The Troncoso Bookshelf 

 

Books on Real Estate Investing 

1               The QuickTurn Real Estate Millionaire By Ron Legrand         Details

A Timeless classic to understand the basics of real estate investing.  

 

2               The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller                  Details

 

3               The Real Book of Real Estate by Robert Kiyosaki                       Details

I highly recommend all his books but have heard good things about his courses. 

 

4               Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki                                               Details

A change of mindset for real estate and business. 

 

5               Retire Young Retire Rich by Robert Kiyosaki                                   Details

                  This is one of my favorite books he wrote a lot of meat and potatoes. 

 

6               Investing in Real Estate by Gary Eldred                                             Details                  

 

7               Confessions of a real estate entrepreneur by James Randel           Details

 

8               Investing in Duplexes, Triplexes and Quads by Larry Loftis               Details

 

9               Real Estate Investing for the Utterly Confused by Lisa Bromma Moren                      Details

One of the first books I read it had some good tips on starting out

 

10            Insider secrets to financing your real estate investments by Frank Gallinelli        Details

 

11            What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know about Cash Flow by Frank Gallinelli     Details 

 

11            Maverick Real Estate Investing by Steve Bergsman                 Details

 

12            Maverick Real Estate financing by Steve Bergsman                Details

 

13            How to Build a Real Estate Empire by John Hamilton            Details

 

Commercial 

14            Real Estate Titans by Erez Cohen                                          Details

 

15            Best Ever Apartment Syndication Book by Joe Fairless        Details 

 

16            Mobile Home Wealth How to Make Money Buying, Selling and Renting Mobile Homes by Zalman Velvel  Details

 

17            The new investors guide to owning a mobile home park by Laura Cochran      Details

 

18            The Ultimate Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings by Steve Berges  Details

 

19            The complete guide to real estate finance for investment properties by Steve Berges         Details

 

20            The How to Add Value Handbook for Commercial Real estate by Brian Hennesssey            Details 

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21            Commercial Real Estate Investing by Mike Sowers                            Details

Very Thorough worth studying 

 

22            How to Succeed in Commercial Real Estate by John Bowman             Details

Tailored to brokers but good to understand that side of things 

 

23            How to Read a Rent Roll by John Wilhoit                             Details

 

24            Leadership Legacies Lessons Learned from Ten Real estate Legends                   Details

 

25            The complete guide to locating and profiting from emerging real estate markets by Maurcia Delean Houck     Details

 

26            Getting Started in Commercial Real Estate Ten Step Program by Adam Von Romer            Details

 

 

 

Development and Biographies of Developers

26            How Real Estate Developers Think by Peter Hendee Brown                  Details

Study This one

 

27            The Peebles Principles by R Donahue Peebles                                     Details

 

28            The Peebles Path to Real Estate Wealth by R Donahue Peebles         Details

 

29            Building Small: A Toolkit for Real Estate Entrepreneurs by Jim Heid          Details

Study this one

 

30            Missing Middle Housing by Daniel Parolek                                 Details

 

31            Developing Housing for the Workforce by Richard M Haughey      Details

 

32            Real Estate Market Analysis By Deborah Brett                  Details

 

33            Developing Successful Infill Housing                                Details 

 

34            Professional Real Estate Development: The ULI Guide to the Business by Richard Peiser          Details

 

35            Raising the Bar: The Life and Work of Gerald D. Hines A Biography but about a developer       Details

 

36            Am I being too Subtle? Straight Talk from a Busienss Rebel by Sam Zell                                       Details

 

37            Zeckendorf: The autobiography of the man who played a real life game of monopoly and won the          Details

largest real estate empire in History. By William Zeckendorf. 

 

38            Sharing the wealth my story by Jack Spanos                          Details

 

39            Better Places, Better Lives: A Biography of James rouse by Joshua Olsen           Details

 

40            Real Estate Development Principles and Process by Mike Miles                   Details

 

41            Density by Design: New Directions in Residential Development by Steven Fader               Details

 

42            Residential Development Handbook by Adrienne Schmitz                        Details

 

43            Getting Density Right by Richard Haughey                                                 Details

 

Planning and Design of Development 

44            Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design                      Details

 

45            Make It In Real Estate Starting Out as a Developer                                   Details

 

46            The Walkable City: How Downtown can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck               Details

 

47            The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs                         Details

 

48            Pocket Neighborhoods by Ross Chapin                                                        Details

 

49            Planning Chicago                                                                                           Details