The Book on Investing In Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down

Creative Strategies for Investing in Real Estate Using Other People's Money (BiggerPockets Rental Kit 1)

By: Brandon Turner

Narrated by: Brandon Turner

Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's Summary

Is your lack of cash holding you back from your real estate dreams? Discover the creative real estate financing techniques that savvy investors are using to do more deals, more often.

No matter how much money you have in your checking account, there is always real estate you can’t afford. Don't let the contents of your wallet define your future! This book provides numerous strategies for leveraging other people’s money for amazing returns on your initial investment.

Active real estate investor and co-host of The BiggerPockets Podcast, Brandon Turner, dives into multiple financing methods that professional investors use to tap into current real estate markets. Not only will you be able to navigate the world of creative real estate finance, but you’ll get more mileage out of any real estate investment strategy. 

Financing deals just got easier — learn how to be a smart investor by using creativity, not cash!

Inside, you'll discover:

• The truth about no-money-down investing ― Investing with little to no money down is possible, but it’s not about a step-by-step strategy. It’s about a mindset.
• How to get started investing in real estate ― Looking for your first deal, but you have no money or experience? Learn the best strategies for getting your feet wet without paying thousands!
• Numerous strategies to mix and match ― Creative investing requires a creative mind.
• How to attract private money, lenders, and partners ― There are millions of millionaires walking the streets. Discover the best way to attract them to you.
• The ugly side of creative investing ― Learn the downsides to all the strategies mentioned in this book, as well as tips for overcoming those problems.
• Strategies for wholesaling, flipping, rentals, and more ― Find success no matter what niche you plan to use to build your real estate empire.

©2014 BiggerPockets Publishing, LLC (P)2014 BiggerPockets Publishing, LLC

As a researcher...

As a researcher, I.E. a new investor, this book is invaluable to me. There is a lot of information put out on nine different techniques used in the real estate world to obtain funding for your current or future projects. Most of it is legal ways to go about obtaining funding. A lot of the book speaks volumes about your character and how you loving real estate investing can really play into getting a deal in one stage or another.
Brandon specifically speaks about how he obtained his 12 unit apartment through the virtue of his conversation with another investor He again talks about it later, but without specifically saying so. I believe Brandon happened upon an investor who was having a hard time making money with his commercial real estate and found Brandon may be able to work it, So he sold Brandon the building after a few years of Brandon working it. I believe it was through leasing. So it covered the legal how and the why it happened that way, Brandons character.
The book is a great book to give you ideas on how to work different avenues of funding. A lot of it is networking. Get the book if you are struggling with funding or if you are new to help build a foundation or get new ideas.
It's good to add more tools to your tool box.

Buy the print version

I'm not one to normally write reviews but the narrator was so terrible I felt I had to. The information is great, love all the BP stuff. But the narrator slips in and out of vocal fry (imagine what you sound like when you first wake up and try to speak). There are periods where he speaks normally, but the majority of the book sounds like a frog man sloppily reading the book to you. Do your ears a favor, read the print version.

Great info for creative real estate Poor execution

Tons of great stuff. I learned a lot. But it was incredibly annoying, that the reader sounded like he was on 6 redbulls. He never once slowed down or paused. Also the recording kept skipping back 5-25 seconds. It did it at least 8 times. But great book!

Brutal Narration

Where does The Book on Investing In Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

So far, the book ranks in the top 5. The downside to this would be the narration - very hard to understand, very awkward at times. There are also quite a few recording errors towards the end of the book.

What did you like best about this story?

I love the scope of the book. Brandon provides a wide variety of strategies to take on, then breaks them down into a more simplistic way of understanding them.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Maher Abiad?

Myself, Gerard Butler, Anthony Hopkins, Captain Jean Luc Picard...really anybody.

Good book. Horrible Narrator

I wanted to give it four stars but the terrible narrator had a very distracting accent kept stuttering had a sore or dry throat and actually repeated several sentences in a row

OK at best

narration a bit rapid and not always fluid to understand. very basic info with not enough substance to satisfy. I gave 3 stars because it will be a decent resource for the beginner.

Great book with lots of creative RE investing idea

Great book for both experience and the new real estate investors. You'll more than get your time and money's worth.

Narrator in distress

The subject and content of the book is of true and great value to any real estate investor, be it novice or seasoned. However the narrator is very variable in his voice, reading speed and quality i.e. he repeats himself several times throughout the book which might indicate bad editing.

All in all, a good book but maybe best read by one self.

Hire new reader

The person who read this book had a real noticeable lisp and it was really distracting while I was hearing this by halfway through that's the only thing I could focus on. I expect better from audible hire more professional readers or don't sponsor the book it's that simple.

good book for the newest real estate investors.

if you have spent time on bigger pockets website then much of this will be a review. nothing wrong with a review...just be aware that the vast majority of this information can be found for free on the website, blog, podcasts, etc.

the content is very informative

however the narration gets quite annoying after a while. this book is aimed at the American market. so not very useful for people in the UK.

Quite technical and American

It was fine but a very technical book with references only to American financial products.

Not RECOMMENDED FOR UK RESIDENTS. MAINLY FOR USA

All the basic house loans and laws based in the USA and less similar to the UK base.

Must read for investors

Excellent book. Covers all the stages an investor could want. Has some great tips. Recommended

Valuable

This is a valuable book but the narration is too fast. Need to slow down.

Brilliant! <br />

Wonderful ,many creative ideas about about how to raise money when you're looking to invest in proprieties!

good but complex

would be better to sit and read. too much jargon and complex examples for audiobook

Exciting.

Highly recommended to anyone who loves creative finance. Full of examples and ideas. Inspiring as well.

Great Book

Packed with advice for anyone interested in Real Estate investing. I had to stop listening every 20mins to write down a new idea that would help me put together creative deals. Highly recommend