Real estate investing book reviews
Turning Your Investing Into a Business While Weeding Through The Sales Pitches in “The E Myth Real Estate Investor”
“The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It” by Michael Gerber is a business development classic, and strongly recommended for anyone who wants to scale up their business while also creating a balanced lifestyle Gerber has apparently determined a new way to further monetize his E Myth dynasty by co-authoring new E Myth books for niche occupations and self-employed businesses. […]
” by Brandon Turner is a helpful “greatest hits” style overview of tools to have in a real estate investor’s toolbox, especially for those new to investing. Some of the presented 
” by Hal Elrod offers a fresh new perspective on combining tried and true best practices into one morning routine. His goal is to amp up & ramp up your personal performance, productivity, and life focus. For real estate investors, his techniques can help 
” by Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy provides a “best of” approach to synthesizing some of the main concepts from multiple other life planning books all into one digestible volume. While it doesn’t present much that is new in the goal setting and life 
” is a great reminder of what is important. It describes why you do things, and why you should not do things. And it takes the “death bed perspective”: How will you make this life its most meaningful and essential?
” by Peter Conti and David Finkel has an intriguing title for either beginner investors or more experienced investors who want to stretch investable funds further. Alas, 3/4 of the book is a blatant advertisement for the author gurus’ bootcamps and sell-up options. So, you need to skim 
” is a great introductory primer for any aspiring real 
” has become a well known reference for those who want to tune their pitches in a different way than many other sales books, and it can be used by real estate investors for many different scenarios. Since much of the 
” is the longtime best selling follow-up to the author’s “
“. “Rich Dad Poor Dad” 
” is true to its intent and title: It is a relatively simple set of recommendations for how to improve one’s personal and business life while moving toward larger goals in the future. It can be helpful for real estate investors looking for an 
” can be easily summed up as “work harder, longer, and faster than anyone else and you will be successful”. Yes, there is more to it than that. And yes, it does include a lot of positive success messaging for those willing 
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” by David J. Schwartz is not specific to real estate investing, yet it represents essential components of being a Big Picture Real Estate Investor. For anyone wanting to expand their horizons beyond an occasional SFR rental or flip, this book will help in setting your mindset to the right direction.
” by William Nickerson is an oldy but a goody, frequently cited by investors familiar with older works as an influential and actionable book for forming their investing strategies. Although aspects of finance, law, and expected behaviors have changed since this book was 
” by Gary Keller is a classic how-to book for aspiring real estate investors. The book is based on Keller and team’s research, direct real estate experience (Keller started national real estate brokerage Keller Williams), and especially interviews of successful real estate investors. The result is a combination of best practices, action 
“, came out a few years after his widely read successful first book, “The Art Of The Deal”. Although entertaining, the newer book is mostly “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” meets People magazine, with more focus on glamour, name dropping, gossip, and how The Donald is at 
“, was a major best seller for good reason. It both entertained and informed. It was an integral part of Donald Trump’s emergence as not only a real estate mogul, but a brand. Accordingly, it mixes together real estate chutzpah, big scale drama, and gossipy name dropping.