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The six best books for Commercial Real Estate Brokers

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I get emails all the time from people looking to get into the commercial real estate brokerage business. They ask:

  • How do I go from residential to commercial real estate?
  • How do I get commercial real estate clients?
  • How do I market and sell commercial property?
  • How much money can I make in commercial real estate?

  • I give them as many tips as I can after 10+ years in the business and almost $200M in volume but experience and time are the best teachers. There are also several good books on the commercial real estate business.

    Here are my top six commercial real estate broker books:

    If that is not good enough, here are some recommendations on:

    Real Estate Investment Books and Real Estate Development Books

    Also check out: How to succeed in Commercial Real Estate

Best real estate calculator

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Some may argue but I think the best real estate calculator and finance calculator is the HP 10BII. HP 10bII Financial Calculator

The old standby is the 12c but I cant stand RPN. HP 12C Financial Calculator

The solution here is the 12C platinum which has 'normal' algebraic entry. The platinum looks great, feels cool and sits nicely on the desk. HP 12C Platinum Financial Calculator

 

For ease of use and price the 10BII is the way to go for a real estate calculator. What do you use for your real estate calculator?

CRE- The Tenant Advisor Blog

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Check out my twitter "friend" Coy Davidson's blog about commercial real estate. Coy is a CRE Professional with Colliers International in Houston and specializes in Tenant Representation and Corporate Real Estate Strategy. The Tenant Advisor: assisting corporate users and businesses with their office space and facility requirements, identifying optimal, cost effective locations, structuring transactions and corporate real estate strategy that compliments their business objectives.

You can follow Coy on twitter at: @CoyDavidsonCRE