The original poster had asked for books that were or were not about investing, and I'm not sure there has been a single recommendation outside of the investing scope, but personally, the one single book that has motivated me more than anything else and that has changed my life has been The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

Republic, later a MS in Aesthetics Dentistry from São Paulo University, Brazil.

@Paulo AguilarI spoke with mostly investors.

Being Grateful due to ScarcityI lived in dense cities all my life where competition for living spaces are high (Sao Paulo, San Francisco, LA, Seoul etc):  To be able to land a place for rent itself is a feat and if we do, WE ARE GRATEFUL. 

Anyone can go to a real estate agency, be recruited, and start practicing the profession.I hope that i have been useful,Paulo

I have several friend in Sao Paulo, who could help me.I have up to approx. 80.000 $ US or 260.000 $ R to spend.

Hi everyone,new to the forum. i'm a portuguese civil engineer currently living in São Paulo, Brasil.my family is moving to Ghent, Belgium next month, and since i had to quit my job (my wife got a new job there) i'm considering RE market, maybe on my own with a lot of your help.hope to meet people working in belgium that can partner up, ou just talk to in order to understand thr market and help me settle and start out working.i've been a site engineer for the past 10 years, lately i've worked on big vertical buildings for a brasilian company, and prior to that i've done quit a bit of everything in constrution projects in portugal.hope to hear and learn from you,thnx

There is a path of progress barrelling along the coast and the area was still thriving when the country (and especially the South) was in recession.Gentrifying areas of Sao Paulo for micro condos.

São Paulo, Brazil for a couple years.Costa Rica, New Zealand, Australia, Bali for several months each during a world tour.Moved from Bali to Austin, TX 10 years ago.We like it here, but we're growing tired of the 8-month long summers and lack of infrastructure to support the incredible growth.

@Paulo Correia, the recommendation that was given to you on the whole life insurance is really bad one, stay away from that, you would be funding someone else's (insurance agent who will get super high commissions from selling the policy to you) retirement with it.