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About the A uthors

John R. Burley has been actively investing for over a quarter of a century
and has completed over 1,000 real estate deals. John spent several years as a

top financial planner and has valuable insider information to share about the

industry in the first six chapters. At the age of 32, rather than retire, he chose
to continue to invest while teaching others how to become fi nancially free.
He is the author of Money Secrets of the Rich and Powerful Changes, and teaches
a Real Estate Investing Boot Camp. For more information, visit www.
johnburley.com.

J. J. Childers is a licensed attorney specializing in “wealth structures” that
reduce taxes and shield assets. He speaks on these topics to thousands of indi-
viduals, investors, and small business owners each year. He is also an active
investor and small business owner himself. His unique ability to explain
complicated strategies in simple terms has made him one of the nation’s most
sought after speakers and practitioners on asset-protecting legal structures.
For more information, see www.secretmillionaire.com.

Gary W. Eldred, PhD, the best-selling author of The Beginner’s Guide to Real
Estate Investing (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2004) and many other
books on real estate, serves as Trump University’s chief content expert for its
Real Estate Investor Training Program. Gary is a veteran real estate buyer,
seller, and investment consultant. He has taught graduate courses on real
estate at some of America’s top universities, including Stanford University,

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