ROBERT SHEMIN is a millionaire real estate investor and author who has appeared on more than fifty nationally syndicated talk show programs and has been featured in BusinessWeek, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of several bestselling real estate investing books, including Secrets of Buying and Selling Real Estate . . . Without Using Your Own Money!, Successful Real Estate Investing, and Unlimited Riches: Making Your Fortune in Real Estate Investing, all from Wiley.

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