I read these books within about 2 years and it exponentially changed my growth.Rich Dad Poor Dad, Millionaire Real Estate Investor, Multi- Family Millions (Dave Lindahl), ABC’s of Real Estate Investing, The Book on Rental Property Investing, Hold, The Advanced Guide to Real Estate Investing, The Due Diligence Handbook for Commercial Real Estate, Millionaire Real Estate Agent, The Book on Managing Rental Properties (Brandon Turner), The Emyth RevistitedCrushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate, Emerging Real Estate Markets ,The ABC’s of Property Management, Wheelbarrow Profits, The One Thing, Outliers, Start with Why, David and Goliath, Chasing Excellence, Extreme Ownership, The Compound Effect, The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster, Be Obsessed or Be Average, The 10x Rule, The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, Am I Being Too Subtle, 48 Laws of Power, Atlas Shrugged, Man’s Search For Meaning, Sapiens, Tools of Titans, Four Hour Work Week.

I think there were plenty of 10 to 12% cash on cash deals in our area especially those with older landlords who like to keep good tenants at low Market rates if you can find those put a little money into the property and raise the rates by 10 to 15% you're making pretty nice profit and again this is real estate as part of your portfolio it's going to appreciate it's certainly not going to be... in our area anyway ..a roller coaster ride like the stock market. you don't want to put all your eggs in one basket everyone knows that but as an investment that won't take up too much of your time I think it's a good start the brrrr are good but not for everybody especially if you have a full-time job and you buy locally in our high tax area.

But the name of the game is skate to where the puck is going....this market seems to have a vibe of affordable housing, space, yard, single family, etc... in my opinion Not sure about NY, but Cleveland has pockets of massive appreciation.Tremont, Lakewood, Ohio city - all neighborhoods of 2x-4x appreciation over 7-10 year horizon..... not sure now as I never had the stomach for the risk/reward.I always operate in the same market since I’m a high velocity flipper and deals exist all over the Midwest key is building relationships and trust in your market.

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Unless the windows are massive I think your buying the from someplace with a big MarkupJust got 5 windows done with roller blinds for $140 cut to size from home home Depot.Yes you need to buy them blinds and or curtains, if they break them it comes out of their security deposit.

I remember getting excited about deals before they go under contract.Not worth the roller coaster at this point.

Could be drum roller.

Maybe if you rode the real estate roller coaster every 7-12 years you timed it right, but now I think the jig is up, this next downturn [if we ever have one] wont be as deep of a discount.

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I have to say, yes, it's a bit of a roller coaster, but I've yielded near 20% on it, on average and if it was down when I needed to draw, it was never by much.