Rich Dad Advisor's Series:Abr Real Estate Riches

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Summary: A straightforward introduction to reaping the rewards
Review: Expert real estate investor Dolf de Roos presents Real Estate Riches: How To Become Rich Using Your Banker's Money, a straightforward introduction to reaping the rewards of real estate investment. From taking advantage of favorable parts of the tax code, to creating passive income with one's banker's money, to how to increase one's property values without excessive expense, and much more, Real Estate Riches is an excellent primer for putting money and land to work for one. Tips, tricks, techniques, and advice such as tha 100:10:3:1 rule (if you look at 100 properties, put offers on 10, and try to arrange financing for 3, you may end up buying 1 - good deals are not just there for picking!) tell the business like it is. Real estate investment requires hard work and intelligence like any other business prospect, yet when properly done, the rewards can be tremendous; Real Estate Riches shows just what to do and how.


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Summary: The Perfect Read for Prospective Real Estate Investors
Review: Please do not get carried away by the poor ratings left by reviewers who did not take their time to understand the wealth of information in this book.

This book indeed lacks the hands-on techniques of real estate investing; Dolf de Roos made it clear himself that Real Estate Riches will NOT be another "How-To" book. This book addresses the other very important issue, "Why" invest in real estate.

Dolf de Roos in his book discusses extensively the reasons real estate is one of the lucrative investments around. Most of the information may seem to be common sense to expert RE Investors, but they are inspiring and motivating for new and to-be RE investors. That being said, I could pick out more than a few refreshing concepts from the book. The 100:3:1 rule, reaping profits from your property without ever selling, beating the averages are just some examples.

This book is NOT the end of your REI education. On the contrary, it motivates you to continue you to learn, self-educate on the subject, and most important of all, go out and invest! From this perspective, the book serves its purpose impeccably well.

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Summary: Good info, but annoying voice
Review: There is some really great info on this audio CD, but couldn't they find someone with a voice that wasn't incredibly annoying. I mean, Robert Kiyosaki's voice would have been a hundred times better. That being said, if you can stand the voice the info is good. I highly recommend a book version instead since Dolf will drive you insane. Sorry Dolf, nothing personal.

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Summary: for the novice
Review: This book is written for novices trying to find out what real estate investing is like. It has no real advice nor practical tips on how to get into real estate. It is basically a story about the authors experiences in real estate. This book is very short, poorly written, and lacks informative material. To learn about real estate investing I strongly recommend "Investing in Real Estate" by McLean and Eldred. The McLean book is for beginning investors, but it is much more useful. You shouldn't waste your money on Real Estate Riches.