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Summary: The #1 Millionaire Developer: REAL ESTATE
Review: As Andrew Carnegie said over 100 years ago; "More money has been made in real estate than in all industrial investments combined."I strongly suspect that the 1 star reviewers are stock market players concerned that this book will pull more investors from stocks into real estate.I'm a player in both stocks and real estate. My strategies in the stock market are very aggressive similiar to what the author teache in this book on real estate: high leverage with options and margin accounts, covered calls and dividend capturing for income and sect 29 tax credits to lower taxes. Real Estate Riches is a good little book. It explains the why, but not the how (I suspect there will be a followup book) but don't let that deter you from buying and reading this great book. It is packed with powerful information.For more on the how, I recommend Real Estate Money Machine.Finally, the indvidual that wrote that real estate is traditionally a lousy investment clearly does not know what he is talking about. REAL ESTATE IS A GREAT INVESTMENT.
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Summary: If you don't know why, the how doesn't matter.
Review: I love these reviewers trying to bash Real Estate Riches, Mr. Kiyosaki, Dolf de Roos and other authors in the Rich Dad series. I have a millionaire friend named Marty. He made his fortune via real estate and business. Not coincidently, he practices the same techniques advised in the Rich Dad books. The system works folks.My friend Marty also butchers up the english language. When we go to the gym for example, he'll say "Lets go on the Threadmill (he means Treadmil)" Or after a workout he'll say "Lets get a boddle (he means bottle) of ice tea" He warns his salespeople not to make "misreputations" (he means misrepresentations). And when he calls for his sales people to get together, he'ss say."We're having a meetin (instead of meeting) tonight"This guy butchers up the English language is a Grammar and English teachers nightmare. But he is worth several million and is highly successful.His spelling is equally horrific and he frequently says that anybod wh has only one way to spell a word is not very original. He laughs all the way to the bank...There are plenty of other goods with excellent grammar and perfect spelling, but alas, I prefer a book written by people who are actually in the trenches makng real estate deals, er, like Kiyosaki, de Roos, Robert Allen, Wade Cook or my friend Marty in lieu of people who just write about it but have yet to make their first deal.Good book Mr. Kiyosaki and Mr. de Roos.
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Summary: Don't waste your money on those other R.E books
Review: There are many books on real estate investing. Unfortunately, many are written by writers only and many others are merely re gurgitated information from other books.What makes Real Estate Riches different is that it is 1) Written by a real investor
2) Written by a successful investor
3) Offers Rich Dad's unique ideas And that is why there are so many five star reviewers here. Great book. It worked for me.
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Summary: Very good real estate book
Review: I really don't understand the 1 star reviews regarding this excellent book. Makes me wonder if this reviewer just has a personal issue with RTK and his people. I have yet to read any articulate comments---just wrathing, anger and outrage. Sort of like listening to democrat hopefuls. That being said, I found Real Estate Riches a excellent real estate book. There is technical information in this book. No it is not a large book, I believe that Dolf wanted this book to be different and left out information that is already in other books. Why repeat it here? I think RTK and Dolf were smart in sticking with this format. As an experienced investor, I am looking for new information, not just the same information that has already been covered in a dozen or so books. This book is excellent. If you fail to see the value of Real Estate Riches, then you probably won't see the value in real estate investing either. Good book. Highly recommended. Thank you Dolf and RTK. Looking forward to your next foray.
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Summary: The #1 Millionaire Developer: REAL ESTATE
Review: As Andrew Carnegie said over 100 years ago; "More money has been made in real estate than in all industrial investments combined."I strongly suspect that the 1 star reviewers are stock market players concerned that this book will pull more investors from stocks into real estate.I'm a player in both stocks and real estate. My strategies in the stock market are very aggressive similiar to what the author teache in this book on real estate: high leverage with options and margin accounts, covered calls and dividend capturing for income and sect 29 tax credits to lower taxes. Real Estate Riches is a good little book. It explains the why, but not the how (I suspect there will be a followup book) but don't let that deter you from buying and reading this great book. It is packed with powerful information.For more on the how, I recommend Real Estate Money Machine.Finally, the indvidual that wrote that real estate is traditionally a lousy investment clearly does not know what he is talking about. REAL ESTATE IS A GREAT INVESTMENT.
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Summary: One of the best real estate books out there
Review: So many real estate books pretty much say the same thing over and over. This one is different. Dold de Roos and Robert Kiyosaki are to be congratulated for their uniqueness and independent thinking. And of course for providing advice based on actual experience by real investors, not just paper tigers who write, but have never even done their first deal. Thank you de Ross! Thank you Robert Kiyosaki!
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Summary: Misleading
Review: My biggest complaint with this book is that the author makes it sound so easy to make money from real estate investing. He says that he visits each of his properties about once a year. The successful real estate investors I know are constantly working on their properties. de Roos makes it seem like you can just pay a property manager to do all of the real work for you. If you do this, chances are you're going to have a vacant piece of real estate that is falling apart.
Another criticism is that de Roos' method of purchasing new properties is to constantly refinance as property values rise. This is all fine and dandy if prices do constantly rise, but in the real world of course they don't. de Roos talks about refinancing like it's magic, but really when you refinance all you're doing is taking out a loan backed by the increased value of your house. de Roos also ignores the dangers of being overly leveraged. He stresses that you should basically never sell properties, which is just not true. There are many reasons to sell a property (if the neighborhood is going downhill, for example). I could go on and on with similar criticisms.
The only real value in this book is motivation for the beginner (just like the other Rich Dad books). Even at that it is dangerous because it creates the impression that real estate investing is far easier than it really is.
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Summary: Don't waste your time!
Review: Hello Real Estate readers. If no one else will suggest a better book instead of Real Estate Riches, I WILL! The Weekend Millionaire's Secrets to Investing in Real Estate: How to Become Wealthy in Your Spare Time. This is a great book, written by a Real Estate Investor that actually makes his money in Real Estate not in $2000 Seminars and $500 Software. I believe in Real Estate Investment and have made a substantial amount of money doing it. The Weekend Millionaire's Secrets is a great book for beginners. All I can say is, that the PH.D in Dolf's name is in Engineering (Not in writing - and there's a good reason for this).
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Summary: Worked for me
Review: I found this great book by Dolf de Ross very stimulating and effective. It really turbo charged my real estate investing. Having read other books, I always came away dissappointed. This one is different and better. Highly recommended.
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Summary: This book will make you money
Review: I believe that out of the entire Rich Dad collection, this is the very best book in the series. Why? Because it is the one that will show you how to make the most money. Not a big book. I'm sure Dolf could have written a much larger book and make it like other R.E. books out there. But then Real Estate Riches would have been just like every other book and lost it's uniqueness. Why repeat what others have done. Dolf provides his insider secrets based on what really works from a real estate investor standpoint. This is not some quickly put together book by some desperate self publisher who has never been in the business but only writes about it ala Peter H. Dolf is a R.E. investor. He talks the walk and walks the talk. His wisdom is based on actual experience, not plagerized material from another author or book. I highly recommend Real Estate Riches as an outstanding book to get you on the path to financial freedom.
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