Essentials of Real Estate Finance, 10E Rev. (Essentials of Real Estate Finance)

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Summary: "Essentials", but not much more
Review: I expected something a bit more in-depth rather than a primer. There really isn't much here that wasn't covered in each of the, sort of generalized, real estate practice books I purchased for about the same price.

I was severely disappointed with the short shrift given to most of the topics and pity those poor souls who paid list price for this book.

Rating:
Summary: Hard to believe this is a college level book
Review: It was hard for me to believe that this was a book used in a college level Real Estate Finance class. It was simple minded and for a finance book, I found it vague. Maybe the authors were trying too hard to "dumb it down" for the masses, but please! If it is a college level textbook, one would expect a little more meat.

Rating:
Summary: Hard to believe this is a college level book
Review: This is a great book for anyone who is interested in learning real estate finance from the beginning without a finance background. The book provides readers with a wide coverage of fundamental finance principles. Readers will get a good sence of the current finance industry trends from this book. There are many easy to understand examples given under the "In Practice" narrative feature.

Rating:
Summary: Essentials of Real Estate Finance
Review: This is a great book for anyone who is interested in learning real estate finance from the beginning without a finance background. The book provides readers with a wide coverage of fundamental finance principles. Readers will get a good sence of the current finance industry trends from this book. There are many easy to understand examples given under the "In Practice" narrative feature.