How to Invest in Real Estate
The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Getting Started
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4.7 • 102 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Tailor your approach to real estate investing with this valuable book from the co-hosts of The BiggerPockets Podcast; their life-changing, customized advice “will catapult you 5-10 years ahead of where you are now” (Ryan Harris, Super Bowl 50 Champion and real estate investor).
Real estate investing can be a powerful way to build wealth and achieve true financial freedom. But it can be hard to know where to start: From BRRRR and flipping to short-term and long-term rentals, how do you know whether a real estate strategy fits your personality, lifestyle, and financial goals?
In this groundbreaking guide, two of the biggest names in the real estate business have teamed up to write the most comprehensive manual ever. How to Invest in Real Estate is the ultimate strategy guide to help you achieve personal and financial success through real estate investing. Josh Dorkin and Brandon Turner—longtime hosts of the world’s #1 real estate podcast, The BiggerPockets Podcast—use their insider knowledge to help you find the strategies and opportunities in real estate that match your resources and your goals.
Unlike most traditional real estate books, this one won’t tell you there is “one secret path” to success in real estate investing. Instead, you’ll find dozens of unique paths to profitability and discover more than forty inspiring true stories from real estate investors who are succeeding in today’s economy.
Inside, you’ll learn:
How to balance a full-time job with real estate projects—and earn more from both!
All about LLCs, corporations, and getting your friends and family on board with real estate investing
Eight unique property types and twenty-eight fantastic methods for finding great deals
Eleven powerful strategies for building wealth through real estate
Partnerships, BRRRR investing, and other creative ways to fund your deals
And so much more!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Dorkin and Turner, cohosts of the BiggerPockets real estate investing podcast, offer up confused if high-energy advice in this brand extension project. Real estate is the best way to "build wealth and passive income," the authors state; the trick is finding the right way to get started. Successful investors themselves, they fill out the bulk of the text with detailed rundowns of their podcast episodes; since their most likely audience will consist of existing fans of the podcast and site, these summaries may strike readers as more repetitive than useful. The authors cover some of the essentials, like finding deals and financing, but seem unclear on whether they want to push a self-help philosophy or provide concrete information, and end up underdelivering on both. Their encouraging approach and cheeky tone (chapters have titles like "Boring Financial Crap That Will Save Your Life") are likely to satisfy existing BiggerPockets fans, but the sometimes-awkward writing ("There is an enormous elephant lying directly in the path ahead of you, and this elephant is called real estate' ") and all-over-the-place advice is less likely to win them new ones.
Customer Reviews
Extremely helpful!
I just finished the book and it gave me the confidence I needed to go chase my dream. As it so happens, I have a coworker who found out about my interest after we talked about this book and he also does a little bit of investment. Thanks to this book, I am currently able to start analyzing and preparing for my first purchase!
Great book for anyone building knowledge starting from nothing
Easy to read, well explained, great real life examples and strategies
Awesome Book
This book is amazing. Right to the point and very detailed. Perfect for the busy person to jump into.