Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa May/June 2019 | Page 64

BOOKS & APPS
Investment books you need to read
No matter what stage you’re at in your business and real estate investing career, there’s always more to learn. New strategies are
being discovered. New laws are taking place. New marketing tactics are being tried out. Here are some great books to read. We
learn from our peers, our achievements and mistakes, and from reading valuable books like the ones below.
Books
Christo Wiese:
Risk and Riches
by TJ Strydom business empire which includes Shoprite and
a number of other companies including Brait.
He has tried his hand at politics and has bought
diamond mines, banks and wine farms. Fifty
years of risk-taking in the business world paid
off and made him the richest man in the country
- until he overplayed his hand with Steinhoff
and lost a huge part of his fortune. The book
shares insights on his business confrontations,
life and success.
The Expert
Landlord by
David Beattie management expert David Beattie distils two decades
of experience into easy-to-implement steps and shows
you how to manage your property like a professional
landlord. His goal is to help you make more money
in less time and with fewer hassles, by showing you
how to run your property investment like a business;
navigate and comply with South African rental
laws with ease; attract, screen, place and keep high-
quality tenants; ensure successful and consistent rent
collection; and maintain your property with the least
effort and money. The book also includes templates
for all the documents the prospective landlord needs.
Christo Wiese has never
shied away from a risky
business
deal.
Since
acquiring Pep Stores, he
has built an impressive
You have a residential
investment property. Perhaps
you are already renting it out.
But are you doing it like a
pro and do you know how to
maximise your return from
it? In this book, property
Tax-Free
Wealthy By Tom
Wheelwright
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Tax-Free Wealth is about tax planning concepts.
It’s about how to use your country’s tax laws to your
benefit. In this book, Tom Wheelwright will tell you
how the tax laws work. And how they are designed to
reduce your taxes, not to increase your taxes. Once you
understand this basic principle, you no longer need to
be afraid of the tax laws.