Customer Review: This is an excellent book for those starting out in this business. It has motivated me to acquire my first investment property. However, after presenting some of the facts of this book to experienced investor friends, their comment was that the book may be overly optimistic. In particular, Mr.... more info
Customer Review: The author actually described the valuation of a bank CD as simply dividing the cash flow by the interest rate - a perpetuity valuation! But one does not receive the CD cash flow for eternity. A CD is a single cash flow that requires a simple time-value discounting. This teaching is akin to... more info
Customer Review: This book is a good idea, and presents relatively useful information in a straightforward fashion. BUT: the book as a whole suffers from some elements that make this a mediocre choice. A strong candidate in a long tradition of making business and finance texts unreadable, ruining the subject for... more info
Customer Review: Not worth the buy. I am an avid fan of Real Estate books and this one doesn't cut it. It is your basic real estate investing book. Synopsis of them all: Generalization of how to find undervalued homes, generalization on how to obtain financing, generalization on how to fix the place up,... more info
I was disappointed to read the (less than enthusiastic) reviews of this book. As a real estate agent, I've taken it out of the library so often that I'm finally going to break down and buy it. There may be some saavy home sellers who have a handle on the information in this book, but it's... more info
Customer Review: I purchased the For Sale by Owner by Steve Berges and in the book it pointed me to a website for PDF's and word documents on 10 Real Estate forms the book referenced. The Website is only about 80% functional and this book is not even listed. Needless to say, How much confidence should I put in the... more info
