Release Date:- 2008-02-17
Reviews Counts:- 5
User Average Rating:- 4.5
Availability:- In Stock
Kind:- ebook
āThis well-organized book shows what a typical life in real estate is like so that newcomers can decide whether the field is right for them. It also offers advice on how to grow real estate investments for people who are already in the industry. Poorvu includes a variety of real world stories about people and their career experiences to make for an interesting read with a practical edge.ā
āPublishers Weekly
āThis new book by Bill Poorvu trumps any real estate book youāve ever read.ā
āJames Grant, editor of Grantās Interest Rate Observer
There are plenty of āget rich quick in real estateā books. This is not one of them.
Your guide, William Poorvu, is a lifelong real estate investor and consultant, and former head of the real estate program at Harvard Business School. Drawing on his personal experienceāand hundreds of interviews with many of the most successful real estate investors and entrepreneursāPoorvu illuminates every stage of your ālifeā in real estate: creating wealth, growing it, and
managing it successfully. He reveals the milestones, pitfalls, and rewards associated with real estate investing, offering powerful insight into the challenges and opportunities youāll face as you start out...scale up...ride the industryās cyclical waves and then leverage, share, or pass along the wealth youāve created.
This book contains dozens of real life personal stories, hands-on checklists, and questions to guide your decisions...and it delivers unparalleled insight into how the real estate industry
really works:
ā¢ Be strategic: choose your best route into the business
Define your successful real estate career, and learn how to make it a reality
ā¢Build your foundation: your first job, your first deal
Spot a great opportunity to add value, and jump on it
ā¢ Scale up: build and sustain your success
Hire a great team, manage them successfully, and find the capital you need to grow
ā¢ Survive the downturns: be flexible and nimble
Recognize new realities, adapt to them, and uncover the opportunities they create
ā¢ Take stock: make the most of your success
Balance your business, wealth, and family