Commercial Real Estate Investing: A Creative Guide to Succesfully Making Money

Dolf de Roos is a man with plenty of experience in property investment, and not just within one market, but many markets across the globe, and not just over a short period of time, but over decades. His books are always an entertaining read, and his ability to sharply focus on issues is fantastic. This book includes lots of detail of how to find a good deal, how to MAKE a good deal out of the raw materials (often a vacant property), and I always enjoy his philosophical comments about business in general, in particular his comment that "it's not about WHO is right, it's about WHAT is right". Dolf is a dynamic, modern businessman, but one who follows the time-tested approaches that have always worked - common sense, work the numbers, and a healthy dose of ethics. This book includes case studies of small deals and big deals, and very clearly explains that the "downsides" of commercial property are actually the upsides! I really enjoyed this book and it has given me many great ideas to grow my property business, I highly recommend it.

Having done reasonably well with residential RE in London UK with a sizable portfolio (although nothing compare to Mark's), I started reading this great book with the intention to do some commercial to resi deals this year. Three quarters of my way through the book, there has already been tonnes of valuable lessons that would no doubt save me lots of £ in the coming transactions. Furthermore, Mark tackles the property subjects from a technical but also a business level given his admirable corporate career. He also talks business in a very humanity and ethical level, encouraging goodwill in today's society. The least I can do is to give credit back to Mark for sharing his great wisdom and knowledge for so little money. This book certainly goes down as the best business book I read so far!

If your considering getting into commercial real estate, then this book will not be a waste of your time OR money! I’m currently reading it for the 2nd time.

amazing book , however after reading most of his books i find he uses the same instances time again , e.g. wet fish supply , funeral parlor , helipad , dolf's positive approach towards property make investing life so much easier !!! havnt heart from you dolf almost a decade , we need you back in public...

Great overview of commercial property investment. I have picked up some great ideas and will certainly be looking at investments from a different angle.

Before reading this book I had no idea how to start out in comercial property investing but now, I feel that I could go ahead, but I'm going to purchase one or two more of De Roos' books on the subject, so that I have as much information as possible. If any of his other books are as good as this one and gives information that's not already included in this book, then that will be a bonus. I highly recommend this book. Read it through once, then start again taking notes etc. Use this book as a reference. The clever way of finding a tenant for your property before you buy it, is alone, worth a hundred times more than the price of this book.

This is good for the US. May not be that useful for the UK. However could be useful research. There are no good books regarding UK commercial property. Therefore it could be a useful read to learn some basics here. Overall I wouldn't but this book second time round if I needed to know about commercial property..

I don't even know how I got recommended this, poor from start to finish.

Very good book to understand more about commercial real estate

I loved this book. Excellent education about how to find tenants, which equations to learn to evaluate a property, and plenty of examples to learn from. I plan to read all of Dolf’s books.

If you want to buy a commercial property and you know nothing, I wouldn't start with this book. But, I would recommend you read this book at some point. Even if you're a residential investor like I am, the book is worth a read. You'll find it opens your mind up to a slightly different perspective and some different ideas. Money is made in real estate by increasing the revenue (which in commercial especially increases the value of the property) and decreasing the costs. This book has some great suggestions to help you do both. Quickly, here's why I would recommend this book to any real estate investor, large, small, experienced or inexperienced: - Pictures tell a thousand tales and while the pictures are black and white, they do a decent job of illustrating the stories and examples and make the lessons from the book easier to remember. I think more real estate investing books should have pictures! - Creative strategies that are easily explained and understandable (and you won't read about them everywhere!). I am not talking about fancy strategies for financing or anything, I am talking about different ways to increase your revenue like signs on roofs, renovations to make a property appeal to a different tenant, and other problems to look for that can be solved to make more money. - This book is entertaining - he tells of some odd deals he's done and interesting ideas he's had and you'll find yourself learning and enjoying the read at the same time. This book has great examples and good stories. It's an idea book more than a how-to book. That's why I say it's not going to help a total novice buy commercial property. But, I do think it's worth a read if you're into real estate.

A good intro and illustration to what CRE may be able to deliver. Also some good ideas on uplifts. Will give you a motivation boost but this definitely not enough to get you started on the nitty gritty. All in all worth the money.

Really enjoyed this book and learned a lot about commercial real estate. I have experience in residential investment properties and I want to learn more about commercial real estate. It gave me a lot of new information that I didn't know. I would recommend this book to people who want to learn more about commercial real estate. You'll definitely find some ideas and practices helpful. Some might be tough for beginners (like me) but its great for knowledge.