The first book I actually read was Building Wealth One House at a Time by John Schaub which completely opened my eyes to REI.

This is full disclosure and will tell my side as best I can without writing a book. I

It so simple, but so powerful3) Set For Life by Scott Trench - While this book is geared towards the younger crowd, many of the principals still apply to most people.

Working my way through Profit First, the book is helping a lot by outlining exactly how to break that away from that thinking by physically separating an acceptable profit BEFORE anything else, among other steps.

I am an open book, I like to share contacts as I go, as I believe in helping each other to achieve everyone’s goals.Happy Investing everyone! 

I operate by being an open book. I

This book is so complete, practical and business like.

One good professional development book is "It Takes What It Takes" by Trevor Moawad.

My dream has always been to run my own company that specializes in buying rental properties, flipping these properties, and then selling them (similar to the BRRR strategy) that I just read about in my brother's book). I

My favorite quote from that book is"Anyone who dreams of an uncommon life eventually discovers there is no choice but to seek an uncommon approach to living it"  - Gary KellerTo be successful you can't just copy what someone else is doing exactly, and you don't need to come from wealth and connections in order to be successful in real estate investing.