The Commercial Real Estate Investor’s Handbook: A Step-by-Step Road Map to Financial Wealth
Now you can discover how to make money investing in commercial buildings, warehouses, apartments, mobile home parks, shopping centers, hotels, and other commercial income property. This comprehensive book provides invaluable information about how to identify opportunities, determine property value, acquire, finance, and manage commercial real estate.
This book is a must-have for beginning investors, real estate veterans, commercial brokers, sellers, and buyers. Real estate investing has created more millionaires than any other investment vehicle in this country. This comprehensive step-by-step proven program shows beginners and seasoned veterans alike the ins and outs of commercial real estate investing. This book is a road map to successful investing in real estate. You do not need to re-invent the wheel, and you won’t have to make the same mistakes others have.
Investing in real estate is one of the safest and smartest investments you can make. Real estate appreciates at a rate far greater than the rate of inflation, builds equity, provides a steady return on investment, provides cash flow, and can offer substantial tax benefits. This new exhaustively researched book will arm you with hundreds of innovative ideas that you can put to use right away. This book gives you the proven strategies and actual case studies from experts to help you invest better and wiser with less time and effort.
A sampling of what’s covered in this encyclopedic book includes: how to find below-market deals, invest with little or no down payment, obtain seller financing, and conduct foreclosures and REOs. Once you have found your investment property, you will know how to negotiate, make purchase offers, manage rental property, and flip. These terms will become part of your everyday vocabulary: auctions, tax sales, financing, mortgage terms, agents, cash flow, inspections, contracts, tenants, lease agreements, insurance, taxes and accounting, escrow, essential mathematical calculations, sample forms, development, taxation, exchange rules, and regulations. This book is loaded with case studies and success stories—from real people. You will uncover secrets that expert real estate investors use every day. This comprehensive resource contains a wealth of modern tips and strategies for getting started in this very lucrative area. This book is the foundation for understanding how to invest in real estate. ISBN-10:1-60138-037-2 • ISBN-13:978-1-60138-037-1 • Item #CGC-01 • $24.95
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Sometime real estate handbooks are dry and hard to read. Not so with “The Commercial Real Estate Investor’s Handbook: A Step-by-Step Roadmap to Financial Wealth” by Steven D. Fisher. The author covers the mundane as well as the possibilities with an interesting spin.
The handbook offers specific guidelines as well as ways to choose between various types of investments, closing the deal, insurance options and much more. It even includes the pros and cons of managing tenants. This all-inclusive handbook would be a helpful tool for anyone wanting to get started in real estate investments.
Rating: 5
Comment by Jill Dutton — December 12, 2007 @ 4:13 pm
Rating 5 out of 5 stars
A well-written guide for the beginning investor. It differs from so many, in that it is not a book about getting rich quick. The author states upfront that making money is possible with hard work and dedication. Then he lays out all the steps necessary to achieve the goal. I love that author tips for bolstering your self -confidence using positive affirmations. He even gives examples of where to place those encouraging notes.
The book is written in plain English with a warm friendly tone. It is extremely well laid out and easy to read. It covers everything you will need to know to succeed. There is an excellent appendix that provides a wealth of sample documents and also, there is a glossary of every term used in the book.
After reading this book, you feel you have a good working knowledge of what it takes to become successful in the commercial real estate market. I highly recommend it.
Comment by Jennifer Flaten — December 20, 2007 @ 12:02 pm
The Part-Time Real Estate Investor: How to Generate Huge Profits While Keeping Your Day Job, by Dan W. Blacharski, is a wonderful and inspiring book that is presented with humor, information and insight for the average American that is struggling, but that dreams of something better for their life. Blacharski begins the work by focusing on his own credit-worthy shortcomings in an entertaining method that millions of people can relate to and that serves to lay a foundation for the belief that anyone with the commitment to changing their life can do so through knowledge. That knowledge, in Blacharski’s book, relates to the real estate market and how the acquisition of property can progressively provide a source of income for people that will lead to financial security and stability. This is not a guide that suggests that the reader will be rich overnight, but instead a guide that uses facts to support all of the information that is provided and that offers a step-by-step manner of approaching the topic. The writing is not only filled with the first hand knowledge of the author, it is engaging and inspiring. In a world in which most people are told that they have to accept whatever socioeconomic barriers that confront them, Blacharski is capable of opening his reader’s eyes to the possibility that there is another path that can be taken and that, with a little determination and knowledge, anyone can do it.
Comment by P. Spangler — December 21, 2007 @ 11:25 am
*****
THE REAL ESTATE MATH HANDBOOK
Simplified Solutions for the Real Estate Investor
By Jamaine Burrell
Real estate will always be there and, in the long run it greatly increases in value (despite some ups and downs). There is only so much land for an increasing population. So it is a sound investment, as long as you are knowledgeable and choose wisely. This handbook contains the basic information you need to figure out whether a real estate “deal” you are contemplating will be profitable or disastrous. The book starts out with a refresher course in elementary math and algebra—even if you got “A” in algebra all those years ago, who can remember it now? Then it explains all the ins and outs of interest and investment mathematics. So many times an unwary would-be investor does not take into account all the expenses involved in owning income property and can end up with some nasty surprises. Don’t forget the real estate agent involved is anxious to make the sale and may neglect to point out all the disadvantages and expenses involved down the line. It is wise to figure that out for yourself. Don’t be put off by the detailed and complex first chapters of this handbook. The author contends that not just math, but algebraic equations are needed by the investor. There is a chapter on Excel, too. And if you have had no experience with Excell, I’d advise you to take a course in it at a local school, too, in order to save tons of time if you plan on much investigative investing. The math is interspersed with good, practical advice on the profits and pitfalls of real estate investing (always read the fine print, for example}. Land measurement is explained. There are chapters on mortgages, taxes, debt ratios, etc., and case studies with sample forms. The whole complex subject is explained quite clearly and in detail, but be prepared to spend time and effort studying it chapter by chapter, because it is really a work book, containing the math every investor should know.
ISBN-13: 978-0-910627-07-8 ISBN-10: 0-910627-07-X
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Comment by Joan Riley — December 29, 2007 @ 4:06 pm
I have read many books from personal enjoyment to college texts to job training manuals. Steven D. Fisher’s Commercial Real Estate Investor’s Handbook is one of the first books I have read where I felt like not one page was wasted. Each and every page clearly provides thorough knowledge on how to succeed in commercial real estate. The Handbook is like having a coach telling the plays to make and instilling the confidence to win. Five Stars.
By Debra Wolf
Comment by Debra Wolf — January 29, 2008 @ 2:22 pm
The Commercial Real Estate Investor’s Handbook A Step-by-Step Road Map to Financial Wealth is an in-depth guide to entering the commercial real estate market. The author takes the reader by the hand in a logical progression from understanding the market to closing the deal. The book is straight forward and makes no promises of instant profit; the author lays out the facts and lets the reader learn what is needed to undertake a commercial real estate investment. The book is written in a way that takes all the mystery out of the whole process and the reader is left feeling that commercial real estate investment can be achieved by anyone willing to follow the steps laid out in black and white.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has ever contemplated trying to enter this market. It will, at the very least, let the reader know if it is right for him or her. This book is also useful to those who have already entered the market but would like to expand into other commercial endeavors.
Comment by Kim Potter — February 1, 2008 @ 7:57 pm
The truth about Commercial Real estate investment? It is your ability to manage people and not buildings. It is quickly clear that Steven Fisher has qualifications outside the realm of property. He is an accomplished business writer, trainer and developer and this book fully utilizes his wide knowledge base.
Quickly addressing the first risk in Commercial Real Estate development - lack of knowledge - this book is designed to make sure you have the plan before the game starts. It will answer questions from why you should invest all the way through to how to sell on successfully. At the same time it provides exact and well thought out tips to ensure you remain a courteous and well liked player throughout. It makes it quite clear exactly what your role should be at every point during your acquisition, who to hire from outside and precisely what to expect of them. The document lists, tables, classifications and references (including web – references) are excellent. Also contains appropriate information on insurance, taxes, real estate accounting, issues of law and inspired ideas like having an attorney who is also an investor.
The medicine might be slightly bitter to take but the message is clear. There are no short cuts – if you are a moral person, who invests in learning, works hard and follow the rules you will make money in real estate and do so happily!
5 Stars
Comment by Suzie Jones — February 5, 2008 @ 5:19 am
Five of five stars! This book covers the risks and rewards of real estate investing, along with types of investments, the basics of getting started, factors affecting commercial real estate values, understanding real estate market psychology, sources of financing, finding profitable deals, and financing. In short, it covers everything a beginner would need or want to know before embarking on this type of investment.
That’s not all it covers. There’s also information about commercial real estate loan documents, an explanation of leases, negotiating purchase agreements, managing tenants, insurance, sale of commercial real estate properties, marketing real estate properties, and taxes. Two appendices include sample lease forms. A glossary is beneficial to beginners who haven’t yet mastered real estate and investment terminology.
The Commercial Real Estate Investor’s Handbook: A Step by Step Road Map to Financial Wealth is definitely not boring or dry. It’s an interesting, practical and informative book that anyone considering real estate investing should invest in (no pun intended).
Comment by Laura Gater — March 28, 2008 @ 11:35 am
Before I started reading “The Commercial Real Estate Handbook for Investors,” I tried to prepare myself for a “dry read”. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The concepts and explanations are written in a crisp and conversational tone. The author also explains the buzz words in real estate and how it pertains to the bottom line of your investment strategy. This book has it all, from goal setting to definitions of real estate terms to sample emails that should be sent to keep a deal alive. Do yourself a favor and buy this book. The concepts are such that you can apply them to not only real estate but other types of business as well.
Comment by Taryn Simpson — June 25, 2008 @ 11:14 am
Rating 5/5
When a book claims to be “a step by step road map to financial wealth,” one might raise a cynical eyebrow and move on. Doing so in the case of Steven D. Fisher’s The Commercial Real Estate Investor’s Handbook would be foolish. This is no get rich quick manual, however, and Fisher is clear to point out that winning in commercial real estate requires hard work, a determined effort, and the proper mindset.
Borrowing concepts espoused by wealth producing experts Napoleon Hill, Stephen R. Covey, Dale Carnegie and others, Fisher has created a powerful step-by-step commercial real estate guide by implementing classic self-improvement principles and applying them to a specific field.
Highlights include a mindset questionnaire, how to get started, career options in real estate, sources available, different types of financing, negotiating, and closing the deal. Unlike most real estate investment handbooks, Fisher explains how to manage the property after the purchase, and how to sell it down the road.
The ultimate question is whether or not an average person could take the information contained in The Commercial Real Estate Investor’s Handbook and transact a profitable deal. If you’re looking to invest in commercial real estate or are open to new methods of amassing wealth, I suggest you pick up the book, and find out for yourself. You’ll be very pleased.
Comment by Trent Lorcher — July 8, 2008 @ 3:59 pm