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The BEST Damn Commercial Real Estate Investing Book Ever Written! | 
 enlarge | Author: Monica Villasenor
Publisher: Villasenor Productions, LLC
Category: Book
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 10061
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 340
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 0979364604
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.6324
EAN: 9780979364600
ASIN: 0979364604
Publication Date: April 15, 2007
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Product Description
Throw everything you know about investing in residential real estate out the window! Investing in commercial real estate is a whole different ball game. Described as "The book Robert Kiyosaki's second book should have been.", this tell-it-like-it-is book will teach you everything you should know about building wealth with commercial real estate. Find out why it's easier to purchase commercial real estate than residential real estate, how to find and analyze commercial real estate, learn about common ploys real estate agents and sellers use to sell commercial real estate, common tricks of the trade commercial real estate brokers and lenders don't want you to know about and the 10 Steps to becoming a successful real estate developer. There's no fluff here-just what a novice commercial real estate investor needs to know. Compare it to any other commercial real estate investing book out there and you will see why it's called, "The Best Damn Commercial Real Estate Investing Book Ever Written!"
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 The title says it all, if you believe those sorts of things July 1, 2008
It all became clear to me once I tripped over the twentieth punctuation or grammatical error. What publisher would let this book be sold without a decent proofreader? Ahh, self-published. Grammatical errors bother me more than they should, but what does it communicate about the content? The author has made millions in three short years, and has decided that although she is still learning, this is the best time to write a book for beginners. She also started her own TV show or infomercial (it's not completely clear), seminars, and offers herself as a mentor! Oh, and there's a blog here on Amazon.
I'm sure she is getting very wealthy. The hubris involved in naming this book, as well as the seminars and mentoring, is staggering. I'm new enough to this that I can't evaluate the content. But I know I can't completely count on it. Just look at that punctuation!
 Great guidance for making the move from residential to commercial May 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree with the book's title, and found it to be just right for anyone who, like me, is perched on the brink of jumping from residential to commercial investment properties. One of the most important things I learned from the book is how to avoid wasting money and time during the search phase. Monica has given me the knowledge and courage to make the leap into new geographic markets where the cash flow yield is more favorable, rather than trying to stay close to home where the real estate is pricey and cap rates are relatively low. Monica tells it like it is based upon her own real experiences! (Also, she responded to my email with a very informative reply within a day!)
forthright May 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I enjoyed the book and read it in 1 day. It provides a frank, no-nonsense intro to commercial (apartment) investing. What makes this book stands out is that it simplifies a great deal of the jargon as well as admonishes critical pitfalls in commercial real estate (CRE) investing. A must read for any inspiring CRE investor!
 Do not waste your time April 30, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have never written a review on Amazon yet but I feel pretty strongly about this. This book is a waste of time and money and that is the bottom line. This thing is a disaster from start to finish.
First off, a 3rd grader could write a book with fewer typos than this book has. It was utterly annoying everytime I ran across one........which happened numerous times per chapter and even per paragraph sometimes. How can someone release an informational book that is supposed to teach and guide people on a particular subject when the author comes across as a dummy who doesn't know how to write or even use spell check??
Secondly and most importantly was the quality of the actual content. It's rather poor. This book doesn't talk about commercial real estate. It talks mainly about the seemingly one deal the author has done which is this condo conversion that gets mentioned time and time again. It's more of a low quality biography of the authors 3 years of experience. I was hoping to get new ideas and different approaches to what I'm already practicing in the commercial real estate business myself. This didn't happen at all. I purchased this book based on the title "The Best Damn Commercial Real Estate Investing Book Ever Written" which sounds like it may be good, but turned out to be a big mistake on my part because it simply is not even close to being the best. There is just so much more to commercial real estate, being in that field myself, than what is talked about in this book.
I could go on and on about what I didn't like about this book, but I hope this is enough to warn others that there are several other quality books available that will educate you properly on the subject of commercial real estate investing, unfortunately this book is not one of them.
 Best Damn . . . NOT HARDLY April 12, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The book was interesting, but had little in depth information. She wrote of how she took an apartment building condo, but focused mostly on how she smoozed the city commission rather than explaining the steps or pitfalls.
You can discern her personal drive, and that can carry a real estate investor a long way. I call it "3 yards and a cloud of dust." Sometimes you just have to push ahead regardless of the problems. Been there, done it, got the T shirt.
I think a little more concering the differences between residential and commercial real estate would have better served the reader. There is so much more to commercial real estate than contained in this book. Add it to your list, but don't buy it first, unless you have extra money to spend.
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