Essential Real Estate/Investing Books

[Jon McCarron]

Newbie Investor from the North Shore of Massachusetts. I am interested in buying and holding multifamily's for cash-flow (but not ruling any strategy out). I am interested in interacting with other like minded people, whether they are seasoned investors or beginners, like myself.

Moving on to my first question for the community.

Currently, I commute to a job in Boston by train. I have about an 1 1/2 hours to read on this commute, daily. I want to know from biggerpockets community: 

What are some of your essential real estate/ investing books? They can be books related to a particular strategy, general wealth building, inspiration, motivation, etc. Anything that has helped you get to your own real estate goals.  

Thank you! Glad to be apart of this community!

[Ann Bellamy]

There are several threads on exactly that topic of favorite books here on BP, and I think Brandon even wrote a thread or article.  The search feature will become your best friend, as every imaginable topic is covered, and usually many times.  Try "favorite books" .  Almost everything that you can think to ask has been discussed, probably several different times.  So I'd become familiar with the filters and bookmark some pertinent articles and threads that interest you.  

Plus you can down load the podcasts, those will keep you busy for a long time.  

If you have a tablet or phone with 4G, just reading the forums will keep you busy for months, I think more is written on BP in a day than can possibly be absorbed.

Set keywords for terms like "boston" "Multi-family" "massachusetts" etc, and you will be notified of relevant topics and locations that interest you.

Good luck!