Maverick Real Estate Financing: The Art of Raising Capital and Owning Properties Like Ross, Sanders and Carey Hardcover – March 31, 2006

This was a wonderful book and an easy read. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in learning how to finance real estate acquisitions.

The book covers the material at the 30,000 foot view, and has a lot of good ideas and inspiration for the entry level investor. You will not set this book down and be on your way to real estate wealth and fame, but you will be motivated to learn more, armed with some great ideas, and have a basic foundation from which to springboard.

Makes other RE Training books look elementary!!

If you have been in Real Estate for a while and need to get more versed in this subject, then this is one of the books that you should find serving that purpose.

Great read

As i mention in the review title, I suggest this book to be the first you read on your study on real estate financing. Why? Because it is sufficiently complete, yet easy to read. Overall, it explains themost common types of credit necessary to finance a venture or development. At the same time, it is an easy read for someone not familiarized with the topic, a layperson let's say.However, once you have the basics, its important to supplement your knowledge with more specialized books depending on the kind of financig your project may require, a situation you will actually learn how to tell when you finish reading this book.

Enjoyed this book as it was filled with financing knowledge and mot importantly great case studies of people who have succeeded investing financing real estate transactions and deals

Many brokers and real estate owners spend a lot of time analyzing the operational expenses of properties to arrive at what is called a Net Operating Income. Then, debt service is subtracted from it to arrive at cash flow. Understanding financing is critical to success in real estate investing. Debt service, depending on the amount of leverage, can easily be the biggest expense item surpassing even real estate taxes. This book is all about real estate financing. It is a must for serious real estate investors.- Mariusz Skonieczny, author of  Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market? Learn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market

For commercial mortgage firms who want to go big, this book is worth reading.G. BrewsterPresidentLendmark Mortgage Brokerage