Commercial Real Estate Investing: A Creative Guide to Succesfully Making Money Paperback – February 8, 2008

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This book is exciting and easy to read, as compared to dull textbooks. Dolf shares his worldwide experience and lets us re-live his deals. I learned more about commercial investing than in years as a real-estate agent. And one of his core teachings is “never sell” - which I have not heard anywhere else.

This book has convinced me to start focusing my energies towards commercial real estate investing vs. residential investing. The author has experience on both areas and has written books on both commercial & residential investing. His experiences and college lecturing convinces me he is a reputable source. He doesn't make any crazy get rich promises, but provides a good frame of reference to operate from which include finding property, finding tenants, factoring whether it is a good buy, and financing etc... I can't wait to put the ideas to work. I recommend the book to any one curious about getting started in commercial real estate investing. In fact, I'm buying a copy for my father-in-law who only invests in residential rental homes.

I read this 3 years after reading and starting to apply the lessons from his previous book real estate riches as I was contemplating the shift from residential to commercial real estate investing and I was not disappointed.Every chapter has more insight than a 2 year MBA program, after reading the book every lemon you see turns into a pig fat grape fruit, I successfully participated in a commercial real estate project, development of a 50,000 sq foot shopping mall, which felt like my 10 project thanks to the insights from the book.I am now working to structure a 5 mall portfolio and the confidence was all from Doolf.

As a person that invested in residential real estate, I can truly identify with the trials, tribulations and losses that Dolf has mentioned. I have never invested in commercial real estate for two reasons... Lack of knowledge and understanding of how to succeed. I have just finished reading this book 5/27/15 and have applied/registered for a LLC, which I intend to acquire my first commercial property after doing due diligence within the next few months, here in North Carolina!! Thanks Dolf for the simple techniques that you have shared in this book.

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.

I just finished this book and I must say it was a quick and enjoyable read. The author is clearly enthusiastic about the subject and seems to have a lot of practical experience, since he's an investor. He also has a number of creative ideas, such as leasing the airspace above your building for cell antennas or billboards.Unfortunately, the book wasn't the introduction to commercial real estate that I had hoped. He didn't review the different property types (retail, industrial, hotel, parking, etc) and he only superficially reviewed how to evaluate the numbers. I also felt that the book involved way too much self-promotion.I walked away feeling enthusiastic about commercial real estate but also feeling just as clueless about how to pick a property or prepare a lease.

Even if you can get just one tip from this book it is well worth the the time to read and the money to buy this book. This book has many tips. It is a must read for anyone looking to gain more knowledge in commercial real estate.