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This comprehensive reading list is designed for military service members, veterans, and disciplined investors seeking to build wealth through real estate and financial strategy. It blends military-specific guidance—such as leveraging VA loans, housing benefits, and tactical decision-making—with foundational and advanced real estate investing knowledge, from house-hacking to commercial property analysis. Alongside practical investing techniques, the list also includes books on financial independence, mindset, and strategic thinking, helping readers not only grow portfolios but create sustainable, purpose-driven wealth. Whether you’re just beginning your journey or refining a sophisticated investment strategy, these books offer the tools, discipline, and insight to succeed.
Military Guide to Property Investing
by Lachlan Vidler & Tori Colls
A 10-step guide to achieving financial freedom through property investing. Property investing has long been recognised as one of the most successful long-term wealth creation strategies.
Military Homeownership and Real Estate Investing
by Kyle Southard
This book discusses how military veterans can purchase a home and invest in real estate, starting with their VA Home Loan and then pivoting to other types of financing. This book also explores new perspectives on wealth-building and financial freedom that are uniquely available to military veterans, from mere ideological perspectives and character traits to actual VA-secured loan guarantees.
by Gary W. Eldred (and Andrew McLean)
More than ever, investing in property today will set you on track to conquer financial uncertainty and build your long-term net worth. Investing in Real Estate, Seventh Edition offers dozens of experience- proven methods to convert these challenging times into the best of times.
Real Estate Finance and Investments
by Jeffrey D. Fisher & William Brueggeman
The Fifteenth Edition of Real Estate Finance and Investments prepares students to understand the risks and rewards associated with investing in and financing both residential and commercial real estate. Concepts and techniques included in the chapters and problem sets are used in many careers related to real estate. The material in this edition is also relevant to individuals who want to better understand real estate for their own personal investment and financing decisions.
by William J. Poorvu
The Real Estate Game is a comprehensive guide to successful real estate investment from one of the masters in the field. Drawing upon four decades of experience developing, owning, and managing properties and on almost thirty years of teaching at the Harvard Business School, William J. Poorvu offers an insider’s perspective on how to make smart decisions about real estate.
The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing
by Martin Stone & Spencer Strauss
The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing, Second Edition, gives savvy readers like you a foolproof appraisal of everything from the most basic concepts of real estate investing to complicated tax and financing formulations.
by Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne
The global phenomenon that has sold over 4 million copies, is published in a record-breaking 49 languages and is a bestseller across five continents—now updated and expanded with new content. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame. A strategy classic.
The Military Guide to Financial Independence and Retirement
by Doug Nordman
This book provides service members, veterans, and their families with a critical roadmap for becoming financially independent prior to committing themselves to full-time retirement. It outlines how retiring military personnel in their early 40s can become happily semi-retired. Emphasizing the importance of family, lifestyle, and bridge careers, the book shows how to build a sound financial house based upon military benefits, savings, frugal living, and investing in oneself.
by Spencer Reese
You work hard serving your country. Let your military money work hard for you. In this practical guide, Air Force Major Spencer C. Reese, founder of the popular personal finance site MilitaryMoneyManual.com, offers invaluable tips and tricks to help service members reach financial independence. A must-read for any service member, this comprehensive personal finance book covers the fundamentals of saving money while serving and how to take advantage of the unique financial perks available to military members.
The Book on Flipping Houses: How to Buy, Rehab, and Resell Residential Properties
by J Scott
Turn distressed properties into consistent profits without getting burned by bad deals, unreliable contractors, or market downturns.
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