16 Educational and Expert Books To Learn About Real Estate

Real estate, an incomprehensible subject for some, a wizarding occupation to others, and just a pain to deal with to the majority.

Wherever you stand in the world, the housing market affects you, so you might as well learn the ropes of the business you’ll be dragged into sooner or later, one way or the other. Here are the best books for that.

#1 How to Buy Your Perfect First Home by Anthony S. Park

Personal Recommendation: As a professional executor and trustee, I’ve helped hundreds of family buy and sell property as part of their wealth planning. I realized clients were asking the same questions over and over again. So I decided to answer the most frequently asked question in a concise guide. And I’ve was happy to discover that many more seem to enjoy the book, making it an Amazon best seller.

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#2 Risk Game: Self Portrait of an Entrepreneur

Personal Recommendation: The best book I’ve recently read on real estate is Risk Game: Self Portrait of an Entrepreneur by Francis Greenburger.

This book of memoirs by the co-op king of New York describes how Greenburger made his mark in New York real estate by converting apartment buildings in neighborhoods like Clinton Hill into co-operatives owned by occupants. Greenburger also had his hand in a variety of other real estate including commercial buildings in Manhattan and New Jersey.

This book delved into a lot of personal elements of Greenburger’s life but was overall a great narrative look at the life of a real estate entrepreneur.

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#3 Crushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate

This book makes something as scary as investing in apartments seem approachable for everyone and is an easy read for even the beginner. Whether you’re a beginner first getting into the real estate game or an expert who’s been investing for decades, you can learn something new from Brian Murray.

He writes with transparency and honesty, letting you see into his experiences and apply them to your own circumstances and life to achieve success. It’s definitely a worthwhile read if you’re even thinking of getting into real estate investing.

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#4 The Book on Rental Property Investing

Written by the real estate wizard himself, The Book on Rental Property Investing is the bible of making money in real estate. Using tried and tested methods, Turner doesn’t teach anything that he is not or has not been willing to do himself.

If you’ve ever thought about investing in real estate, this book will show you how and set you on the path to financial freedom and independence. For just the price of the book, you can easily be on the way to making thousands of dollars annually in real estate profits.

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#5 Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Know far and wide as a guru in real estate, Robert uses stories of his life to illustrate just how one can leverage debt to make massive quantities of money. Beyond using money as a tool, Kiyosaki works hard to illustrate the importance of unconventional learning and attributes most of his success to his ceaseless desire for more knowledge.

If you are new to real estate investing, this book will provide you with the energy and motivation to get started. This book is a classic, and almost 50% of investors claim it helped them get started. The content in here goes over the basics of using mortgage leverage to be able to buy real estate, and rapidly grow your future.

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#6 What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow… And 36 Other Key Financial Measures

This book gives a great guidance and the tools for anyone who wants to invest in real estate. The author walks you through the analysis and explains it step by step. The book gives an understanding of the P&L analysis and helps to master the fundamentals.

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#7 Real Estate Investing in Canada by Don R. Campbell

The title is Real Estate Investing In Canada. Having said that, I think this book is relevant for anyone wanting to invest in real estate.

The thing I like most about the system that Don Campbell describes in the book is how to build wealth by purchasing properties that will produce POSITIVE cash flow so that you do not need to subsidize your rental properties and you can weather the ups and downs of any market.

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#8 The Conversion Code by Chris Smith

Chris Smith is the founder of Curaytor, a marketing platform for real estate brokers. He wrote The Conversion Code in 2016.

While Chris himself works mostly in the real estate industry, the book is useful for small businessmen and women in any industry who are focused on digital and social media marketing. It is all about making the most of your paid leads, nurturing them into clients, and which metrics you should actually be tracking along the way.

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#9 The HyperLocal HyperFast Real Estate Agent by Dan Lesniak

Real estate agents want to make money, but the average agent makes less than $10,000 a year and 90% of new agents don’t make it more than two years. Dan’s unique Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning (STF) framework helped him complete over $22 million in sold volume his first year, making him one of the most successful rookie real estate agents in history.

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#10 Essential Guide: Selling Goods at Downsizing and Estate Sales

When downsizing or when selling your home, you should keep in mind that your belongings are also going to have to go whether with you or otherwise! This essential guide helps you with dealing with the belongings in your home that you aren’t looking to take with you.

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#11 If you Can’t Wholesale After This: I’ve Got Nothing for You – Todd M. Flemming

This book is about Wholesaling, which is a real estate investing strategy that requires no money. Fantastic book for beginners who would love to be Real Estate Investors, but don’t have the money to invest initially.

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#12 Inbound Marketing, Revised and Updated by Brian Halligan

While this book is not specific to Real Estate, it explains the importance of an inbound-based marketing approach in your Brokerage. As agents are notorious for spam-like quantities of paid advertising (in both the print and digital space), this book provides concrete examples of how creating high-quality, useful content can bring leads into your business for years to come.

It is a strategy we have used in our Brokerage and continues to prove a successful way to drive traffic, leads, and ultimately clients to our Brokerage.

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#13 The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump

The Art of the Deal is undoubtedly one of the greatest real estate books of all time. The book walks a reader through complex real estate transactions that Mr. Trump is negotiating in New York City in the mid 1980s.

The book is a fun way for a reader to become acquainted with the complex legalities associated with negotiating for air rights, tax rebates and other legal peculiarities associated with the unique commercial real estate market in New York City.

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#14 Sell or be Sold by Grant Cardone

Personal Recommendation: As the founder of a real estate wholesaling organization, I require my staff to read this book. It puts them in the proper mindset to get deals done. It has helped me improve my performance in the field and on the phone.

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#15 Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling by Jordan Belfort

This is one of my favorite books specifically because of the actionable advice it gives. Applying the techniques in the book will help you get more sales done than ever. This book would help any realtor improve their game.

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#16 The E-Myth Real Estate Investor by Michael E. Gerber

Personal Recommendation: I recommend this book to anyone who is starting out as a real estate investor. It provides a clear framework to reduce the impact of the most common issues. Unlike other real estate books, this one is engaging.

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