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How to Make a Fortune Today starting from scratch William Nickerson, self-made millionaire and author of the best-seller HOW I TURNED $1000 INTO A MILLION IN REAL ESTATE -IN MY SPARE TIME tells you about his new book William Nicker ion Before my first book was published, four years ago telling how I had made a fortune in real estate, mostly in my spare time five publishers turned i i. -i nru-.. ii bj w me uous uuwii, 1 1 icy an ftt said I had succeeded only l8LV because I started during the riprirpmsinn that nnhnrfv could do the same thing to day because the same opportunities no longer exist! When those publishers said "it can't be done any more," I had only half a million dollars, and no intentions of increasing my estate. But I got fighting mad, and decided to prove the skeptics wrong. I went out on the current real estate market, shopped ex clusively from ads that realtors put in metropolitan papers. And in two years 1 doubled my net estate to over a million dollars. So before my first book went to press I was able to add new material, to scrap the original title "The Realty Road to Riches," and retitle it How I Turned $1000 Into a Million. Perhaps you are one of the almost half a million people who read that book. May be you are one of the hundreds of fortunate men and women who have put my prin ciples into practice, and are now well along the road to financial independence. Or per haps, like the five publishers I mentioned, you doubt that you can do the same thing today that did then. If that's the case, then it is for you that I have written my new book, just published. It is called How To Make A Fortune Today-starting FROM SCRATCH! You Con Still Make a Fortune In Real Estate Today! In the past two years, thousands of people have asked for my advice. "How can I save a nest egg to start investing, when all I have now is a goose egg?" "Can an ordinary person like myself achieve success?" "With only $2,500 saved, how can I pyramid to a million dollars?" And the big question on everybody's mind : "Is it still possible to succeed today?" Believe me when I answer with an un qualified "YES!" You can still find and capitalize on many opportunities all around you. And I want to show you how! In my new book I tell you, in detail, exactly what you need to know to succeed in real estate now . . . and I answer specifically the count less questions that have been fired at me from all over the world, the same questions that you too probably wouldtlike to ask. Since the publication of my first book, the door of opportunity has swung open to many thousands of people. Every day letters pour in that prove how my book betters the lives of ordinary folk like you and me. They come from every major country in the free world, and from every section of the United States, Maine to Hawaii, Alaska to Florida. Turn a Small Sum Into Fortunes Just as These People Did Many of these letters thank me for re vealing my secrets of success. Frequently they give examples of how my proven for mula has helped men and women from every walk of life regardless of age, ex perience, location, education, capital or lack of it to start on the realty road to riches in leisure time. Hundreds of case histories are brought to my attention continually, like that of Roy Dygert, retired carpenter from Portland, Oregon, who bought a tri plex for $8,000, paying only $800 down. In seven months he spent $600 for materials and used his own labor to make improve ments. After a total cash outlay of $1,400, Roy sold the property for $14,500, and made a profit of $5,900. "Can Reading a Book Make You Rich?" an article in the April, 1961 Cosmopoli tan, told the story of Gerard Pinault of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, who didn't grad uate from grammar school, never earned more than a five thousand dollars a year. Then he read my first real-estate book. Yet, less than two years later, Pinault had seven buildings, a total of fifty units, and about eighteen thousand dollars a year in come from rentals-a accomplished in his spare time and on credit. Victor J. Zaro started his first realty in vestment in Philadelphia after my book came out, and in three years pyramided from scratch to a net worth of a third of a million dollars in apartment equities. He writes: "And some brokers told me your program wouldn't work in Philadelphia! For the first time in my life I feel I have achieved complete economic security. I know I wouldn't even have started invest ing except for the inspiration and know how of your book, and for this I shall be forever grateful." These current examples of success prove over and over how real-estate investment can turn small nest eggs into large fortunes using my methods. Specific Advice, Facts, Know-How, Start You on Road to Fortune NOW In How To Make A Fortune Today I bring you up-to-date on opportunities in real estate, and reveal valuable facts and advice on: How You Can Succeed with Average Ability in a Dwindling City How to Get Started Where to Find Good Buys When You Need a Lawyer Whether It Pays to Deal with a Realtor How You Can Tell a Good Risk How You Can Judge Risky Deals Where You Can Make Advantageous Trades How You Can Dispose of Homes and Other Equities What Property Improvements You Should Make for Maximum Profits How You Can Improve Operations and Management How to Get 100 Financing How to Determine Your Net Worth and Establish Credit The Best Place to Borrow Money How to Save Taxes on Operating Income How to Save Taxes on Pyramiding Profits . . . and much, much more I answer specifically questions like: Where is the best place to invest? How can you profit by inflation? Will the real-estate boom hold up? How can you make money and have a legitimate tax loss? How will proposed tax laws affect pyramiding to a million dollars? How can you recognize a good deal? Does it pay to put in new furniture? Where can I buy at a discount? Is do-it-yourself necessary? What contractors and contractors' gim micks should I guard against? What steps should I take before sign ing a contract? What should I watch after the job is finished? When should general rent increases be made? How do you borrow huge amounts? Where do I get 75 financing? . . . and hundreds more Case Histories Show You How My book tells you what has been done by dozens of people who, possibly like yourself, knew nothing about real estate before, yet now are cashing in big in this lucrative field. For example, a Savannah, Georgia read er had no previous experience when he read my book. He then mushroomed $ 1 ,000 into $30,000 in six months, buying eighteen apartments in three different buildings. A San Francisco area professional man also had no previous real-estate experi ence. He read my book and he is now suc cessfully launched on an eighteen-apart-ment investment. Philip Gamble, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is now successfully launched in a twelve-apartment investment with a valu ation in the $100,000 range. Prior to read ing my book he had no experience. Bee Hill Mueller, of Sacramento, Cali fornia, who had no experience in apart ment investment, followed my book and pyramided to more than $300,000. What these people have done, you can do too. How to Make a Fortune Today teaches you everything you need to know in hours. Average intelligence is all you need. No special skill or experience is re quired. Yet this exciting way of making money can completely change your life, just as it has done for so many people everywhere. Read Book FREE For 2 Weeks -Then Decide The knowledge you'll find in my new book could change your whole viewpoint on how to make money. You will be astonished to discover how easily so many average peo ple make more dollars in a single trans action than you now make in years of hard work. These are strong statements, but I am convinced that every word is true. Still, you may have many questions, many doubts. That is why the publishers invite you to examine my book free for two weeks in your own home. You be the judge. See if this isn't the most amazing, exciting, yet practical way to get out of the low income and high tax traps that most people are caught in. If you're not convinced, return the book in two weeks and pay nothing. Otherwise, keep it and send only $4.95 plus a few cents postage and handling. I'm sure that once you read my book you'll not let it go. For your free examination copy, mail coupon or write now to: Simon and Schuster, Publishers, Dept. FM, 630 Fifth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. To Your Bookseller, or SIMON AND SCHUSTER, Publishers Dept. FM 630 Fifth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. Please tend me William Nickerton'i book How TO MAKE A FORTUNE TODAY - STAKTINQ FROM scratch, (or two weeks' free examinntion. If not convinced that this book con pay tor ilself liter ally thousands of times over, I may return it in 14 days and pay nothing. Otherwise I will keep it and remit only $4.95 plus a few centt postage and handling as payment in full. Please Send HOW t TURNED $ 1 ,000 INTO A MIL LION, $4,95, same terms as above. D Send both Nickerson books for two weeks' free examination. If I keep them I will send only $9.90 plus postage and handling at payment in full. Name. . . Address. ( PLEASE PRINT) City Zone. , .State CHECK HERE AND SAVE: Enclose payment with coupon for: Hew to Make a Fortune Today, $4.95 Hew I Turned $1,000 Into a Million, $4.95 Both Books, $9.90 In this rate we prepay oil postage and handling charges. Same 14 -day return privilege, full refund guaranteed.
