real estate books: >70,000 copies -- "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow..." - 03/26/11 08:59 AM
ok -- so maybe the fact that I keep track of stuff like this reveals a little touch of vanity, or a lack of humility, or both. But please remember, I'm strictly a by-the-numbers real estate investment guy, so tracking and analyzing data like this is hard-wired into my DNA.
As of 12/31/2010 my book, "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow... And 36 Other Key Financial Measures" has sold more than 70,000 copies.  So apparently I'm not the only person on the planet who believes that you need to run the numbers before you put your … (0 comments)

real estate books: New ebook: Real Estate Project Feasibility - 11/15/10 05:07 AM
I've just released a brief new ebook, "Real Estate Project Feasibility: What's Behind Doors #1 and #2?" It discusses the two classic methods of deciding whether the development of a particular income-producing property appears feasible: the "front-door" and "back-door" approaches. In the first case, you have a site looking for a use; in the second, a use looking for a site. You'll see how to run the numbers to determine how much rental income is necessary to support a project at a given cost, or how to find the maximum project cost you can afford if you expect a given rental income. … (0 comments)

real estate books: Educational content for real estate investors - 08/11/10 04:58 AM
We've just sent out the August, 2010 edition of the RealData Dispatch, our more-or-less monthly newsletter to almost 9,000 real estate investors and developers who subscribe.  If you're not currently signed up to receive it, I invite you to view this edition online and to subscribe (free).
This issue is devoted almost entirely to educational content.  We have new articles, including "5 More Rules of Thumb for Real Estate Investors," some video clips on due diligence and APOD, and a promo to receive a signed copy of my most recent book, "Mastering Real Estate Investment."
Investor education is a big part of … (0 comments)

real estate books: Making the best seller list at realtor.org - 01/06/10 01:32 AM
To my surprise and delight, when I opened my Twitter account this morning (twitter.com/fgallinelli) I found news of one of my books making the 12/31/09 best seller list at Realtor® Magazine. There will be no living with me today!

What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow... was released by McGraw-Hill six years ago, and in a second edition last fall. It covers what I believe are the key concepts and calculations that every real estate investor ought to understand when making a decision to buy or sell.

I tried to make the book … (2 comments)

real estate books: Newspaper article: "Real Data founder educates investors through books, software" - 07/24/09 01:15 AM
We were pleased to see this article in the Hamilton County (Tennessee) Herald about RealData and about our "mission" to educate real estate investors. As they discuss in the article, we try to do this through my books, articles and teaching -- as well as through our software. Thanks, Herald. … (1 comments)

real estate books: CCIM magazine cites Frank Gallinelli's latest book - 05/01/09 03:16 AM
I was pleased to see that Commercial Investment Real Estate, the magazine of the CCIM Institute, featured my latest book, Mastering Real Estate Investment in their May/June 2009 issue Buyers Guide (p. 45). The piece is entitled "Beyond the Basics," and I think they were right on the money, so to speak, when they said that I was "Responding to a call from readers for less theory and more practice..." Thank you, CCIM. … (0 comments)

real estate books: Get a signed copy of my latest book - 02/20/09 01:18 AM
Elsewhere in this blog, I've mentioned my latest book, Mastering Real Estate Investment: Examples, Metrics, and Case Studies -- a sequel of sorts to What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow.
FYI, my software company, realdata.com, is running a promotion until March 15.  Buy any of our real estate investment or development software costing $99 or more and we'll send you a free, signed copy of the new book.
Get the whole scoop here.
 
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real estate books: Cash Flow Analysis -- Annual or Monthly? - 02/10/09 12:25 AM
A reader of one of my books wrote to me recently with a very worthwhile question. When we build a pro-forma analysis of future cash flows from a real estate investment, why do we annualize those cash flows instead dealing with them on a monthly basis? After all, rent is typically collected and bills paid monthly.
The quick and facile answer, of course, is because we've always done it that way. Back in the day, we didn't have powerful personal computers and sophisticated real estate software, so one might argue that this annual approach is just a holdover from a … (1 comments)

real estate books: Sample chapter on cap rates, from "Mastering Real Estate Investment" - 01/19/09 03:12 AM
I'd like to invite you to download another sample chapter from my latest book, Mastering Real Estate Investment: Examples, Metrics and Case Studies..

The first section of the book is devoted to 37 key formulas that every real estate investor should understand and know how to use. This section is a sequel of sorts to my earlier book, What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow....
One of the most important of formulas is capitalization rate. Chapter 10 discusses cap rate and gives you several examples that you can work through. Learn to do the … (0 comments)

real estate books: If you haven't read my latest book... - 01/08/09 07:23 AM
...what are you waiting for?
Mastering Real Estate Investment: Examples, Metrics and Case Studies not only takes you through the key calculations that every real estate investor needs to understand, but also through four sample investment scenarios that are very much "real world:" a single-family home as a rental, a re-hab project, an apartment building, and a small shopping center.
This is some of the same material I teach in my grad-school classes. Skip the dorm life and dining hall food, and go directly to a fuller understanding of how investment real estate really works.
You can look me up on … (0 comments)