Real Estate Resources

Recommended Real Estate Books

The Millionaire Real Estate Investor

The Millionaire Real Estate Investor

By: Gary Keller

The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings

The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings

By: Steve Berges

How to Buy and Sell Apartment Buildings

How to Buy and Sell Apartment Buildings

By: Eugene Vollucci

The Complete Guide to Real Estate Finance for Investment Properties

The Complete Guide to RE Finance for Investment Properties

By: Steve Berges

Emerging Real Estate Markets

Emerging Real Estate Markets

By: David Lindahl

Online Discussion Forums

The Fastlane to Millions
Multiple forums devoted to many different “fastlane” investment strategies, including Real Estate, Paper Assets, Building Businesses, etc. This is probably the highest quality discussion forums I’ve found on the web.

Creative Real Estate Online
Hundreds of articles devoted to Real Estate topics ranging from the basics to creative strategies for acquiring all kinds of real estate. Also, several high-quality forums for various real estate topics.

Bigger Pockets Forums
Discussion forums devoted to the spectrum of Real Estate topics.

Real Estate Investor Forums
Discussion forums devoted to the spectrum of Real Estate topics

Real Estate Research Online

Loopnet.com
Loopnet is the most comprehensive online listing service for commercial properties, including apartments, office space, raw land, etc.

Zillow.com
Zillow provides data on individual houses around the nation. Includes prior sales data, for-sale info, arial photos, etc.

Trulia.com
Trulia provides research data on market trends as well on individual houses around the nation.

BankRate.com
BankRate provides comprehensive rate information for all types of loans. Also includes articles, calculators, and advice sections.

Rentometer.com
Rentometer provides tools for determining local rents in a specific area (designated by address).

Zilpy.com
Zilpy provides investment property information about local neighborhoods to investors, landlords, and prospective renters.

RottenNeighbor.com
RottenNeighbor lets you leave and retrieve information about your neighbors or homeowners in areas where you are considering buying/living.

City-Data.com
City-Data provides housing and census data for various areas around the U.S.

RealtyRates.com
RealtyRates provides global real estate investment, financial and market data.

The Financial Forecast Center
The Financial Forecast Center provides forecasted rates for various currency exchange, loans, investments, etc.

Mortgage Rates - Daily Market Commentary
Daily mortgage rate commentary and recommendations on when to lock in or float your rate.

REI Blogs and Articles

Apartment Building Real Estate Investment Success Guide
A number of very good articles related to apartment investing, acquisition, and management.

Stewart Hsu: Real Time Thoughts of a Real Estate Entrepreneur
Stewart Hsu’s blog about real estate investing (in the Bay Area).

Self Storage Start-up
Have you ever considered Self Storage as an RE Investment? Here’s the place for you.

R World Properties
Christian Russell is a realtor and real estate consultant with a lot of great insights.

Lang & Thomas - Real Estate Blog
A partner team in Atlanta focused on quad-plex investing. Some great interviews with high-profile investors.

Live and Flip
Follow another fellow investor as he learns the ropes of SFH and multi-units in Denver, CO.

Shaun’s Real Estate Adventures
Shaun is a real estate investor and flipper who lives in Phoenix, AZ.

Live Learn Invest
Good blog about one person’s experience giving up the corporate life and starting to invest for a living.

Chez Cliff
Cliff is an “investor, writer, traveler, and all-around nice guy.”

Building an Empire with Trisha Allen
Came across this blog link and really like it…

Overcoming Real Estate Losses
A good reminder of all the things that can go wrong when investing in real estate.