Investing in Real Estate, 7th Edition

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many people have contributed directly and indirectly to this 7th edition of Investing in Real Estate. Because of their efforts, this popular classic text on property investing will continue to provide beginning and experienced investors the timely, no-nonsense, practical know-how that has kept this book a bestseller for the past 25 years.

Accordingly, I thank Donald Trump and Michael Sexton for inviting me to work with them to help create some of the best real estate educational products and services available (especially Trump University books—all published by John Wiley & Sons). Working with the Trump team has provided me new perspectives on property investing.

I also express my appreciation to Dr. Malcolm Richards, dean of the School of Business and Management at the American University of Sharjah (AUS). In recognizing the critical need for real estate education in the Middle East—and the hypergrowth Sharjah/Dubai metroplex—Dean Richards designed a rewarding position for me from which I have added substantively to my knowledge and analytical abilities as they apply to international property markets. Under Dean Richards, the School of Business and Management of AUS has established itself as the premier school for business education in the Middle East—and I am pleased to have been able to participate in its development. Also, I thank Dennis Olsen, chair of the Department of Finance at AUS, for the counsel, insights, and collegial support that he has offered to ...