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Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog.

This text is the market leader for the Real Estate Finance course. This is primarily due to its comprehensive and current coverage. Instructors find the text to be authoritative, rigorous and trustworthy, making it a classic in the field. This edition continues to evolve to provide students with the tools they need to understand and analyze real estate markets and the investment alternatives available to both debt and equity investors.

The Weekend Millionaire  shows readers how to look beyond price to the fundamentals of what makes a property valuable and to leverage that value in order to build wealth, consistently, over years. It also teaches them an original, win-win negotiating strategy in which the buyer determines the terms of the purchase and lets the seller determine the price.

Every real estate investor needs to know how to calculate cash flow, long-term gain, net operating income, and a few other basic financial formulas. What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow . . .  is a guide to the 36 most essential calculations that answer such crucial questions as "What is this building really worth today?" "What kind of cash flow can I expect?"

Frank Gallinelli tells you what you need to know about: • Selecting the best real estate investments for individual investor needs • What lenders are really looking for in real estate investors • Creating winning loan presentations • Closing statements and what to expect when the deal is sealed

Anyone who seeks financial wealth must first learn the fundamental truths and models that drive it. The Millionaire Real Estate Investor represents the collected wisdom and experience of over 100 millionaire investors from all walks of life who pursued financial wealth and achieved the life-changing freedom it delivers. This book--in straightforward, no nonsense, easy-to-read style--reveals their proven strategies.

Eric Cumley provides seven proven industry secrets to building the relationships that achieve and maintain high occupancy levels. From “Stop Qualifying Prospects and Start Interviewing Them,” to “Follow-Up is the Extra Mile,” Cumley provides examples, tips, to-do lists, sample scripts, and more that will help you responsible for filling vacancies do so, quickly and effectively.

A few years ago, Matthew Martinez was a lot like you - he worked hard to make as big a salary as he could. But it wasn't enough. He worked by the clock, and yearned to be his own boss. With a small amount of savings, he acquired his first rental property. Two years later, he was making more from his rentals than he was working 9 to 5, so he quit his day job to oversee his real estate investments.

Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur  is for the individual who is ready to get serious about investing. Not a rah-rah or get-rich-quick book, this book is for someone who is prepared to think about what he or she wants to accomplish. James Randel provides the how and why.

When it comes to delivering a pitch, Oren Klaff has unparalleled credentials. Over the past 13 years, he has used his one-of-a- kind method to raise more than $400 million—and now, for the fi rst time, he describes his formula to help you deliver a winning pitch in any business situation.

David Crook, of The Wall Street Journal , shows how to make safe and sane investments that ensure a good night’s sleep as your real-estate portfolio grows, your properties appreciate and your income increases.

Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan–there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times.  Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, or earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, The 4-Hour Workweek  is the blueprint

“Matt Martinez is able to take the complicated world of real estate investing and put it into terminology that the average person is able to understand. Understand the acquisition of apartment buildings is not an easy task but Matt makes it clear and concise in his book. He gives the reader the tools, knowledge, and desire; it is only up to the reader to follow what he reads to give him success.”

Presenting the essential concepts, principles, and tools for the analysis of commercial real estate, this real estate text provides you with the tools you need to understand real estate investments in today's dynamic economy.

The average hiring mistake costs a company $1.5 million or more a year and countless wasted hours. This statistic becomes even more startling when you consider that the typical hiring success rate of managers is only 50 percent.

A successful self-made real-estate mogul shares his personal recipe for success in the real-estate market, explaining why property investment is so lucrative and offering helpful advice for getting into and making money in this high-profit business.

Countless readers have been helped by the famous "Babylonian parables," hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth.

Dolf de Roos’s Commercial Real Estate Investing  reveals all the differences between residential and commercial investing and shows you how to make a bundle. De Roos explores the different sectors―retail, office space, industrial, hospitality, or specialist―to help you discover which is right for you.

Fifteen easy-to-understand sections take readers through the multifaceted process of selecting the best type of real estate investment—analyzing the overall market and assessing a specific area's growth potential; deciding on the right property to purchase and forecasting its market value 20 years down the line;

Multi-Family Millions  offers expert advice for investors who want to make the transition from single-family homes to more profitable multi-family units. Successful real estate investor David Lindahl shows you how to find troubled properties that are ripe for quick profits, how to fix or flip those properties, and how to re-sell at maximum value.

Whether you’re a first-time real estate investor or a seasoned professional, The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings  helps you map out your future, find apartment buildings at a fair price, finance purchases, and manage your properties.

Is it possible to make a million dollars in only one minute? The answer just might surprise you. The One Minute Millionaire  is an entirely new approach, a life-changing “millionaire system” that will teach you how to: * Create wealth even when you have nothing to start with. * Overcome fears so you can take reasonable risks. * Use the power of leverage to build wealth rapidly. * Use “one minute” habits to build wealth over the long term.

The bestselling The Millionaire Next Door identifies seven common traits that show up again and again among those who have accumulated wealth. Most of the truly wealthy in this country don't live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue-they live next door. This new edition, the first since 1998, includes a new foreword for the twenty-first century by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley.

The Real Estate Game is a comprehensive guide to successful real estate investment from one of the masters in the field. Drawing upon four decades of experience developing, owning, and managing properties and on almost thirty years of teaching at the Harvard Business School, William J. Poorvu offers an insider's perspective on how to make smart decisions about real estate.

Self-made billionaire Sam Zell consistently sees what others don’t. From finding a market for overpriced Playboy  magazines among his junior high classmates, to buying real estate on the cheap after a market crash, to investing in often unglamorous industries with long-term value, Zell acts boldly on supply and demand trends to grab the first-mover advantage. And he can find opportunity virtually anywhere—from an arcane piece of legislation to a desert meeting in Abu Dhabi.

An exploration of the key concepts of real estate finance and investment strategy. This book not only covers the key theoretical and mathematical underpinnings of real estate finance, but also stresses the ambiguity of investment decision making. Throughout the textbook, tables and graphs have been reformatted for easier comprehension, and the index of key terms has been expanded significantly, allowing for a more robust search capability.

Stanley focuses in on the top one percent of households in America and tells us the motor behind the engine; what makes them tick. His findings on how these families reached such financial success are based on in-depth surveys and interviews with more than thirteen hundred millionaires.

Independent commercial real estate broker Michael Reinhard has been leveraging the financial benefits of our strong economy for years. In this practical and insightful guide, he offers advice to help others in their pursuit of commercial real estate endeavors.

An instant classic, this revised and updated edition of the phenomenal bestseller dispels the myths about starting your own business. Small business consultant and author Michael E. Gerber, with sharp insight gained from years of experience, points out how common assumptions, expectations, and even technical expertise can get in the way of running a successful business.

What if you could wake up tomorrow and any—or EVERY—area of your life was beginning to transform? What would you change? The Miracle Morning  is already transforming the lives of tens of thousands of people around the world by showing them how to wake up each day with more ENERGY, MOTIVATION, and FOCUS to take your life to the next level. It’s been right here in front of us all along, but this book has finally brought it to life.

Are you inspired to leave your 9-to-5 job and start flipping houses? In The Book on Flipping Houses, expert real estate fix-and-flipper J Scott details a step-by-step plan to succeed in your first—or next—house flip. This revised edition of the bestselling book includes new explanations on the ins-and-outs of flipping real estate in any part of the economic cycle, more options on how to finance your flips, and a focus on larger renovation projects not previously discussed.

How much does it really cost to flip a house? In this new second edition, get all the updated costs, upgrade details, and associated values when it comes to estimating your next renovation!

Here Gallinelli revisits the 37 key metrics from his "Cash Flow" book and guides you through examples that will lead you to mastery of those concepts.

This book cuts through the confusion that pervades today's real estate investor's understanding of asset protection. It provides in-depth, easy to understand analysis of different asset protection entities as they relate to real estate investing.

Is your lack of cash holding you back from your real estate dreams? Discover the creative real estate financing techniques that savvy investors are using to do more deals, more often.

No matter how great you are at finding real estate deals, you could lose everything if you don’t manage your properties correctly. However, being a landlord doesn’t have to mean middle-of-the-night phone calls, costly evictions, or daily frustrations with ungrateful tenants. Being a landlord can be fun—but only if you do it right!

Real estate investing can provide a safe and fast path to financial freedom, and this business best seller will show you exactly how to get there. With nearly 400 pages of in-depth advice, The Book on Rental Property Investing imparts practical and exciting strategies that real estate investors across the world are using to build significant cash flow with rental properties.

Building wealth is always possible, even while working full-time, earning a median income, and paying off debt. By layering philosophy with practical knowledge, Set for Life gives young professionals the action plan they need to conquer their financial goals early in life. With more than 130,000 first-edition copies sold, this anniversary edition gets a refresh with new content, updated numbers, and even more valuable tips and tricks learned over the last five years.

"How to Invest in Real Estate  will catapult you 5-10 years ahead of where you are now. The content-rich chapters and corresponding stories of real estate investors give you guidance from the top real estate pros."

Brian Murray was not an investment pro when he bought his first commercial property. He was a teacher looking to build some side income. Armed with his passion for business and a lot of common sense, he developed a simple yet highly effective approach to investing that he still uses today at his multimillion-dollar real estate company.

Long-Distance Real Estate Investing: How to Buy, Rehab, and Manage Out-of-State Rental Properties

More than ever, investing in property today will set you on track to conquer financial uncertainty and build your long-term net worth. Investing in Real Estate, Seventh Edition offers dozens of experience- proven methods to convert these challenging times into the best of times.

In Real Estate Titans, Erez Cohen shares the advice and learnings of the world's leading real estate experts to create a guide for becoming a savvier real estate player.

Building Wealth One House at a Time, 2nd Edition provides you with a practical way to create wealth through an ethical approach of buying, financing, and managing property. Renowned real estate expert John W. Schaub takes you through his 9-step program and explains how to accumulate one million dollars’ worth of houses debt free in any market, while earning a steady cash flow.

Written for the millions of landlords who own a single-family home, condo, or small (less than four unit) rental property, Every Landlord’s Guide to Managing Property  covers everyday skills a hands-on landlord needs, including how to: • retain good, long-term tenants with regular communication • handle nitty-gritty maintenance―from snow removal to toilet clogs to painting • avoid conflicts over late rent, unauthorized roommates, and clutter • limit costly tenant turnovers and vacancies • manage condos and deal with association restrictions

To keep up with the law and make money as a residential landlord, you need a guide you can trust: Every Landlord's Legal Guide. From move-in to move-out, here’s help with legal, financial, and day-to-day issues. You’ll avoid hassles and headaches―not to mention legal fees and lawsuits.

Rich Dad Poor Dad  is Robert's story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.

How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job. Transform your dailey routine into a rewarding & challenging platform for self-improvement with this invaluable volume that includes selections from Dale Carnegie's celebrated bestsellers How to Win Friends & Influence People and How to Stop Worrying & Start Living. Now you can turn ordinary tasks into stimulating opportunties, discover four essential work habits, tap into a sense of purpose, give and receive criticism, and unlock talents you didn't have.

A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations—whether in the boardroom or at home.

Written by a nationally renowned attorney whose practice is limited to the complex legal aspects of these kinds of securities; it is a concise, easily understood and practical guide on how to proceed. It contains all the basics you need to grasp in the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations governing this kind of investment.

With more than 20-plus years of experience in real estate and as the founder of The Landlord Property Management Academy, Bryan M. Chavis knows all phases and aspects of working with rental properties. In Buy It, Rent It, Profit!

This book contains 101 proven methods for structuring your real estate investments that will put you in a league of your own as a wealth builder. After studying this book, you will no longer need to blindly battle against other buyers and sellers in the marketplace.

Thanks to Martin Saenz, you can finally learn how to achieve financial freedom by buying and profiting from distressed mortgages. This is Note Investing Made Easier, and with the thoughtful and insightful guidance and support along the way, you’ll be poised to start your portfolio from scratch before you even finish this book!

This book will teach you how to: •Achieve wealth and cash flow through real estate •Find property with real potential •Show you how to unlock the myths that are holding you back •Negotiating the deal based on the numbers •Evaluate property and purchase price •Increase your income through proven property management tools

Real estate managers today are more than property overseers who must manage the day-to-day operations of their clients’ properties—they are often asset managers. This book provides insight into the real estate management company and manager’s role in the financial analysis and asset management of a property. It also provides an inside look into the details of how to budget, forecast, and analyze cash flow.

David Osborn and Paul Morris, two of the most popular and celebrated wealth-building minds in the game today, have mastered the art and science of sustainable wealth creation through entrepreneurship, passion, and a relentless focus on growth, success, and fulfillment. In Wealth Can't Wait, they share their decades of knowledge, debunk the myth that building wealth is often difficult, and demonstrate how you can create horizontal income streams to enjoy more financial freedom throughout your life.

Three expert investors and bestselling authors come together to show you how to get the most deals—and the best deals—on all of your investment property. With more than 1,000 successful real estate deals between them, J Scott, Mark Ferguson, and Carol Scott combine the science of negotiation with real world experience to dive into all aspects of the real estate negotiation process.

Zeckendorf: The autobiograpy of the man who played a real-life game of Monopoly and won the largest real estate empire in history

Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat  is the five-part BRRRR real estate investing strategy that makes financial freedom more attainable than ever: You buy a property under market value, add value with renovations, rent it out to tenants, complete a cash-out refinance, then use that money to do it all over again.

The passive investment strategies for wealth building and income generation described in this book have traditionally been used by some of the world’s most sophisticated institutional investors, but are now available to nearly everyone thanks to recent regulatory changes. This handbook will guide you through the process of building your own diversified real estate portfolio by identifying and making investments with established and experienced private real estate operators.

Seasoned Google executives Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg provide an insider's guide to Google, from its business history and disruptive corporate strategy to developing a new managment philosophy and creating a corporate culture where innovation and creativity thrive.

Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep Work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep-spending their days instead in a frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there's a better way.

The book that revolutionized business communications has been updated for today’s workplace. Crucial Conversations  provides powerful skills to ensure every conversation—especially difficult ones—leads to the results you want. Written in an engaging and witty style, the book teaches readers how to be persuasive rather than abrasive, how to get back to productive dialogue when others blow up or clam up, and it offers powerful skills for mastering high-stakes conversations, regardless of the topic or person.

Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk. After four decades spent ascending to the top of the investment management profession, he is today sought out by the world's leading value investors, and his client memos brim with insightful commentary and a time-tested, fundamental philosophy. Now for the first time, all readers can benefit from Marks's wisdom, concentrated into a single volume that speaks to both the amateur and seasoned investor.

Michael Blank’s passion is being an entrepreneur and helping others become (better) entrepreneurs. His focus is apartment building investing by raising money from private individuals. He’s been investing in residential and multifamily real estate since 2005 and began syndicating deals in 2010.

Welcome to the world's longest running, DAILY, real estate investing podcast. Join Joe Fairless as he talks to successful real estate professionals and they give you their best advice ever with none of the fluff.

Imagine you're friends with hundreds of real estate investors and entrepreneurs. Now imagine you can grab a beer or coffee with each of them and casually chat about failures, successes, motivations, and lessons learned. That’s what The Bigger Pockets Podcast delivers! Co-hosted by Brandon Turner and David Greene, this show provides actionable advice from investors and other real estate professionals every week.

Welcome to the Cash Flow Connections Real Estate Podcast. This podcast provides insights into the intricacies of commercial real estate investing through interviews with some of the leading investors, sponsors, and managers in the U.S. The program centers on cash flow focused asset classes such as mobile home parks, self-storage, multi-family, and office, but virtually all types of real estate transactions will be covered.

Survive and thrive in today's economy! With over 950 episodes produced, business and investment guru Jason Hartman interviews top-tier guests, bestselling authors and financial experts.

Matt Theriault, real estate investor, entrepreneur and author will show you how to create wealth through conventional and creative real estate investing while improving your financial education so you will have the option to realistically retire in the next ten years, or less… and enjoy the good life while you’re still young enough to do so.

Make Money in Real Estate Wholesaling or Flipping Houses

New shows 5 Days a week! Mondays are an interview with a successful real estate investor. I get to the bottom of their business to discover the secret to how they became successful. Tuesday through Friday is filled with small actionable advice and tips that you can use in your business to immediately help you further your success in real estate.

This show has created more financial freedom for busy people than nearly any show in the world. Wealthy people's money either starts out or ends up in real estate. But you can't lose your time. Without being a landlord or flipper, you learn about strategic passive real estate investing to create wealth for yourself.

The Lifetime CashFlow through Real Estate Podcast grants you access to expert real estate investors, syndicators, lenders, property managers and advisors. These experts share their stories, tips and advice on how they successfully built their businesses, and their fortunes, through multi-family real estate investing.

Real estate investing podcast and recordings of live classes focused primarily on the Nomad real estate investing strategy, but also covering traditional buy and hold.

The Old Capital Real Estate Investing Podcast is aimed at Multifamily Real Estate Investors both new and seasoned. Hosts Michael Becker and Paul Peebles deliver no-hype education from an experienced commercial banker’s perspective.

Take the guesswork out of real estate investing. Learn how BUSY PEOPLE like you can build substantial passive income while creating wealth for the long-term. Gain expert knowledge and advice on real estate investing as Marco Santarelli (of Norada Real Estate Investments) shares his strategies and valuable insights with a special emphasis on Passive and Turnkey (done-for-you) real estate investments.

A show dedicated to inspiring property developers to bigger and better things, whether you are doing a 4-unit site or a boutique apartment block, there will be something for you to learn and use.

On Real Estate Disruptors, Steve Trang interviews the biggest producers in the real estate world. Steve interviews top investors that are wholesaling 10+ houses per month along with traditional real estate agents that are selling hundreds of houses per year.

Learn the real estate investing strategies from experts around the country on how to get started in real estate investing or grow your existing portfolio. Moneeka Sawyer has built a multi-million dollar business using real estate as her vehicle to build what she calls, Blissful Wealth, only working 5 hours per month. She loves empowering women to do the same. In this podcast you will not only learn great investing strategies, but also how to get the mindset and heartset so you can profit from real estate and enjoy the journey.

On the Real Estate Investing Mastery Podcast, Joe McCall will share with you the real world secrets on how to make a full-time income through investing in real estate - with a special emphasis on fast cash strategies like Wholesaling and Lease Options.

On the Real Estate Investing For Cashflow podcast, you'll learn firsthand how the most successful commercial real estate investors in the world have learned to leverage their multifamily and commercial properties to create a steady stream of passive income. We'll spend time with industry experts who will teach you how to take your Real Estate Investing business to the next level.

The FlipNerd real estate investing podcast brings you access to expert real estate investors and other awesome entrepreneurs. We host the most successful experts in every facet of real estate investing, from single family to multi family, wholesaling and more.

Don’t get caught off guard by market crashes that can take all your money down with them. And don’t miss out on markets where you can build wealth practically overnight. Real Estate News for Investors with Kathy Fettke is the premiere source for savvy real estate investors who want the edge.

Robert 'The Rebelbroker' Whitelaw is a real estate broker and Realtor® in Morgan Hill, California. Having started in real estate in 1988, he has seen more than his share of what is right and wrong with the real estate business. First and foremost is helping buyers, sellers, investors, and real estate entrepreneurs get the best info the can on real estate.This show is an opportunity to discuss some of the best ways to achieve your real estate goals and build wealth - from an insiders perspective.