Rich Weese from Janitor to Multi-Millionaire(Review)

[Siye Baker]

I have entered a knowledge-consumption stage, and due to there only being so many hours in the day, I must be efficient with my time. I have read perhaps a dozen RE books, with each of them saying more or less the same thing: "I have something else to sell you". The information given is usually too vague and/or loaded with theoretical examples for my taste. I am grateful for finding BP, as it has proven to be a wealth of information with a tremendous support structure built in. I only wish I had found it sooner.

2 weeks ago I read a very interesting thread by Rich Weese. I clicked on his profile to read some more of his posts, and found that he has been(and still is incredibly successful in Life- not just real estate). I visited his website and was delighted to find that he had written a book. I ordered it, and it arrived 2 days later. Opening the book, I found that the author had taken the time to not only autograph the book- but also wrote a letter introducing himself and welcoming me to the world of real estate. I found this to be very encouraging!

I have a collection of 50 or so books by my bed which I am gradually chipping away at(stocks, RE, Economics,German, etc...), and while I do find them interesting, I certainly would rather be playing guitar...

I sat down and began reading the book. Later on that night- I was finished with the book. I can't think of a single book that I have read in one sitting. It is loaded with traditional and incredibly creative real estate deal structuring. What is most impressive is that the author was creating these strategies imself. This book is packed with real world transactions(which the author does a great job of describing clearly) and discusses everything from residential, commercial, notes, tax strategies, business entities, property management, stress management, family, new construction, rental properties, fix-flip, to starting and growing a multi-state brokerage firm.

This book jolted me out of my paralysis by analysis and 10 days later, I am making an offer on a foreclosure. This book is worth its weight in gold, and is something that I will continue to re-read throughout my career(along with my Real Estate Fundamentals and Practices book).

I was also pleased to find out that all proceeds of the book sales goes to fund Alzheimer's research(my uncle suffer's from this terrible affliction).

I thought I would share my impression of this outstanding book, as I found that it assembled all the pieces of the real estate puzzle for me.

Thank you to Rich Weese for sharing your years of success

Sebastian

[Rich Weese]

@Sebastian Baker- Thanks so much. I've had quite a few reviews on both Amazon and a previous thread here on BP that is no longer available, but this one is the nicest. thank you.

@Minh L- Thanks. I'll look forward to inscribing it for you if it is not a Kindle.

@David Krulac- You are 100% correct. As you know, this Book was never written for commercial purposes. It was written "primarily" for my kids and grand kids to know what their dad and grand dad did for his life. It is also not a concept book but a fact driven book.

@Jon Klaus- It is in the works... A 37 night cruise starting Friday will be my "writers office". I'll be posting a thread shortly asking for some help.

@Andy Luck- You are also 100% correct. Seminars, Books, Gurus etc. will do you no good if none of it is put into practice. Let me tell you why I know the Author of this thread has what it takes. I appreciate the fact he bought, read and reviewed my Book. I'm even more impressed with what has happened since.

Sebastian contacted me and explained he was fired up after reading my Book and would like to drive over (4 hours) and take me to lunch and "chat". I knew he would benefit from the effort and welcomed him over. I would like to think that something I said helped him to make some changes and led to the decision to making an offer. We chatted about it enough that I'm very comfortable he will do fine AND he will be writing his own Book down the line and I might get a footnote. (Sebastian-just like the guy that taught me exchanging!)

@Brandon Hicks- It is available on Amazon and also available on the website in paperback cover. It still is available because I inscribed and sent out a few today.

Thanks again for the nice comments. I know many other BP members have read it. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts, good or bad-I can handle it. The Book came out just exactly as intended and the updated Book with Chapter 13 Challenge was fun to add to recent Edition. Rich