50 Books To Make You A Better Investor

This is a list of 50 books that I recommend you read in order to get a good financial education. I hand picked these books because they are the most commonly referred books by guests across several different podcasts having to do with financial education, personal finance, real estate investing, business management, and personal growth/development. These answers have been compiled through watching about 20 years of combined weekly material. There are 1 or 2 books in here that I personally added myself because I wanted a comprehensive understanding of money and its history in this country. If you read all of these books I can Guarantee that you will have read 80-90% of the most mentioned and core materials having to do with real estate investing & financial freedom. I recommend that you read these books in the specific order that I have listed them. In addition to this I recommend that you start by listening to these podcasts in order.

1-Robert Kiyosaki's Richdad Radio Podcast.

2-Biggerpockets Real Estate Investing Podcast.

3-Biggerpockets Money Podcast.

4-Any Jim Rohn Audiobooks or youtube lectures.

These books and podcasts have helped me tremendously in my financial journey, and I consider them to be the core of my financial literacy. I hope that they help you in the same way they have helped me! 

Take a look:

Basic Financial Literacy & Education

1-Rich Dad Poor Dad- Robert Kiyosaki (financial education) – This is the bible of financial independence. Virtually everyone who seeks financial independence starts with this book.

2- Why The Rich are Getting Richer- Robert Kiyosaki (financial education).

3- Cashflow Quadrant- Robert Kiyosaki- (Business/financial education/personal finance).

4- Rich Dad's Guide to Investing- Robert Kiyosaki (financial education/Investing).

5- The Business School For People Who Want To Help People- Robert Kiyosaki (financial education).

6- Own Your Own Corporation- Garret Sutton Attorney At Law (business technical and legal structures).

7-Tax Free Wealth- Tom Wheelright C.P.A. (business/financial education/personal finance).

Commercial Multifamily Real Estate Investing

8-The ABC's of Real Estate Investing- Ken McElroy (commerical residential multifamily real estate investing).

9-The Advanced Guide to Real Estate Investing- Ken McElroy (commercial residential multifamily real estate investing).

10- The Guide to Property Management- Ken McElroy (commercial residential real estate investing).

11- Loopholes of Real Estate- Attorney Garret Sutton (real estate investing legal laws & tax loopholes)

12- Raising Private Capital- Matt Faircloth (real estate investing raising money & syndication).

13- Upside: Profiting From Profound Demographic Shifts Ahead- Ken Gronbach (investment demography).

Residential & General Real Estate Core Knowledge 

14- The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Real Estate Investing (residential & small multifamily basic primer) this book is available FOR FREE as an ebook on Biggerpockets. 

15- How To Invest in Real Estate- Josh Dorkin & Brandon Turner (real estate investing).

16- No & Low Money Down Strategies- Brandon Turner (real estate investing).

17- Rental Property Investing- Brandon Turner (residential & small multifamily investing).

18- Managing Rental Properties- Heather Turner (residential & small DIY property management).

19- The Book on Flipping Houses- J. Scott (real estate-fix n flip).

20- The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs- J.Scott (real estate- fix n flip).

21- Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat Brrrr Investing- David Greene (real estate investing).

22- Long Distance Real Estate Investing- David Greene (real estate investing).

23- The Book on Negotiating Real Estate- J. Scott (real estate investing negotiation).

24- Real Estate Note Investing- Dave Van Horn- (real estate paper investing).

25- The Millionaire Real Estate Investor- Gary Keller (real estate investing).

26- The Art of the Deal- Donald Trump (real estate investing).

Personal Finance

27- The Richest Man in Babylon- George M. Clason (personal Finance).

28- The Millionaire Next Door- Stanley & Danko P.H.D. (personal Finance).

Stocks

29- The Simple Path to Wealth- Jim Collins (low Cost Indexing).

30- Stock Market Cash Flow- Andy Tanner (stock market 101).

31- The New Trading for a Living- Dr. Alexander Elder (this is THE book on trading).

Personal Development

32- Think & Grow Rich- Napoleon Hill (personal development/mindset).

33- As a Man Thinketh- James Allen (personal development/mindset).

34- Rhino success- Scott Alexander (personal development/mindset).

35- How to Win Friends & Influence People- Dale Carnegie (personal development/social skills).

36- The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity- Edwene Gaines (personal development/spirituality).

Business Books

37- The Four Hour Workweek- Tim Ferris (business/lifestyle).

38- Start With Why- Simon Sinek (business/visionary leadership).

39- The E-Myth Revisited- Micheal E. Gerber (business).

40- The One Thing- Gary Keller (business).

41- SalesDogs- Blair Singer (business/sales.)

42- The One Minute Manager- Kenneth Blanchard (business/management).

43- Leadership & The One Minute Manager- Kenneth Blanchard (business management-leadership).

44- The One Minute Manager: Builds High Performance Teams- Kenneth Blanchard (business management/leadership).

45- Good to Great- Jim Collins (business management).

46- Profit First-Mike Michalowicz (business accounting).

47- Traction- Gino Wickman (business scaling/building).

48- Positioning- Al Reis & Jack Trout (business marketing psychology, this one is a classic).

49- The Go-Giver- Bob Burg (business/philosophy).

Economics

50- A History of Money and Banking In The United States: The Colonial Era to World War II- By Murray M. Rothbard of the Ludwig Von Mises institute. This is a particularly hard and academic read but trust me you need to read it. This is an excellent history of money in this country leading up to the second world war. I think you will find it extremely shocking, and it should put things into perspective for you. This read is hard one but I promise you it is necessary for you to complete your core financial education.