Dean Graziosi

Here's the painful truth you're either too afraid too face or you already know, you've got to put in a whole lot of effort, and you've got to work very hard and very smart to become successful someday in any field you've chosen to become successful, for success is one of those pesky things that don't just come easy, and don't just come to knock on your doorstep during a day or during a night. You've got to earn success, fair and square, and you do that by daily grind, and by applying various different kind of success principles into your life, the kind of success principles that can only help you grow your character and grow your personality, and help you get rich inside of your mind and eventually outside of your mind, to such an extent that you can actually think and grow rich.… (more)

Even though this book was published in 2008, I decided to give it a quick read. After all a book written on Profiting from Real Estate in 2008 is seriously outdated. Why read it? First, as an avid reader of economic history, I was curious to see if he had anticipated accurately just how devastating the collapse in the real estate market would be. He didn't. Second, I wondered if he was going to just give the worn out and outdated advice to leverage up to your proverbial eyeballs to make money in real estate. To his credit, he acknowledged that even back in 2008 that excess debt was not the way to get rich in real estate. That intrigued me. He even went so far as to emphasize to his readers the importance of full disclosure of quick profits when acquiring real estate by assignment instead of purchasing. I respected that. Unfortunately, the constant pitching of his coaching service throughout the book dimmed my enthusiasm for pursuing real estate through his methods especially since he did not disclose the price. His emphasis on taking a break from bad news was a valid point. Overall, it was better than hoped but still needs to remain way down on the list unless you are a speed reader.… (more)