Customer Reviews:
A Worthwhile Read for Any Multi-Family Real Estate Investor.......2007-09-30
I purchased and read this book after hearing an interview that talked about Ken's next book in the series--the more advanced version of this book. I've been a real-estate investor for some years and along with my two partners we own 1800 units in three western states. I've never before read an investment book that I didn't have some major disagreements with before reading this one. Actually, the only thing surprising to me was that Ken doesn't provide emergency lock-out service for his residents. We do, but many things in this business are counter-intuitive. I'd like to know his reasons. It's too bad he doesn't have a blog--and even though I'm not reviewing his personal website, he needs an update including downloads of the forms he promises to have available there in the book (they're still coming soon according to the web-site, but it's 3 years since the book came out).
There seems to be a lot of confusion among the reviewers as to who this book should appeal to. I think to all: from beginner to seasoned investor. Some who feel it doesn't address them in the reviews haven't paid attention. Buying single family homes and renting them is speculation. Small mom and pop rentals are also not investing any more than is flipping homes. I've watched these speculators come and go over the years--good luck to them they'll need it. Meanwhile if you're an ambitious 20 something who wants to go into real-estate who doesn't have the money, go to work for someone like me, or if you like more structure, for a large property management company and learn the business and you'll find lots of money available to you. If you're older, like I was, find some partners, take the risk and plan to work.
A saying I've always remembered is: Wise men learn from others' mistakes, fools from their own, and the rest just don't learn. I've always aspired to be at least a fool, but I wouldn't hesitate to learn from the mistakes of others. I recommend the book.
Need more concrete answers.......2007-08-02
Book is a good read, but I felt I needed more concrete answers to my questions. Maybe more strategies or specific steps to take in different scenarios.
I have found another book that answered my questions and had more strategies to share. Bubble Proof: Real Estate Strategies that Work in any Market by Tonja Demoff. Great read!
We'll talk about that later!.......2007-06-27
Author spends a lot of time telling you he will discuss it in a later chapter. Overall a decent book with relevent information.
The answer!.......2007-06-10
If you are serious about investing in real estate,then this is the real estate "Bible" of investing.
Great Real Estate Investment Book.......2007-05-14
This book was an excellent primer in Investing in Real Estate. I was extremely pleased with the easy to understand material, and guidelines it provided me on the subject. I would highly recommend it to anyone that is serious about investing in real estate.
Book Description
Have you ever wanted to sell your own home? Jennifer Wake is banking $45,000 from selling her home solo. This nurse by night, For Sale By Owner by day, says, "It really paid off."
The For Sale by Owner Handbook guides you step-by-step through the home-selling process. It gives you inside real estate trade secrets to sell your home like a pro.
A team of national leading experts-pros from: "Trading Spaces", Oprah Winfrey's magazine, Better Homes & Gardens, Country Living, House Beautiful, "This Old House", Yale University, University of California-Berkeley, New York University, American University, and the Fannie Mae Foundation (just to name a few!)—take you by the hand and teach you how to:
• Sell your home for the best price
• Make your home irresistible to buyers
• Negotiate contracts with ease (sample real estate contracts included)
• Hassle-free closing
• How to make sure buyers are financially qualified to buy your home
• How to get your home listed on the MLS (Multiple Listing Service)
• And every single step along the way
In addition, there are numerous interviews with national experts, including:
• Real estate agents - successful home-selling tactics
• Attorneys -- provide legal advice and contract tips
• Interior designers -- to make your home look more spacious
• Home inspectors -- What you want to see, what you don't want to know (see the sample inspection report)
• Appraisers, mortgage lenders, title insurance pros, home warranty experts, termite inspectors, and more.
Customer Reviews:
Conflicting information; incomplete; poor grammar -- very bad!.......2007-09-27
This book appears to have been thrown together quickly in order to satisfy a market niche. First and foremost, it is lacking in detail. There's no way you can take what you "learn" in this book and then immediately sell your home FSBO. You need a lot more information on closing, home inspection, and numerous other issues on which this book barely touches. Furthermore, the formatting of the book, which highlights the opinions of "experts," is often contradictory without any insight into or explanation of the contrary opinions. Rather, mutually exclusive opinions (and facts!) are presented side-by-side. Finally, there are tons of typos and grammatical errors in this book -- which is predominantly fluff, any way. The type face is large and the book is thin. Although there isn't a lot of material to be found on selling FSBO (for obvious reasons), would-be FSBO sellers would be smart to continue their searches rather than stopping here.
Maybe in the right market..........2007-09-23
With all due respect to the results the other reviewers may have gotten, I and my wife can say with certainty that this book, or the other FSBO book we bought, would not have gotten us through the kind of sale we faced in the turbulent California market at the end of 2007. The book had some very practical tips on prepping the house prior to sale, but would have provided little guidance in dealing with the kind of realtor & buyers that we consistently had to deal with, and who ultimately made the only decent offer on our place, but who ultimately strung us out (missing the escrow date in the disintegrating lending market), and tried to worm all kinds of preposterous conditions and discounts from us. We fell back on our very experienced realtor who knew exactly how to deal with such people and situations. I wouldn't not recommend this, or any other FSBO book (though the boiler-plate contracts in the other book were ultimately worthless), but BE PREPARED to have a GOOD realtor on your side should things go wrong. An green seller would not have the perspective to deal with sharky buyers and realtor-lender teams. Be warned.
Better than FSBO Kit (Irwin).......2007-05-31
I bought this book and the FSBO Kit book by Irwin, and this one is far superior! This book is concise and packs more useful information, especially once you've found a buyer. The other has much less on negotiating, writing contracts, the steps leading to closing, who pays for what, estimates for repairs post-inspection, and tips for packing. I'd describe the Irwin book as more of a pep-talk, but it did give me the confidence to do it myself.
Worth the money.......2007-01-14
The best one - it was very helpful in getting me through the fine details. Well worth the money.
Best Book.......2006-05-25
I went to the library and got several books on FSBO and this one was the best. Several books I had from the library were not true FBSO books for they only had one chapter talking about it. This handbook was not like that. With it recieved my full asking price and was able to understand confusing jardon and rules in selling the house. Most importantly, I felt secure at every step of the selling process that i was not getting ripped off and everything was fair.
Customer Reviews:
Bland, but informative.......2007-02-01
A good reference book for funding your real estate projects. Not very motivating, but a good tool to have in your library nonetheless. There's got to be better out there, I just have'nt come across it yet.
real estate master's student.......2006-06-05
This book has endless grammatical mistakes. The book has virtually useless subjects that run on and on. If you want to read about how to make money selling potentially exotic plants from the front of a house you are looking to buy, then this is the book for you. If you want a book on finance, look up Bruggeman's book on Real Estate Finance. Save your money and time. Don't read this "filler" book.
Solid.......2004-04-26
Cummings is one of my favorite R.E. authors. He is very thorough. This one has chapters on conventional and creative financing, tax exchanges, land development, discounting mortgages, sale-leasebacks, how to get started and even dealing with foreclosure. Table of contents is very thorough and makes it very easy to go to the exact page you want to to find specific information. He is good with the numbers and doesnt leave much to the imagination like many authors do. I recommend anything by this author.
Excellent "Creative Real Estate Financing" manual.......2002-02-19
This "no-nonsense" book, by a seasoned investor and broker, is mostly focused on non-traditional real estate financing vehicles. Bits and pieces on the subject have previously taught by various gurus, but this book covers ALL of them. If every Realtor and investor read this, we would all be better off.
Other recommended RE investing reads:
The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing
Landlording by Leigh Robinson
5 Magic Paths to Making a Fortune In Real Estate Investing
The Income Stream by Robt. Goodman
Solid, comprehensive, but a bit verbose.......2002-01-06
This and Landlording, by Leigh, are my two fave's so far as a real estate investor. This one tends towards overkill with many, many examples but other readers may want that more than I did. There are one or two strategy recommendations I disagree with rather heartily, but it's clear, pretty much accurate, and very readable. The no-nonsense writing reminds me a bit of T. Dallow or J. Reed, both also recommended.
Book Description
Stop working for someone else, and start living the dream!
It's a fact: you'll never get rich just working for a living. The only sure way to achieve real wealth and the freedom it buys is by letting your investments work for you. And, as self-made multimillionaire Brad Sugars proves, the quickest and safest route to the kind of “passive” income it takes to live the dream is real estate investment.
In The Real Estate Coach he delivers the same easy-to-understand-and-use strategies that brought him and millions of his clients success. Step by step he shows you how to:
- Find great investment opportunities
- Manage your properties for maximum profit
- Add value to your investments without breaking the bank
- Sell for a substantial profit
Get real results right now when you discover all that Instant Success has to offer!
Instant Advertising * Instant Cashflow * Instant Leads * Instant Profit * Instant Promotions * Instant Referrals Instant Repeat Business * Instant Sales * Instant Systems * Instant Team Building * The Business Coach * Successful Franchising * Billionaire in Training
Customer Reviews:
A REAL Guide to Real Estate Investment.......2007-06-11
This has to be the best overall guide to real estate investment I have read yet. Brad Sugars puts concepts into place that seem (and are) simple compared to many other books of this type. Through his explanation of Wealth Wheels, Brad makes sense out of many of the other books you might read on Real Estate Investment. Use this book to craft your investment strategy, and the techniques described by other writers will become much clearer. A must read for any current or potential investor!
Good Starting Book.......2006-08-09
An easy read with several key tips for the novice investor and many tips and principles are in bold text for you if you if would like to recall at a later date. I would definitely recommend reading this book.
I gave 4 stars because I would have liked more explanation or analysis with financial discussions, especially since getting the financial analysis right is key. For instance, there are tax rules associated with property investing and it's not clear what some of these inherent rules are which were used in financial analysis. For instance on page 35, it calculated a $1,615 after tax cash flow. I guess one must assume that even though you don't pay any federal income taxes on your investment property you can actually get a refund back from the government. If this is true, it's a pretty important point and should be considered being clarified and highlighted.
In addition on page 35 it says "let's assume it grows at just 5 percent". Then the lower table used an analysis of 6%. I think this might be a typo, but if not this too is not clear to the reader why there is a difference between the figures.
Also, he mentions to buy income producing properties with an interest only loan. However, it's not clear if one should do this all the time. For instance when you know the rates are going up do you still keep it in an interest only loan? When do you pay it off or refinance to a fixed, if ever?
Also, the financial cost of real estate agent fees were not calculated, and I suspect may make a difference between a buy, hold, or sell decision. There might be a reason for this but again it's not clear.
Overall it's a great book for beginners such as myself, and I would recommend this book along with a follow-on book which can go into detail on the financial aspects of real estate investing.
Sound Principles for a Beginer in Real Estate.......2006-06-26
The Real Estate Coach: A Story of Real Estate Investing Success, by Bradley J. Sugars
"Remember this fact: How happy would you be if your grandmother had bought 10 properties 80 years ago in downtown Los Angeles, London, Sydney or Tokyo?"
"Investing is about your future- your family's future- it's not about tomorrow. Making money tomorrow is what your job or business is for; investing is about 3, 5 or even 10 years from now."
"Keep this one principle in mind: you don't have to be rich to invest, but you have to invest to be rich."
This book will give someone who is thinking about investing in real estate the push they need. It's a cute - quick story about a middle aged couple who are seemingly well off, yet want to build assets and net worth for their future and happen to be introduced to a real estate "coach" or mentor who explains the benefits and strategies involved with investing in real estate.
A particularly interesting concept was the "Property Wealth Wheel" which is simply a way of looking at or bunching different types of properties together so the quick profit from a flip will fund further property purchases and the cash flow from some properties will help cover others that don't have cash flow but are expected to appreciate at a faster rate.
By Kevin Kingston, Author of, A 20,000% Gain in Real Estate: A True Story...
A must read book.......2006-06-21
Reading the Real Estate Coach is a MUST if you are thinking of investing in Real Estate.
It is so easy to read and contains very useful strategies to help you make smart investments.
I definitely recommend this book.
Essential reading.......2006-06-19
Why didn't I read this book before I purchased my first property...I would have saved thousands.
Brad's simple to understand yet powerful property negotiation and development techniques are benefitial to both the novice and professional developer.
You will learn powerful techniques to buy the right properties at the best possible prices in any market.
Book Description
This book is well suited for an audience of sinlges/couples who would like to buy or who already own a home, and wish to offset their current mortgage with subsequent income from rentals. Property managers of small rentals could also find this very helpful.
Download Description
This book is well suited for an audience of sinlges/couples who would like to buy or who already own a home, and wish to offset their current mortgage with subsequent income from rentals. Property managers of small rentals could also find this very helpful.
Customer Reviews:
NOT the best bang for your buck........2004-03-07
I bought this book as a novice in the rental business hoping to find information that would get me started out on the right foot. I WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTED. I will not go as far as to say that this book is worthless; there are some useful tidbits of information that i found helpful, but there are other books out there that are so much better. I strongly suggest LANDLORDING, by Leigh Robinson (Ninth Edition or newer). It's available on amazon, of course.
Good Information For The USA.......2002-11-11
On reading this book no matter how much I tried to focus I found myself wondering whether the content actually related to my own situation in the Uk.
I purchased the book looking for straightforward advice on being a landlord covering aspects such as legal implications, inventory advice etc. However from the information I read on site it was not clear that this was very much a book for those in the USA. Once I started reading it soon became apparent when it spoke of the different laws for different "states", forms with "zip codes" etc. Whilst the general information was useful I felt that I couldn't rely on any document or legal advice as this might not hold for the UK.
A good read but I felt that it should have been highlighted on the site that it was for the USA
I use this book in my Rental Property Management Class.......2001-10-26
As a landlord for over 30 years and teaching classes on the subject in two different schools, this is one book that I have found invaluable as a resource for wannabe and experienced landlords. Don't think you know it all no matter what you read, learn, experience... I'm still picking up tips and hints! Much of my curriculum was already covered in this book but still there was more to use and learning from each other is the way to go! Very happy to see this book on the market and in laymen's terms and with the prominent hints and smiles to make it easy reading.
A-Z Information on how to manage rental property.......2000-10-06
This book is a must read if you plan to manage rental units.
I once was lost, but now am found..........2000-09-26
There was a point in my life that I was lost as to what to do or, more importantly, not to do, but with this book under my belt, I know feel like Super Landlord. It answered all the questions that I had and even some that I didn't. I would not only suggest this book to first-time Landlords, but to those of you who have been around the block for a while.
Book Description
From telephone presentations to showing apartments to closing the deal—insider secrets to filling every apartment, every time
Vacant apartments mean income lost—for property management companies, investment property owners, landlords, and anyone else who relies on rental income to pay the bills. In 7 Secrets to Successful Apartment Leasing, 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.
Customer Reviews:
A must read for all professionals in the apt. biz........2000-01-11
Need an edge on your competition? Read this book, use the techniques described and no one will say no to leasing an apartment from you! Whether you have an A plus or C property this book will help. This is a no nonsense, real approach to filling those vacancies and more importantly keeping them full. As a manager I keep this as a bible in my office and require all of my staff, including maintenance personell to read it. It is not just another sales book that teaches the hard close method. It gives you insight into how your customer thinks and once you know how they think, you can get them every time. I highly recommend it to all owners, managers, and leasing consultants.
Book Description
An instant source of checklists, worksheets, forms, and model letters that provide a virtual blueprint for success at every stage of real estate development, from seeking the right property and budgeting to building and selling it at the highest profit.
Customer Reviews:
This is an excellent book.......2001-06-08
I have reviewed the content of the book and it is excellent. With some good grounding knowledge of real estate development (for example reading the book "real estate development - principles & process" by Gayle Berens et al), this book will make you very knowledgeable in real estate, whether you are buying, building or managing a proprty.
I bought the book and I am happy with it...I just hope that the author or the publisher will provide a CD with all the calculation tables included in the next edition of the book. This shortcoming does not diminish the usefulness of the book. Buy it, read it and keep it.
Almost Comprehensive.......2000-05-22
This is an excellent book as far as it goes, which is a lot farther than any other real estate development book of which I'm aware. This book is for those who want the equivalent of a Masters Degree in real estate, and is not geared to those without a backgroung in the business. I'm president of a development company, and we used this book to review our own methods, and we have consequently improved our effectiveness significantly. Nevertheless, in this electronic age, not to have a cd-rom of the spreadsheets he uses is a significant drawback to this otherwise excellent book
Comprehensive and Well Structured Book.......2000-04-27
I have found this book to be very useful as a master checklist and general reference guide. The book is not intended for those who might be looking for case studies and historical data, but rather for those seeking an exhaustive overview of the sequence of steps and array of interconnected tasks in a generic development program.
Comprehensive guide to all phases of development.......1999-03-21
This at-first daunting volume provides an exhaustively detailed analysis of the development process from planning to cash-out. Zuckerman and Blevins offer a highly readable, highly useful and comprehensive guide to all phases of development. Beginning with the fundamentals of planning, site selection and dealing with the government, the 700-plus page text details number crunching, and finance before leading a step-by-step tour of the construction process. Common sense marketing advice and instruction on the maximization of return follow. The final chapter on responding to the changing cycles of the real estate industry may be worth the hefty price of this hefty book all by itself. Real Estate Development Workbook and Manual is jam-packed with lists, checklists and forms. One list, for example, points to every possible item for OSHA compliance. A real estate glossary to end all glossaries brings up the rear. Possibly the most fascinating part of the book is a huge pull-out chart called a Development Procedural Matrix Diagram. Its first effect is to have the reader considering taking up something a little simpler, like brain surgery. After some study, however, the matrix becomes an invaluable planning tool for the developer. By following the matrix it just might be impossible to miss a single step or fail to consider a single important issue in the development process. If real estate development is your business, this book would be a "must-have" even at twice the price.
Very General materials with no useable specifics.......1998-12-09
This book is jammed pack. However, it is not jammed pack with very much useful information. It is all exteremly general in nature. I was hoping for a "how to"/"what to watch for" and all I got was 500+ pages of general "You should have a financial plan before inversting..." type of advice. Very disappointing for the cost.
Book Description
This bible of the landlording business has provided information about the proper way to conduct business and has shepherded landlords through inevitable day-to-day woes for 25 years. This latest edition is thoroughly updated with an expanded section on using the Internet, covering everything from shopping for supplies to setting market rents and advertising cheaply. More than 50 forms are included.
Customer Reviews:
Landlord.......2007-06-27
This book is well put together. It is an excellent resource for the first time landlord.
Excellent book for new or experienced landlords.......2007-06-11
This book provides great suggestions to address frequently encountered landlord/tenant situations. I found the forms to be invaluable. There is a website and I believe associated software that contains most of the forms, however I just created the ones that I needed on my own.
Has everything you need to know.......2007-05-12
This book was an excellent investment. It's a bit wordy, but it has a ton of information for landlords. As a first-time landlord, it provided me with perspectives I would have never considered.
John Nuzzolese, President of The Landlord Protection Agency.......2007-03-14
With Landlording, Leigh Robinson shows newbies and experienced landlords a simple and professional way to handle the hurdles and pitfalls of residential property management. The book includes easy to read instructions and examples of common situations experienced when dealing with tenants. Over the years, I have read just about every landlord and property management book on the market and I must say Landlording is an Essential.
Great information.......2007-03-06
Great information, although I wish it included a CD or a website where you could download all the forms for free.
Average customer rating:
- Very informative and easy to read
- A great starting point.....
- Very, Very Useful Primer on Vacation Rentals
- Nice title, but way too basic info, too wordy (filler)
- Limited and biased
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Book Description
Author and speaker Christine Hrib Karpinski takes readers through all the steps necessary to purchase and rent out a vacation home. This book contains practical, hands-on advice that shows the reader how to do it without property management companies, and keep 100 percent of the profits. It offers realistic strategies to create a situation in which renters pay the mortgage, while still allowing the owner several weeks a year in that little slice of paradise.
Customer Reviews:
Very informative and easy to read.......2007-09-11
For a person like me who is going to start in the Vacation Rental Business, this book was very helpful and informative. For someone who has experience in the business maybe will find it too elementary or too basic. For me it was a good start.
A great starting point............2007-08-28
I own 5 rental properties, 2 are vacation rentals. I bought this book with pretty high expectations. Well, even though I've been doing this for 15 years, Christine still had some new advice to share. I thought her formula was great for some areas, but in Colorado Ski country it just doesn't work.
I love how she does give a couple different points of view pertaining to financing your vacation home.
I would also preferred more depth, that a chapter on properties outside the US, and buy multiple properties. But as some reviewers have stated, it is an excellent primer.
I do think that her book on booking rentals, The Vacation Rental Organizer is a very useful organizer for the money. I intend to purchase one each year.
Very, Very Useful Primer on Vacation Rentals.......2007-08-01
I have to laugh at the previous two reviews, obviously written by the same person, an admitted student with a bone to pick with the author. Christine is the most well-known expert in the very small field of vacation rental consultants. She literally "wrote the book" to walk potential investors, vacationers, and home owners into successfully taking advantage of the blossoming vacation rental market.
This student disagrees with Christine's recommendations that owners not rent to those under 25 years old, then proceeds to show a perfect example of why owners shouldn't. He attempts to trash her reputation, rather than someone's rental property. I'm a rental owner and have the same rule, based on personal experience and the many experiences of friends and acquaintances. I imagine this student has stayed in 1 or 2 rentals and as a result is now an "expert"...much like the hotel commercials we all laugh at.
As the student says, some of the information in Christine's books is on the Internet, as is information from every book ever written. However, this new version of her "How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner" contains everything anyone needs to know to look for, purchase, furnish, and rent a vacation home. Some of the information is common sense but much is 'insider information' from her many years as a seminar leader, training thousands of owners and being a 'by owner' property manager herself.
Take the previous reviews for what they are, feeble attempts to get even with someone that disagrees with him. If you want to learn about this industry and how to rent 'by owner' get this book and read it cover to cover and decide for yourself how valuable it really is.
Nice title, but way too basic info, too wordy (filler).......2007-07-31
I thought the title of the book was exactly what I was looking for. I had a property to rent and thought about making it a vacation rental. So, I bought the book thinking it would help point out some not-so-obvious issues about renting a vacation property. But after reading it, I was disappointed with the lack of any real advice or tips. There are a A LOT of words, but they seem to be mostly filler with only very limited and basic useful information. I would not recommend this book to anyone interested in running a real business.
Limited and biased.......2007-07-19
I purchased this book with the intention of gaining a working knowledge of vacation rentals to start a small vacation rental project in Baja California, in Mexico. This guide was not particularly helpful at all, providing only rudimentary information that was already somewhat obvious. It also relies on some dangerous business practices, fundamentally on speculating on the property that you are going to buy and trying to make significant profit that way. It seems to be very limited and unprofessional, almost hokey, in its view of vacation rentals.
I was personally offended as a student in that it explicitly recommends discriminating against students or anyone under 25 as customers.
Book Description
No longer the exclusive domain of the professional, today many small investors are buying rental properties as part of their portfolio. These real estate novices need guidance on how to successfully manage these properties, avoid pitfalls, and make a profit. The Property Management Tool Kit provides a quick but complete course, educating readers about:
* Ways to add value to the property, including which improvements to make or avoid * Legal concerns, tenant issues, and administration and maintenance * Monetary factors such as cash flow, record-keeping, and rent collection * Expanding their portfolio and establishing financial goals * Hiring a team, partnering with vendors, and advertising
The book is packed with priceless management tools like a market survey, rental criteria, and sample documents and forms including a rental application, a lease, a guest screening card, rules and regulations, renewals, a vacancy report, a maintenance log, and much more.
Customer Reviews:
Valuable and Informative Information.......2006-11-16
A concise, informative manual, for established professionals, as well as, interested rookies. Mr. Beirne is more than willing to share his knowledge and experience and we are the benefactors.
Packed with great ideas, this is a 'must' for would-be real estate investors........2006-11-07
Many real estate investment books would have you think all you need to do is purchase rental property to become rich - but in reality the property must be managed property to become a cash cow, and that's where The Property Management Tool Kit comes in. Chapters cover all kinds of issues, from making improvements which substantially increase property values to handling tenants, maintaining the property, and more. It's not all do-it-yourself, either: if your choice is to buy then hire a management team - The Property Management Tool Kit tells how, from what to look for to how to partner with vendors. Packed with great ideas, this is a 'must' for would-be real estate investors.
Diane C. Donovan
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Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom
Rich Dad's Real Estate Advantages: Tax and Legal Secrets of Successful Real Estate Investors
Own Your Own Corporation: Why the Rich Own Their Own Companies and Everyone Else Works for Them (Rich Dad's Advisors)
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
