Combat Investor

About the Book

Turf. Space. Territory. For thousands of years it’s been worth fighting for, sometimes at all costs. Today, real estate remains one of the most coveted investment targets, and combat tactics are often necessary for financial victory. Real estate investing is financial, not military warfare. In the investment battlefields winners build war chests through territorial expansion. Losers retreat, surrendering land holdings. Military battles and real estate investing share the same goals and apply comparable techniques for building wealth and power. Investors who understand and apply proven warfare principles to real estate investing become the ultimate financial warriors…Combat Investors. Combat investing shapes you into a personal weapons system -- an effective combination of your personal operating style, financial capacity, and risk tolerance. You deploy elements from your investment arsenal, acting like a jet fighter, a tank, a bomber, a helicopter, an aircraft carrier, or a submarine. You know when to attack investments at close range (tank) or access hard-to-reach properties (helicopter). Different targets with different swag. That’s the beauty of combat investing, the blending of the warrior spirit with real estate smarts. No right answer or personal style, just the hunger to succeed. Combat Investor: Real Estate Investment Warfare Guide is written with this principle in mind, teaching you to become a financial “land mind” by: • Honing your land-grabbing instincts • Providing a formula for a successful war chest, with techniques on assessing capital risks, measuring your thirst for competitive battle, and identifying your individual combat investor “style” • Targeting battlefields based upon locations and property types • Training you to fight in current and future investment battlefronts according to proven military tactics for striking profitable targets If you’re starting to see real estate investing through the eyes of a warrior, then join the ranks of combat investors. Crack those knuckles and get going!

About the Author

John Oharenko is a veteran real estate financier, investor, author, and lecturer. Over his thirty-year career, John financed in excess of three billion dollars of various types of income-producing real estate including apartments, industrial, retail, office, hospitality, and land ventures. He also personally invests in multifamily and commercial properties. John authored three books and over one hundred articles on real estate investing and Chicago history. He lectures nationally on real estate investing and has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Journal of Property Management, Appraisal Journal, Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times. John is a founding member of the Real Estate Capital Institute and an active member of the Urban Land Institute. John holds a master’s degree in real estate appraisal and investment analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an undergraduate degree in business from DePaul University. John’s childhood experiences growing up in Chicago’s Humboldt Park, military school, and martial arts training have greatly influenced his investment philosophy.