Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa November 2019 | Page 64

BOOKS & APPS
Investment books you need to read
There is a plethora of information hiding between the
pages of books, providing insight into how we can make
the best of our finances, investments and property
portfolios. Not only do the books below provide a helpful
hand in learning but they can also change our perspective
on life and equip us with a new set of tools to use every day.
Books
Property
Investment Hacking
Author:
John Wilson
Sectional Titles and
Other Fragmented
Property Schemes
Author:
GJ Pienaar
Authored by veteran property investor and trainer, John Wilson, this
groundbreaking book offers conviction on the possibilities of saving
up to purchase property for the security of your wealth and the
guarantee of financial freedom. This book gives you various ways
in which you can achieve your financial freedom goals, in a shorter
period, while doing everything by the book i.e. ethically. Wilson gives
strategies like how to generate your first big commission even though
you have no money to invest. This book is the fast cash hack.
Outlining the role of sectional titles in this dispensation, this book
gives an in-depth view on how sectional title ownership has driven
and impacted the real estate industry and how it has maximised the
playing field for all investors. This book provides an exposition of the
idea of urban fragmented property holding in South Africa. The book
reveals the functioning of the management bodies, the nature and
effect of management and conduct rules in place in the sectional title
ownership scheme.
This book offers advice and lessons on becoming a successful real
Finding and
estate investor. The author, a seasoned real estate agent and investor,
Young, guides you through his tried and true methods for
Funding Great Deals Anson
finding deals in any market. He outlines his own methods as well as
Author:
Anson Young
other techniques to help new and seasoned investors alike improve
their real estate business.
Apps
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Granadilla My Estate Life
Sharing accommodation as a student puts your valuables at a
risk, as most landlords’ insurance policies covers the physical
building and not the tenants’ valuables - unless they are paying
extra. However, students can insure their valuable items viz.
laptops, tablets, smartphones, cameras and even headphones
with this digital itemised insurance app. The ‘my estate life’ is a full mobile resident management,
communication and access control platform. Accessible
world-wide to both android and iPhone users and it is
easy to use for both the resident and estate manager. It is
customisable software that can and will change the way
investors manage their properties.
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019 SA Real Estate Investor Magazine