While the information in this book is very important to the investor, I found this book very hard to read. The book seems like it was written by a mathematician, loaded with facts and examples and with little regard to writing style or holding the readers attention.

The first part of the book seemed to be completely useless, as the material was presented again in the second part of the book. The second part of the book was by far the most useful, but again the writing was very dense and didn’t hold my attention at all.

Thus if you are very interested in real estate mathematics, pick this book up. Otherwise you would be better off picking up another book. 2 out of 5 stars.
Rating: 2 / 5

Since I am a beginner and not a math major, I did not expect to whizz right through all of the calculations. But I also did not expect a negative tone with no support that made me not want to read it further. So, I bought REAL ESTATE INVESTING FOR DUMMIES. I found it significantly more helpful. It does point out warnings and says that if you’re not comfortable with possible negative cash flow, then maybe real estate investing is not right for you at this time. It also weighed the stability of real estate investing in comparison to stocks. I found the Dummies book much better suited to the beginner while detailing pros and cons, instead of being a pain to read.

Rating: 1 / 5