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Making it in Real Estate

Starting Out as a Developer

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Making it in Real Estate

By: John McNellis
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This updated and expanded edition includes 20 new chapters covering leadership, investment decisions, the regulatory environment, and guidance on how to survive a downturn.

What does it take to be a successful real estate developer? Best-selling author John McNellis tells you how, sharing practical tips and advice from his wealth of experience over 35 years in real estate development. Like meeting with a mentor over coffee, McNellis entertains with witty anecdotes and wisdom on how to take advantage of opportunities and avoid pitfalls. Offering humorous insights, the book covers the ins and outs of how to get financing, working with architects, brokers, and other professionals, how to make a good deal, and win approval for your project.

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Practical Advice • Real-world Examples • Comprehensive Information • Engaging Narration • Valuable Insights
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Great perspective on the love of a developer and what to expect. Loved it, worth the credit.

Candid as it gets

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Best real estate audibook ever produced and I own dozens. Thank you so much. This one was beyond impressive.

I don't normally write reviews

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Real estate development is a very complex business, requiring a working knowledge of a plethora of disciplines such as land use planning, politics, economics, finance, architecture, engineering, construction, law, marketing and many others. John does a great job of articulating all of these challenges in this book. Meant for a young to mid-career professionals considering taking the leap of faith all developers must take in order to control their own destiny and transition from the safety and security of a salary to the promise of becoming wealthy, I nevertheless learned a lot from this book. I only wish such a book existed when I took my own leap of faith over 25 years ago.

If I Had Only Known

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Great information, easy to understand straight to the point. Articulate and concise. But easy to understand if you are a novice.

Extremely good read.

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As a young developer myself, currently 27 in an industry where most are +50 it seems, this books gives a very good foundation of what to consider and know when starting. I would strongly recommend this book.

Must read for any aspiring developers

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A wonderfully clear real-world view of real estate investor or developer. Essential for the less experienced and overly optimistic.

Hard lessons learned with a net.

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To be the best you have to learn from the best, and that is precisely what I was thinking in the back of my mind while absorbing as much knowledge as possible. Highly recommended, must read!

Raving fan, extremely helpful

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I really enjoyed this audiobook after I watched a lot of John’s YouTube videos so I found out about his book which is even better. It was very organized and he broke things down about a lot of things that I didn’t know as I’ve already worked in the development, industry and commercial real estate industry. I love this book and I would recommend young developer or current developer .

The intricacies of the industry

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One of the best books on real estate that I have read in a long time. Really refreshing how real the author talks about real estate. No fluff, just facts.

Definitely worthwhile

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This should be required reading for anyone interested in commercial real estate and the practical operation of retail shopping centers. John has managed to make an otherwise dull topic interesting and informative. Excellent book!

Excellent

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