Product Description

Tough-minded real estate developer and star of The Apprentice, Donald Trump asked 100 of the world's most successful real estate experts to tell him the best real estate advice they ever received. The answers are insightful, practical, and particularly helpful for anyone wanting to profit from the current uncertain real estate market, whether commercial or private.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #82757 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Anticipation Vindicated
As a former real estate executive, I approached this book with both caution and anticipation. Caution, because I feared it would be a long vanity ride (as so many of Trump's books are), and anticipation because it contains the thoughts of quite a few accomplished masters in the field. It turns out that my caution was misplaced, and that my anticipation was rewarded in multiples. This is a fine book, and principally so because of the surpassing strength of seven or eight of the individually authored essays in it. Worth the price of admission are the pieces by Jonathan Tisch, Leonard Lauder, Larry Silverstein, and Stephen Leopold. The last of this quartet of industry giants, Stephen Leopold, is Chairman of William B. May International in New York, and his essay is particularly compelling. Along with the others in my "quartet" he teaches, illustrates, and provides profound insight into the workings of the commercial real estate industry. The pick of the crop here is Leopold's highly educational and entertaining essay, and the book overall I can highly recommend - definitely a cut above all other Trump books.
Marvin Chase

A good read. Not heavy-duty stuff, but a good read.
The reader should keep in mind one thing: this book is more inspirational than instructional. 100 real estate experts tell what worked for them, and in doing so, they give an overview of their investing philosopies and the strategies they used to be succesful.

I always find it interesting to see what has worked for these succesful people. I've long believed that one of the best ways to become succesful is to imitate what other succesful people have done to get there.

If you're looking for detailed strategies, you're better off buying a more instuctional book or course that walks you through the process of buying, selling,and building up your real estate portfolio. I recommend stuff by David Lindahl, Robert Shemin, & Russ Whitney. This is not that kind of book. But if you're interested in "picking the brains" of succesful real estate people, & seeing what you can glean from them to apply to your own real estate investing, this is a book I'd highly recommend.

I'm thankful I didnt buy it...
I just flipped through it at a bookstore. I've got to tell you, I dont know what The Donald is up to these days because he really seems to be lending his name to all sorts of garbage now. His name used to stand for the best. Now he has his huckster university and all these junk books and even pro wrestling. What's wrong with him? Back to the book, this book is just page after page of short snippets from other developers. No real secrets divulged. 90% of it is just common sense you already know. He didnt even write it for Pete's sake, he just basically lent his name to it.