I have been completely satisfied by all the books I've ordered previously from John Reed and am looking forward eagerly to reading his latest on protecting oneself from the coming financial crisis.

    John Whiteheart

    I first encountered your books about 15 years ago when we first got started buying rental real estate. Yours has been amongst the finest advice we've received. Your words ring in my ears to this day and I'm looking forward to reading more. THANKS!!!

    Jan Webb

    You've made me lots of money over the years. Aggressive tax avoidance was a beautiful read. How to Manage Real Estate For Maximum Profit wound it's way into my mind. I've used it consciously at first & increased income & the value of my property. The style of analysis you apply to real estate helps me get in that groove and make better decisions. I'd have to sit down and think of specifics, but you're books have helped me make tens of thousands of extra dollars over the years. I'm a smart guy, you are too. I would have made money. But I've found little ideas and broad themes where I said aha! For a $20 book (at the time), I increased the income from, as well as the value of, my property by $15,000 using the idea of converting underutilized space into an extra bedroom. Didn't make two tiny bedrooms. The guys that built this duplex, made one giant weird looking bedroom. $50 worth of sheet rock, $100 of lumber, a door, and voila-more or less, and I have converted a two bedroom that rented for $425 into a three bedroom that rents for $500. Just have completed splitting the water service to this duplex as well, which will allow me to let the tenants pay for their own water. That's another $5000 in added value + less hassle time paying the bill. If they ever get pissed off and flood my duplex, they'll do it on their nickel. Thanks So Much!
     
    Thanks So Much!
     
    All The Best,
     
    Gary Scarborough

    All The Best, Gary S.

    Thanks John!  Your books and newsletter are the best in the industry. Keep up the great work. I have quite a few of your books, and a lot of books by many others. Yet I only ever reread and refer back to your books. Your books have substance, specifics and details where others are general and wanting.

    Best Regards,

    Tracy

    John,

    I very much have enjoyed the books and newsletter. You've definitely
    saved me from making some bad mistakes and easily saved me the cost of all the
    books I've purchased. Thanks again!

    David Dutton

    books i have read.
      
    How to Buy Real Estate for Little or No Money Down
      
    Really gave the facts of using leverage, not the rah rah... Home Equity Line of Credit, so basic and not included in most books..
      
    Real Estate Finance Techniques <http://www.johntreed.com/REFT.html>
      
    Succeeding <http://www.johntreed.com/succeeding.html>
      
    I was a government employee and your point of working for retirement really opened my eyes to my fellow employees. (my own attitude included)
      
       We now own 7 rentals (we sold 2 during the boom to pay off our house and 1 rental)
      
    We just purchased a new rental on 2 lots. We will build two on it when the time is right.
      
    We also used your buyer/builder that never sales. a rental we had on two lots burned down (smoking tenets). the home was on 2 lots. built 2, sold one and rented the other. that property is 60% LTV from the start... nice..
      
    My wife and I have a current net worth of 800K, with a cash flow of $2800 per month. My wife is a real estate agent, and i landlord and maintenance.
      
    Thank you for all you have done for me and my family.

    Jeff Crowe

    Hi John,
     
    About 6 or 7 months ago I came across your website and have been hooked ever since.  I have bought four of your books and thoroughly enjoyed each one (Fixers, How to buy for 20% under value, How to buy with little to no money down, and How to increase value) .  I plan to buy more of them in the future...I went through a guru's home self-study course and everything you said on your website is pretty much spot on.  I definitely was an ambitious novice who was over-sold on basic information.  We made our tuition money back and then some; but, I think it was do or die with me.  I was hell bent on making back that money so I came into it with extremely high motivation.  However, since then I've discovered that it takes inordinately more work than they claimed and my expectations as to how easy it is to make money in real estate have become realistic.  Anyone that tries to persuade you othewise is lying. It takes a lot of work and know-how.  Figuring out the "how-to" part doesn't occur overnight.  
     
    I think it's possible to learn investing the correct way - that is doing it ethically, legally, and without a bunch of unrealistic expectations -  and do so for a much more reasonable cost.  Let future newbies be informed.
     
    Thanks,
     
    Jeff Henn
    Baltimore, MD