Build a Rental Property Empire: The no-nonsense book on finding deals, financing the right way, and managing wisely. (InvestFourMore Investor Series) Paperback – March 1, 2016

My dad had several rental properties when I was growing up as a kid but I never really knew about the benefits of real estate investing. Over the coronavirus shutdown I wanted to better myself and I read Rich Dad Poor Dad was inspired to start building toward my future. I bought this book and it was amazing! Mark is really detailed and inspired me even further! He has a blog and YouTube channel that I keep up with and I recently bought some more books of his. I’m in college with my major being that of a teacher so I know the importance of passive income. However the more I have read into real estate, the more I believe I have a future in real estate instead. A friend of mine is a realtor and I bought him lunch and talked to him about real estate. It’s Christmas break and I’m off from college and decided to take classes to get my real estate license! I have Mark to thank for showing the benefits of real estate! I read his buying into success book and I really saw myself in the main character Mo. If you find you are still hesitant to get started, I recommend you read that book next for some extra motivation to get started!

I thought the book was very well done, it was written in a such away that if without experience you could understand the buying and holding process in Real Estate. I love the step by step approach on the different deals that Mark acquired and how he made adjustments on future purchases. I took his advice on how to acquire tenants and his rule of thumb on how hold to make a reserve pool for future repairs. I like his approach on homes and the ages of the homes and what he recommends to avoid some of the pitfalls of not making sound choices when you decide to purchase. How he gives his explanation on his rental return on investment properties before he purchases his future rental home(s). He appears to be the real deal when it comes to buying, flipping and building a rental empire with his mission of 100 house rentals. AWESOME book, thanks

Pros:Information and content: First and foremost, this book has a lot of wonderful, useful information. I am new to the rental real estate business and this book has given me a lot of good information to help me get started.Online Resources: There are a couple online tools that he mentions in this book that are extremely valuable and are, alone, well worth the price of the book.Cons:Grammar and Syntax: I have never read a more poorly written book. Though Lynda Pelissier is listed as the editor of this book, I am convinced that nobody, not even the author, read this book before publishing. Misspellings, misuse and omission of words, run-on sentences, and just a general misunderstanding of grammar and syntax makes this book extremely hard to read. It feels very much like the author began taking notes for a book that he would someday write then, once he had enough content, just hit ctrl-P and called it good.Redundancies: As a result of an apparent lack of editing, this book has many redundancies. The author repeats himself numerous times throughout the book, occasionally with identical sentences. This 374-page book could easily be consolidated to a 150 to 200-page book with some simple editing.Lack of Entity Information: This is very minor but I wish that the section about using an LLC to hold investment properties included a bit more detail, especially about tax advantages and the use of an LLC versus other entity types. Overall, the section about LLCs is weak.Bragging: This is also very minor – The book could do with a bit less bragging. I’m paraphrasing, but as an example: “You can expect to pay between 8% and 12% for a property manager. I only pay 8% because I’m great and I own a Lamborghini.” ' We already bought your book. You don’t need to prove to us how great you are by telling us that you get all the best deals, etc.Conclusion: It’s a wonderful book with a lot of very useful information. If you are just getting into the rental property business and can look past the minor issues listed above, this is a great book to have.

I started off reading a few of Mark's blog post on investfourmore.com and I really liked the content he was putting out. I liked how his content had real value and specific details pertaining to real estate. From there I knew I had to buy his book "Build A Rental Property Empire" in order to really understand how to build wealth in real estate. This book exceeded my expectations! Mark covers all topics in regards to building a rental empire. He explains why he believes rentals are the best investments, keys to successful investing, how to analyze and run REAL numbers of owning a rental, the different types of rentals you can buy, clever ways to finance or invest with little money down, and much much more. I love how this book is put together in a cohesive manner and straight to the point, you won't have to dig through a bunch of fluff... it's all really good material. This book is a must read for anyone interested in building true wealth through rental properties.

Initially when I purchased this book, the pages fell out and I was saddened because I was looking forward to reading this book. So, I went through Amazons item returning process and got a new copy of the book.I was recommended to read this book by a Youtuber who I forgot the name of. After reading the book, I would like to express my opinion of affirmation in this book. I think this book is extremely helpful for people who are getting involved in the real estate industry (specifically rental property investing). It breaks down chapters into sections which is very useful if you stumble upon a section and want to read it to get some quick knowledge about a specific topic. Furthermore, the author of this book is a reputable real estate investor who built an entire empire on rental properties and posts updates of his investments on his blog which is public.