up financing.

• Income and equity ratio: how much house can you afford?
• Interest rate strategies: How long are you tying yourself down for, and which lender has the lowest mortgage rates?
• Repayment Strategies: As an owner-occupier or landlord, what repayment percentage is best for you to choose?
• Financial aid: How do you use money from KfW and Wohn-Riester when financing your own home?
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Our owner’s manual

Rating: 4.3 out of 5.0 (28 ratings)

The market leader in house building, construction projects and home financing shows you the safe way to your dream home. Whether renovating, refurbishing or modernizing, here you will find your time and cost plan. “Our Builder’s Handbook” is the reliable companion with checklists, sample invoices and concrete planning aids.

Our building guide shows you how to find and buy the right plot of land, how to work out your financing concept, obtain building permits and select the building services. You will get an overview of the current real estate prices, loan conditions, the usual operating costs and the jurisdiction of real estate agents.

Find out everything about smart homes, modern energy concepts for heating and hot water, intelligent control technology and new developments in the field of healthy building materials. With this guide, you can make the right decisions and meet architects, tradesmen and banks at eye level.

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Building! The great practical handbook for builders

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0 ( 27 ratings )

Step by step and safely into their own four walls: The large practical handbook “Bauen!” accompanies builders on their way – from the initial considerations through the entire planning and building process to acceptance and moving in. The high level of expertise of the consumer advice centre, the large scope and the very practical orientation make the guidebook the standard work for all builders.

• Numerous checklists help not to forget anything and to check everything thoroughly
• Knowing and eliminating all risks – in financing, contract design and all approval procedures
• Building with ecological building materials, modern building services and innovative energy concepts
• Avoid building botches in a targeted manner: practical checklists for each trade help with quality control With all the important new regulations on construction contract law 2017.
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Cost and contract traps in construction

Rating: 4.4 out of 5.0 ( 11 Reviews )

Find and eliminate cost and contract traps! Almost everyone who wants to build has a queasy feeling about costs. You have heard too much about cost increases on construction sites. And rarely in life do you enter into such far-reaching contracts as you do when building. Both together hold high risks: Cost and contract traps can provide for quite substantial difficulties or even endanger the entire building project. This guidebook is aimed at all builders who are buying a prefabricated house, building a turnkey solid house or planning with an architect. Over 160 check sheets help to specifically eliminate expensive cost and contract traps when building

• Land purchase check sheets: from development options to legal encumbrances and restrictions – what you need to know and should check.
• Check sheets architect: from the scope of services of the architect to the planning of the house – what you should regulate.
• General contractor and prefabricated house provider check sheets: from building specifications to construction costs – what you need to agree and check.
• Practice shows that many plans, building specifications and contracts are incomplete, inaccurate and very risky for consumers. The guidebook helps to recognize these major and cost-intensive risks and to take targeted countermeasures.
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Financing my property

Rating: 4.6 out of 5.0 ( 10 Reviews)

If you want to avoid risks and pitfalls when making the biggest investment in your life, you should be fully informed. Competent, concrete and easy to understand, this guide supports builders and future real estate owners
with your individual financing and guides you step by step to the right construction financing.

• Personal financial planning: determine needs, financial resilience and total costs
• Financing options: Bank loan, building society contract and other forms of financing.
• Subsidies: take advantage of low-interest state subsidy loans and “Wohn-Riester” housing subsidies
• Land charge and mortgage: How are real estate loans secured?
• What should be considered during the repayment phase?
• Practical aids: Calculation examples, checklists and a glossary on real estate financing.
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Purchase and construction of a prefabricated or solid house

Rating: 4.3 out of 5.0 (4 ratings)

This guide was developed directly from construction practice and helps you with many checklists, annotated sample contracts and practical tips:

• Buying a plot of land: what matters and what is important for buildability.
• Wood or solid? The different types of construction and building materials.
• Basement or floor slab? Advantages, disadvantages and costs. – Electrical, heating, plumbing and ventilation: choosing the right building services.
• Search for suppliers and conclusion of contracts: all important legal bases for prefabricated house, solid house or property developer purchase contracts.
• Contract attachments: why building specifications and plans are so important.
• When things get going on the construction site: an overview of the construction process and construction supervision.
• Acceptance and warranty: securing important claims. Turnkey into your own four walls Anyone who wants to build a house often decides in favour of a prefabricated house manufacturer, a solid house provider or a property developer.

Depending on the construction partner, the legal differences are quite considerable and there are also many other things to consider throughout the planning and construction process – in order to avoid cost explosions, poor construction quality and risky contracts. Our large practical handbook accompanies you step by step so that you can safely reach your goal.

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Further links

You want to buy your own property instead of building it? But you don’t know how or what you have to consider to buy your dream house? The best thing about your property is that you can save money or even make money. In these other articles you will find tips that will help you to make these things possible without making big mistakes.

Entry into the real estate industry

Do you want to enter the real estate industry? Here you will find tips and important know-how on how to become successful in the real estate world. How do you get started in the real estate business, what mistakes and risks are there and how can you avoid them? We enlighten you! Here you will find the best books that explain how to become rich in real estate.

• Book Recommendations: Entering the Real Estate Industry
• Video Tips: The real estate industry

Real estate financing book recommendations: Loans, financing without equity or building savings contract, tips.

Real estate financing – You want to buy a property, but do not know how you can finance your dream? Terms like loan, interest, credit, repayment or building society contract only raise more questions for you? Here you will find all the important information on the subject of real estate financing: from financing with equity to financing without equity to applying for a loan, we cover all the important topics!

• Book Recommendations: Real Estate Finance
• Video Tips: Real estate financing

Overview real estate XXL: Investment, broker, renting & Co.

Here you get back to the overview of book and video recommendations on the subject of real estate in Germany. Investment cases, capital investment, passive income, house or apartment buy and rent and much more is explained to you here by experts and understandable. In this XXL guide you will find information and articles on the most diverse questions on the subject of real estate.

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