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

Brandon's Book was Awesome!!

What did you love best about The Book on Investing In Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down?

This is a great introductory Real Estate Investing book which gives you both a broad overview of the investing principles of this industry and some actual examples of real and hypothetical deals with their basic math.

I like the fact that its a recently published book, so you feel there is a certain relevance, in what Brandon is relaying, to todays market that you don't always feel when you read real estate books from 10+ years ago.

Also, I like the fact that the book is not just a long pep talk, trying to convince you that being a real estate investor is a smart thing to do. Which a bunch of real estate books seem to be and never get into many specifics. Which this book does.

The main thing that irritated me about the Audible version, however was how the book was read. I would have much preferred if the author would have read it himself. It seemed very robotic, like the reader didn't actually know what he was reading and was just reading the words to get through them (which was probably the case but it shouldn't come across that way to the listener). It was also very unnatural with the speed fluctuating from sentence to sentence in a way which a normal person would not actually speak in, if he were talking to you, which confused the communication. Most of the book was too slow and I had to listen at 1.25+ speed or it was too painful to listen to. Also, at certain parts it seemed like the readers voice got sore and raspy or he was straining to read, so all your attention went to that, instead of what he was saying.

Also, not a big deal but the pronunciation of some words were off like Realtor being pronounced "Realator" (something unfortunately Ive found to be mispronounced even among people in the industry). And comparable being pronounced "compare-able". Also several sentences were read over again, when the reader stumbled or maybe didn't like the way he read something and the multiple sentences were all left in.

So if you like to read books, as opposed to listen to them, I suggest you go that route.

Would you be willing to try another one of Maher Abiad’s performances?

No.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes.

45 of 47 people found this review helpful

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

27 of 31 people found this review helpful

Ok book, went cheap on narrator

This book was ok. Offered a comprehensive review of some real estate purchasing tools. Some of the segments are pie in the sky crap. Like going after private money, Turner says rich people will want to invest with you “because its cool”, and because they are getting 1 pct return in a cd. These are two extremes in investing and i dont see someone who was conservative enough to buy a cd go full boar and just let some real estate guy run with it.

He makes this point again when he talks about seller financing.

The narrator was the worst ive ever heard.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Great book, terrible performance!

Awesome book and great tips for any real estate investor or would be investor.

The reading of this book was so terrible it's almost laughable. If I were the author, I would be outraged that my hard work had been butchered by a narrator who has no consistency in tone, inflection, and is in an apparent race against himself to see how fast he can read through this book. Not even worthy of 1 star!

I'd recommend buying a paper or digital copy and read through it yourself. It will be far more beneficial than trying to keep up with the narrator who uses no punctuation and reads so fast his voice starts to fade and crack, thus making the experience even more painful!

16 of 19 people found this review helpful

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.

11 of 13 people found this review helpful

Great info, horrible narrator

What made the experience of listening to The Book on Investing In Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down the most enjoyable?

Tons of great information about the many different loan options. I had no clue so many existed.

How could the performance have been better?

The narrator was ALLLL over the place in terms of reading pace and ignoring punctuation. Very hard to follow at times.

17 of 21 people found this review helpful

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!

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

good book for the newest real estate investors.

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8 of 10 people found this review helpful

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.

28 of 37 people found this review helpful

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.

12 of 16 people found this review helpful