Commercial Real Estate Investing for Dummies

by Peter Conti and Peter Harris

Book Overview

Make real estate part of your investing strategy

Thinking about becoming a commercial real estate investor? Commercial Real Estate Investing For Dummies covers the entire process, offering practical advice on negotiation and closing win-win deals and maximizing profit. From office buildings to shopping centers to apartment buildings, it helps you pick the right properties at the right time for the right price.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470174919
• ISBN13: 9780470174913
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Practical, easy to find info, a must have!

Finally, a resource for doing commercial real estate! And with humor. All too often these kinds of books are dry and tough to find the info you need. This is NOT the case with Peter and Peter's book. When I got the book I needed some help on how to find private funding. I checked the table of contents and sure enough, there it was. The information was consise and very helpful with a few chuckles thown in. They cover such a wide range of topics. Commercial real estate is frequently overwhelming, even to experienced real estate investors who have focused on single family homes. But Peter and Peter make it so clear with step by step directions that it removes the mystic. I highly recommend this book. Remember, someone owns all those buildings, why not you?

The Book I've Been Waiting For!

Over the years, I've read numerous real estate investing books. Starting with residential investing, I quickly realized that it was commercial investments that would provide the life I wanted. There are some good books out there, but nothing that gave me the complete picture, the entire package of information from the beginning to the end. Finally, there IS such a book. Peter Conti and Peter Harris have written it! Commercial Real Estate Investing for Dummies is by far the best book for commercial real estate investors that I have ever read. If you study it and really take the advice to heart, you'll understand the business completely. It's written in a very readable style, so even if you're brand new to the concepts you can understand and remember them. Or, if you're a seasoned investor, you can whiz through the chapters that cover familiar ground, and spend some extra time reading the chapters that will really strike home to you. For example, the chapter, "Why Properties Fail," particularly resonated with me. I learned enough in that chapter to save me from making some common mistakes. Commercial Real Estate Investing for Dummies is a great book. The authors' experience and knowledge is evident in every page. The book is well-organized, so you can start at the beginning as a raw newcomer, read to the end, and have an excellent foundation to begin your commercial investing. Or, you can go right to a section that interests you, such as "Kicking Your Investing into High Gear," and learn all about expert tax advantages or how to make a success out of commercial fixer-uppers. If you're interested in commercial real estate investing, then Commercial Real Estate Investing for Dummies is the best book you can read.

This will be my new real estate reference book

If you are interested in the field of commercial real estate then this is the book you have been waiting for. This book is not a dry tecnical how to but is enjoyable to read. It takes you through the ins and outs and ups and downs of analyzing, buying, selling, financing, managing, tax strategies of commercial real estate plus info on appraisal & realtor carrers. I just recommended this to a friend who owns severable apartment buildings that he had all in his own name. The asset protection he will learn from this book will save him a fortune. Many thanks to the authors!

Fantastic Book for New and Seasoned Investors

This is a must read for both new and experienced commercial investors. Having read more than a dozen books on commercial real estate investing over the past few years, I can honestly say that this book rates as one of the best. This book does an excellent job of combining the most useful information in an easy to read format with lots of useful tidbits throughout. The authors go beyond summary level information about the topic and really cover important details that can be put into action right away. There is also some really helpful information accessible through a website that accompanies this book. From topics such as negotiations and property finding to raising private capital and property management, this book covers all topics a real estate investor must deal with on a daily basis to be successful. If you are new and looking to get into the investing game this is a great place to start. If you have been investing for several years the book is a great refresher.

A great reference for the beginner or seasoned investor

This book is structured to help you find, research, negotiate, finance and buy real estate of any type. In the market today, you don't want to risk not having the right information, which can be costly and drastically reduce your profit. This book is clearly laid out and includes tips from years of experience with commercial real estate and their mentorship students. Face it, we're in this business to be profitable and reading this book will give you the insight and information to let you step ahead of other investors by providing you with a solid core education. The book begins with a good introduction and then explains how to find and contract properties that are profitable from the start with a clear exit strategy. From there, it's in depth due diligence to insure that property is still profitable and even explains how to discover hidden value during this process. The authors then take you through financing and raising capital to the day to day operations (which is where most properties fail). The final chapters discuss creating a self-sustaining investing business that not only allows you to have the wealth and protect it, but the time and freedom to enjoy it. Overall, this book is a great reference and stepping stone to take action and start investing today or to fine tune your existing investing business and discover more wealth in your portfolio! No book is going to be a 100% bible because real-world experience is the key to learning, but this is the catalyst to get you going.