Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa October/ November 2019 | Page 64

BOOKS & APPS
Investment books you need to read
Books are a source of unlimited knowledge and lead
the way to self-improvement. No matter what stage
you’re at in your investment career, there is always
room to learn. Keep up-to-date with the real estate
industry and learn from the successes and mistakes
of others with this list of must-read books.
Books
Betting on a Darkie
Lifting the Corporate game
Author:
Mteto Nyati
Real Estate Investing
Your guide to become a
millionaire investor
Author:
Travis Goleman
Coffee Money Real
Estate investing
Author:
Justin Silva
Apps
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This biography, about the capabilities of a young black man in a highly
competitive corporate world, is focused on how young Mteto Nyati grew
to become the CEO of MTN SA. Nyati dwells on his journey in the corporate
world, from being a helper at his mother’s trading store, to studying
mechanical engineering at Natal university, to working as the only black
engineer at Afrox and ultimately becoming CEO of one of the biggest
corporate companies in the business world. He gives relatable insight on
how he steered Microsoft SA and MTN SA out of troubled times.
In current times, it is important that any person at any age owns
property, even better becomes a real estate investor. Estate investment
is not difficult, but can be confusing without the proper guidance. Travis
Goleman shares thoughts on investment strategies that can help you
become a millionaire investor. He provides investment strategies on
how to make lucrative deals, accumulate wealth and how to sustain that
wealth. This book is great for beginner investors!
While many still believe that estate investment is cut for the already rich
and well-off, successful full-time estate investor Justin Silva sheds some
light on how one can become an estate investor by just investing at a
mere cost of a cup of coffee a day. It really sounds impossible, but Silva’s
Coffee Money Real Estate Living (book) has your back. He believes that if
you’ve always wanted to be in this stream of business and feared losing
your money to it, this is your time to get your mojo and kick the ground
running. This book features a step-by-step guide to a doable real world
estate investing method.
Property Capsule Mint
This syncing–focused app allows
you to bring your whole commercial
real estate leasing portfolio into
the modern age. Your data is managed using your
own Property Capsule database. Specialized tools in
the Property Capsule suite include the iPad portfolio,
interactive site plans that re-draw automatically whenever
a tenant changes and flyers that regenerate themselves
when information changes. Bring together all of your accounts, bills
and payments and conveniently manage
them from one user–friendly dashboard.
Mint was originally targeted towards “mindless millennials”,
but this personal finance app has become so much more.
Easily create budgets, stay on top of your bills and effortlessly
manage your finances.
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2019 SA Real Estate Investor Magazine