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From David Crook, editor of a finance section of the WSJ called The Wall Street Journal Sunday comes this authoritative guide to real estate investing. In his book, Crook cuts the crap and gets to the basics of real estate investing, teaching you how to avoid get rich quick schemes and get rich the real way. His book covers the following topics (from Amazon.com):

• Why real-estate investing is a great wealth-building alternative to stocks and bonds and why it’s crucial that you avoid get-rich schemes
• How to get the financing and make the contacts to get started
• How to start small and local, be hands-on and go step-by-step with a vacation home to rent out, a pure rental property or a small apartment building
• How to find and value great properties, do the numbers and ensure you have that beautiful thing called cash flow
• How the government blesses real-estate investors with tax breaks and loopholes, and how you can be one of the anointed
• How to deal with the nuts-and-bolts of being a landlord and have a strife-free relationship with your tenants

This is a GREAT read and has some awesome ideas as well. A MUST HAVE for anyone considering real estate investment.