Washington, Washington D.C. · Member since 2008 · 91 posts · 2 votes
I'm looking to start learning about real estate investing. I have a decent amount of basic knowledge on the subject, but I'd like to hear any recommendations on good authors or books that you'd recommend for a beginner. I was thinking about Real Estate investing for Dummies or some of Robert Shemin's books. Any thoughts? What about wholesaling books?
Ray and Dave -- Thanks for the kind words about my book.
FYI, I've just published a sequel, "Mastering Real Estate Investment -- Examples, Metrics and Case Studies," which provides additional examples of the metrics in "What Every..." as well as four detailed case studies: single-family rental, re-hab project, apartment building and strip center. It's on Amazon at
http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Real-Estate-Investment-Examples/dp/0981813801
Also, McGraw-Hill has just released a second edition of "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know..." which includes new material. http://www.amazon.com/Estate-Investor-Flow-Financial-Measures/dp/0071603271
These books have already been mentioned but must be good as everybody's mentioning them.
Flip: How to find, fix, and sell houses for profit" by Rick Villlani
Flip is written clear and concise and is Not overly repetitive. The topics that they discuss are in a common sense approach as in they may not tell you all the secrets but you will should learn these once you start. There are enough lists, charts and examples to educate people with different learning styles.
Every landlord's tax deduction guide.
This book is updated regularly and seems to cover all the tax topics a landlord would use. They discuss the deductions of repairs and replacement and tell you when one is better then the next. It seems to cover most of the tax topics a landlord would use from year to year.