He has purchased a $9 million dollar home in Coconut Grove, which is the oldest neighborhood in Miami.

His mansion is located on the Coconut Grove address of Crystal View Court and has 6 bedrooms, 8.5 bathrooms with 12,178 sq. ft of living area.

The home has a wine cellar, glass tiled infinity pool, gourmet kitchen, paneled library, 8′ crystal chandelier, guest home, and top-of-the-line home automation.

Thank you for reading LeBron James Buys Mansion in Coconut Grove, Not South Beach from Michael Emilio.

If you have marketing that’s bringing in phone calls and traffic to your business you may think that it’s working great, but think a little deeper on this. Is it really efffective? More specifically, is it bringing you the right type of prospect or are you just doing spray marketing, telling anyone and everyone and hoping someone is your target customer? Real marketing is tailoring your message to your target customer and then sending your message out to those people. It’s a mix of accurate messages and accurate targeting.

For you to ensure that you’re getting the right prospects from your marketing, you have to identify the type of clients you want to work with. For example, in a real estate business, you would want to ask yourself whether you want to work with:

• Buyers or sellers
• Home owners or condo owners.
• Investment buyers
• Sellers having trouble or looking to move up
• First time home buyers

You might want to add more to the list of people you would want to work with as time goes on, but do so slowly and carefully. The reason is that it costs more and more to offer multiple services to people in order to cater to their every need. This is often the kiss of death of businesses that try to be everything to everyone instead of offering a specialized service to a highly targeted type of client. Being specialized also makes it much easier for you to become well-known as an expert in your area of specialization.

Other things to consider is the logistics of that particular area of expertise in terms of location. Do you want to focus your business in one specific area of your city or do want to focus on a huge geographic area? If you do decide to go hyper-local, be prepared to have refers of other service providers in other areas in case prospects ask you to help them but they live/work in another geographic area. This is an excellent use of networking within your area of expertise and seek mutual referral agreements!

Thank you for reading Targeting Your Marketing Message and Planning Your Ad Strategy from Michael Emilio.

Related Posts:

• Real Estate Agent Advertising: Making the Perfect Marketing Message
• How Spring Break Can Turn Into a Marketing Powerhouse

Plumbing

Plumbing materials are often surprisingly inexpensive.  Expensive parts usually depend on the original parts that you placed in your house.  What really increases the cost of repair is the service fee.  Plumbers typically charge between $50 to $70 per visit.  To save costs, it is best to have your plumber work on all available plumbing work in one go, so that you do not get charged a “mobilization charge” for each job that they have to fix in separate occasions.  Material costs are tough to estimate, since damages are difficult to assess at first glance.

The best way to go in such cases is to get a detailed estimate of the work based on talking to your plumber on the phone- make sure to ask the details on how, when and how long the work will be done.  Don’t reveal where you live before asking for a rough estimate of costs.  Remember that plumbers usually charge depending on the community houses are situated in.  The more affluent the neighborhood, the more they will charge.

Similarly, a plumber located at, or servicing upscale communities would charge more than those living in the suburbs.  Keeping that in mind will help you cut down further on expenses.

Multiple jobs at a time scheduled in one visit is the best way to go.  Call up 2-4 plumbers to get an estimate if you think the rough cost will be under $200.  If the job will be more expensive then you’ll need an on-site estimate – you’ll usually need an on-site estimate if it involves plumbing behind the walls.  Unless you keep a blueprint of your house, then troubleshooting for the issue may be tricky – often taking you from you think will be a small repair to one that escalates to being a huge one.  If you think that you will end up having major repairs done, it is best to have a fixed-price set via the telephone in order to save yourself from paying more than what you expect.

For short jobs wherein the plumber charges hourly, it is best to know if s/he will charge as soon as s/he gets to your house, or as soon as s/he is en route to your place.  This is an important distinction if the plumber that you hired will also be the one who will buy the materials and do all other errands related to the job that s/he is tasked to do.  Every minute counts!

It also beneficial to know the parts of the plumbing that will get installed in your house.  Some plumbers take advantage of their clients by using sub-standard materials that will last a shorter period of time compared to more durable materials.  At the end of the day, it will be to your advantage if you know the materials being used in your house and that you had a choice in the materials used.

As for materials, the best way to know if your plumber is overcharging you with them is by comparing prices yourself from local plumbing suppliers.  Knowing the retail price of the items is your best weapon from opportunity-seeking plumbers.

Painting

From an outsider’s perspective, you may think the type of coat used is the main culprit in expensive paint jobs.  The truth of the matter is that prep work eats the most time (and money) in paint jobs.  It’s also the most crucial step in doing paint jobs in order to ensure that the paint doesn’t get damaged, rot or wear-off easily.  Make sure that when painting, a “primer” is used.

As with the plumbing example above, having a detailed estimate is the best way to go.  When aiming to get an estimate, make sure to have at least 2 painters take a look at the scope of work to be done.  When you ask them how they will do the work, ensure that they will clean and plaster the walls, apply one coat of primer and two coats of the finishing paint.  Also, make sure that the estimates you get are within the same range.

If you want to cut down on cost, never cut down on quality paint.  A single coat of really good paint lasts longer and is worth the investment.

For painters that focus on the exterior of buildings, check their previous jobs.  Ask them for examples of homes that they painted in the last five years and visit them.  Exterior paint jobs, good ones, have a lifespan of about seven years.  Checking their previous work from the past five years will show you how well the paint job was done based on the wear around the gutters.

Be sure to remember, haggling with your potential contractors is good, but don’t push them too hard.  They are doing this to make money and they put in around 20% up to 25% reserved for profit.  Although you can always ask someone else to do the work to cut down cost, it might be helpful to consider that cheaper can sometimes means a compromise in quality of work.

Electrical

Following national standards is mandatory for electricians.  Make it a point to check if your electrician is a member of the National Electrical Contractors Association.  If not, s/he should at least be a member of the local electricians’ union.

Dishonest electricians are not usually likely to take advantage when it comes to parts, but they may try to gouge you in terms of service.  This means that the more labor intensive the work is, the more expensive it gets – sometimes disproportionally so.

With regards to materials provided by your electrician, knowing that they are “specification grade or better” is important.  This standard is set by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.  This will last a lot longer than your “utility” and “residential” grade.

If you would like to test the electrician’s work, you might want to buy a $10 voltage tester to diagnose if your outlets are wired correctly.

Roofing

Among the areas in the house where kick-backs from materials is rampant, this area tops the list.  It is also prone to contractors taking short-cuts by insisting that leak-prevention can be done by just using latex paint coating, instead of actually replacing shingles.

The most common cause of roof leaks is flashing.  The material used for this part of the roof is usually metal made of copper, galvanized steel or aluminum.  This part joins the roof to the chimney and the vents and can be fixed easily by sealing it using asphalt cement.  This fix will be good for three years.  Replacing the flashing with a new one will keep your roof fine for the next 10 years.  The average expense for fixing flashing (excluding the materials) would cost you between $30 to $50 per hour.

If the roofer tells you that your roof’s shingles need to get replaced, always check if they look brittle, curl up at the edges and crumble into powder when broken.  Otherwise, it means that there may be another type of repair (possibly less expensive) that may be done.

Roof shingles cost around $30-$50 per “roofer’s square” (100 square feet).  This will last between 15 to 20 years.  Unless you’ll be staying in that house for a long time, you don’t really need to add a second layer that would be good for another 10 years.  Doing this will save you from spending 20% more, and another $500 to $700 from renting a hauler to throw out your old ones.

Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning

A common scam when you get your air conditioning fixed is that a technician may put in used parts while pricing you for new ones.  Make sure that s/he will return the repaired part and box(es) for the new item(s) to you.  This is to ensure that you got new ones and that the replaced part was definitely due for replacement.

If you have suspicions that your technician may be pressuring you to make unnecessary and costly repairs, you can always insist on the specific kinds of fix you want to have done.

A question many people have is when is the best time to have air conditioning fixed. The best deals are given before winter.  Also, it is best if you don’t go for extended payment offers if you’re able to afford to pay for them in one go.

Buying service contracts for regular maintenance is the best way to go.  This makes sure that you get the service you need consistently and at the same time providing you with quality work for the rest of the year.  Quality of work is also equated with the equipment being used for checking up your equipment.  Check if your provider has a refrigerant-recovery machine and a refrigerant leak-detection device.

Just a few things to remember when replacing your air conditioner or furnace is to make sure to have information on hand about the measurement of your windows, the insulation type of your house and of course, where your house is located.  Knowing these things can give you the information on how much heat is lost or gained from your house and will help you make a right choice in buying the equipment you need for your home.

Conclusion

Protecting yourself from unscrupulous technicians taking advantage of you is the best way to go.  Although a contract is not a guarantee, it does help to have a contract backing the work done. This holds both you and your contractor accountable to meet the clauses in your agreement.  Ideally, contracts should be in place for work having costs amounting to $7,500 or more.

When the jobs finish, contract or no contract, make sure to get a confirmation notice or certificate of completion from your hired trader.  This is to make sure that you don’t get into trouble later when you sell or refinance your property.

Thank you for reading Home Repair Scams: How to Avoid Fraud in Property Repair from Michael Emilio.

Related Posts:

• Avoid These 10 Home Selling Mistakes That Can Cost You Thousands

If you look back to your previous marketing messages and ads, it’s a gold mine because there you will definitely see that you’re getting exactly what you asked for in your ads. The problem isn’t advertising or marketing – but the message you’re giving to others in your ads and your calls to action.

You’ll know when your marketing strategy is working properly when you finally attract the people you intend to.  Ask yourself these questions and you’ll come up with the type of marketing you need to get the people you want.

• Am I looking for buyers or sellers?
• Am I looking for home owners or condo owners?
• Am I seeking to work with investment buyers?
• Am I looking for co-sellers having trouble or co-sellers who aim for growth?
• Am I looking for first time home buyers?

These questions are just the beginning of a long list of other things that you might want to ask yourself.  Being the jack-of-all-trades real estate agent is not ideal since it will involve a huge amount of capital to market your business in a large-scale.

It is best to start with specializing in something where you have unique knowledge or experience so that you can establish yourself as the expert of that particular service (for example, you can be a riverfront property expert).  Once there, focus on a particular location so that you can make yourself known in that particular area first before branching out in another location or other related services.  Also, you must remember to give and take when it comes to business referrals, especially when it is not your area of expertise.  This will be highly appreciated by your clients and your associates.

Try it and let me know how it goes!

Thank you for reading Real Estate Agent Advertising: Making the Perfect Marketing Message from Michael Emilio.

Related Posts:

• Targeting Your Marketing Message and Planning Your Ad Strategy
• Making the Offer and Closing the Deal: Get the Edge as a Real Estate Investor
• What You Should Never Do as a Real Estate Agent
• What You Should Always Do as a Real Estate Agent
• The Realtor Search: How to Find and Keep a Real Estate Agent
• How Spring Break Can Turn Into a Marketing Powerhouse

A: Active-Available

The seller/lessor is soliciting offers through the MLS. No offer (with or without Contingencies) has been accepted. The days on market count continues during this period.

B: Backup Contract

The seller/lessor is soliciting back-up offer(s) through the MLS. The seller/lessor has accepted a contingent offer. A second offer would be a back-up offer and would become the accepted offer only if and when the first agreement is canceled.

C: Canceled

The seller/lessor is not soliciting offers through the MLS. The seller/lessor and broker have canceled the existing listing contract.

CS: Closed Sale

The seller is not soliciting offers through the MLS. The escrow has closed.

PS: Pending Sale

This status means that the home is under contract and the buyer can no longer walk out of the contract on the building inspection results. While pending, a home will no longer be shown. Days on market count is suspended during this period. If the listing is reactivated if the contract falls apart, all of the days on market to date are picked up and applied to the listing.

Q: Terminated

Used when the listing agreement between the owner and the listing agent is terminated prior to the listing expiration date.

R: Rented

The lessor is not soliciting offers through the MLS. A lease agreement is in effect.

T: Temporarily Off the Market

This status is to be used on a short term basis for a home listing that needs to out of the MLS briefly. This could be due to a need for a repair or because the seller has some improvements that are needed based on feedback from showing agents. The home will not be shown during this period. Days on market count is suspended during this period. It resumes when the home listing is activated again.

W: Withdrawn

The Seller/Lessor is not soliciting offers through the MLS. The property is not available for showing but the listing contract between the Seller/Lessor and the Broker remains in effect until its expiration date.

X: Expired

The Seller/Lessor is not soliciting offers through the MLS. The time frame of the existing listing contract has run out.

Thank you for reading The Definitive Guide to MLS Listing Status Codes and What They Mean from Michael Emilio.

Related Posts:

• How to Beat Other Real Estate Investors by Using Full Price As Is Contract Offers
• Donald Trump West Palm Beach Home Listing for $125 Million

When asking these questions, don’t just ask the sellers one question after another, rapid-fire style. You don’t want to be an impersonal robot, you want to connect with them on a personal level. You want to engage the property owner in polite conversation, gaining rapport and gaining their trust. You want them to be comfortable with you – this allows them to open up to you and answer your questions truthfully.

If you notice the questions I’ve written for you above as examples, you may see that none have easy “Yes or No” answers. You want to ask open-ended questions. You ask the questions and then stay silent – let them answer, don’t fill the silence with chit-chat! You ask the question and then wait. By asking these open-ended questions you’re leading the conversation, but they’re the ones talking. Generally, you’re looking for a 70%-30% conversation split, with them being 70% of the conversation. Why would you want to blabber on and on – what good does that serve you? A hiring manager for a company would never dominate the conversation of a hiring interview, they ask questions and then let the applicant speak. Always remember that your outcome in this initial process is to get information on the property and on them as homeowners.  You don’t want to blabber on and on about how great you think the tile is and it’s your dream home or other nonsense like this.

As a final note, always have your contracts and paperwork with you when you go to look at any property! You never know what can happen – you always need to be ready to take action if the opportunity arises.

Thank you for reading 5 Questions to Ask Homeowners When Looking at a Home to Buy from Michael Emilio.

I’ll give you the run-down on Kenneth Cole’s rules of style. One of the big take-aways of style is that clothing is a form of self-expression. It’s usually the first thing people see before you even open your mouth. As first impressions are usually formed within the first five minutes of meeting someone, this means it’s essential for you to get your personal style together. You’ll get better results in your business life and your personal life with just a few tips.

1. Before you open your front door to go out into the world, take a few minutes to take a good look at yourself in the mirror. Think about what message you’re sending out with what you’re wearing. Is it exactly the message about yourself that you want others to receive? Or is there some inconsistency between your look and what you want to project? If there is, make a plan to fix it!
2. If you’re wearing cologne/perfume, make sure you arrive before it does and make sure that it doesn’t linger when you leave.
3. The truth is that most people don’t really dress up. The trick to look great without looking too “try-hard” is to mix a dressy look with a casual look or a rugged look with a refined look. For example, wear a blazer with your jeans or a casual top if you’re wearing dress slacks. Also, of the items you’re wearing, one item should be more tailored. If you’re going to be wearing a t-shirt, then wear cleaner jeans.
4. Your choice in footwear  is critical. Your shoes are the most important accessory in your wardrobe – they allow your entire outfit to come together and make a huge impact in your look.
5. Find your own “personal uniform”, then layer in something new in order to maintain the freshness of your look. For example, Kenneth Cole always wears jeans, a white shirt, and his boots. He then mixes up the rest. He may wear a white shirt, a pin-striped blazer and a V-neck sweater. Another day he may wear a graphic t-shirt, with a white shirt and a vest. However, you must always have a comfortable blazer and a white shirt in your wardrobe.
6. If nothing else works, wear black.
7. The accessory of the season are vests. You can use them as an element of sportswear or you can wear a vest with a suit – but make sure they’re not matching. Vests are best used to break up a suit and wear them as separates. Your suit jacket, either with or without the vest, can be worn with jeans. Your suit dress pants can be worn with sneakers, hooded sweaters, and t-shirts.
8. Patterns and stripes need to be very subtle. You don’t want to look like you’re wearing a matched wardrobe (or that you’re an escapee from the local prison). Think about putting on a jacket that doesn’t match your pants and wearing a shirt that doesn’t match either. You don’t even need to have your belt and shoes matching, as long as your whole look seems to work together.
9. You know you’ve put together a good look when people tell you, “You look great.” What you don’t want, is people asking you, “Where did you buy your jacket and how much were your shoes?” You want your look to help present you.
10. You should never look like it took you more than 10 minutes to get dressed, no matter how long it actually took you.

Thank you for reading Kenneth Cole’s Top 10 Rules of Style from Michael Emilio.

What makes budgeting boring for some people is that a lot of us don’t have the correct knowledge and experiences when it comes to budgeting. For example, if you went to a bowling alley and, because you had no idea how to bowl, every time you’d throw the bowling ball it would go in the gutter, then bowling would be pretty boring too right? It’s the same with budgeting. If you know the right way to do it, you gain positive experiences and budgeting can become fun. You see results (more money in your bank account) and this is definitely a fun thing!

What happens is that you start to feel accomplished in your new routine of living on a budget and the benefits that it entails. You may even look back at the “bad old days” when you used to spend your cash wildly and look back not too fondly! You take a look at those old bank statements and wonder where all the cash went.

What your new budget-conscious mindset will give you is new opportunities to do fun things in life without having to run over to the ATM machine every other day for a fresh infusion of cash into your wallet. Does frugal have to equal being bored? Not necessarily.

In order to get your new budget-conscious mindset right, I suggest you track your budget for the first few months. You can use either standard pen-and-paper or you can use any of the assortment of computer programs for this (Mint.com, Intuit Quicken, etc). After some time following your budget (again I recommend at least a couple of months writing everything down) you can think about dropping the written records and not having to write every expenditure down. The human mind takes a minimum of 30 days to get used to any new mental habit, so make sure you don’t give yourself any leeway during that first month or two to deviate from your planned budget! Once you get comfortable with your budget, you’ll be able to figure out how much you’re allowing yourself to spend on any particular category and how much you’ve already spent, all by heart. One of the big tips about fighting temptation during that first month is that whenever you feel an urge for something not budgeted (ex. new LCD television) remember what you’re saving for (ex. winter trip to Puerto Rico), imagine yourself doing that and walk away! Then replace that “urge” with something constructive (ex. watching the sports game at a friend’s house).

The bottom-line is that in order to budget effectively, you must have “budget-awareness”. This means you need to be aware of how commercial society influences people’s spending habits and you must fight these urges. A huge contributor to our materialistic culture is television – studies actually demonstrate that the more that a person watches television shows, usually the more that person will spend. Television constantly bombards the viewing public with messages of ultra-luxury beyond the grasp of the common middle-class, leaving the majority of people in debt trying to “catch up with the Joneses”. Even your friends and neighbors may affect your spending habits! Try to develop friendships with people also trying to build a debt-free frugal lifestyle in order to support your new ways. Remember that budgeting and frugal living doesn’t have to be forever – remember to reward yourself for your good work following your budget and reaching your goals!

Thank you for reading Budgeting is Not Boring: 30 Days to a Frugal Lifestyle from Michael Emilio.

Questions in your mind might be, “What do I say to the seller? How do I act? Am I going to seem dumb if I ask a silly question? Should I come across as cool and experienced or should I play it “dumb”? When I should I mention price? When do I start negotiating?”

Newbie real estate investors and real estate professionals get jitters – I know this, because I’ve been there. We all get scared we might say the wrong thing and “our cover will get blown”. But it doesn’t have to be like this. You don’t need to have a “cover”. You can be yourself and still get the deal.

The good thing about real estate investing is that if you’re dealing with the typical home seller or real estate agent they’ll likely be clueless to real estate investing. Most people, even those inside the real estate profession, don’t bother to learn about real estate investing. But since you’re interested in real estate investing and you’re investing the time to read this article shows me you have the interest and passion to learn – this gives you a head-up over the average person out there. So let’s get into how to talk to sellers if you’re a real estate investor.

One of the first insights you get as a real estate investor is that a house is a house is a house. What I mean is that as you gain experience, you start to realize the usual issues that the typical property for sale has, how these issues can get fixed, and around how much it’s going to cost. This comes with experience but really isn’t very difficult to master. It’s a good idea if you’re a beginning real estate investor to bring along a friend that’s experienced in home improvement to give you some price estimates privately after you’ve viewed the property together. Remember that real estate is your business and since it’s your business you need to be constantly learning and improving your skills in all areas, including communication and negotiation.

So if the issues that investment properties have are pretty similar across the board, what makes the difference from one home to another? The difference is the unique characteristics of each seller. You need to be able to listen, learn when and how to negotiate, and learn rapport tactics that you can use in your dealings with sellers. Think of yourself as a being an interviewer of the seller on a television show. You need to be directing the conversation with your questions, not the other way around with the seller asking you questions. Remember that he who asks the questions leads the conversation. The secret is that you want to be asking your questions so that the seller is free to talk without feeling like it’s an interrogation session – the conversation should be fluid and relaxed.

Throughout the process of you talking with the seller, remember that the seller wants to talk to you. They have an issue (they want to sell their property) and they’re hoping you can be the person that can solve this issue. Many times people are selling their property due to issues in their personal lives (divorce, layoff from a job, etc). By being friendly and warm with the seller they will likely relax and reveal their “true issues” to you – almost like a real estate therapy session.  You want to be the solution provider, but to do this you need to know all the issues behind the sale.

One of the biggest tips to feeling at ease when meeting a seller for the first time is get there on time, about 5 minutes before the scheduled time, but not earlier than that and definitely not late. Aim to get into the neighborhood twenty minutes early. Once there and you have that extra time, take a drive around and look at other active listings in the area so you have an idea of how much active listings are selling for in that particular neighborhood.

You’re going to want to dress relaxed business casual for the meeting. Don’t dress up too much, but don’t underdress either. You want to come across as someone that has money but that isn’t showy about it. Something along the lines of a short-sleeve polo with beige khaki pants. If you feel the area is very working class, you may want to go for jeans, but usually that khaki/polo combo will work well for you.

I know some people are going to be more relaxed than others when meeting a seller. Of course, with time and experience, even the most skittish of real estate investors will get the hang of things and before they know it will be gaining quick rapport. My best advice is practice, practice, practice. If you need to, set up two visits in one day: the first one with a property you’re not really into and the second one with the property you’re really into. This helps you because after the first meeting you’ll feel much more relaxed because you’ve gone through that experience already so the meeting with the second seller will generally flow much smoother and you’ll be much more at ease.

Have you ever gotten nervous when meeting a seller? Let me know how you’ve gotten over your nervousness in the comments!

Thank you for reading How to Overcome Nervousness as a Beginning Real Estate Investor from Michael Emilio.

Related Posts:

• Making the Offer and Closing the Deal: Get the Edge as a Real Estate Investor
• 6 Different Agency Relationships in Real Estate

Tim Ferriss’ Must-Read Books

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing (Violate Them at Your Own Risk!) by Al Ries and Jack Trout
“I’ve re-read this before every product launch that I’ve done or even in the product development phases. Talks about things like creating a category versus trying to be the best in an existing category.”

Getting Real (The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application) by 37signals
“It does have a software focus but all of it can be applied to entrepreneurs in general. It’s really about creating a lean startup and testing assumptions that you may have. Is offering options, more options, always the best decision? The answer is no.”

Vagabonding (An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel) by Rolf Potts
“This is one of two books that I took with me in 2004 around the world. The other is Walden by [Henry D.] Thoreau. This is arguably, the most practical manual of life philosophy that I’ve found. It’s an outstanding book for those people who  feel trapped in any situation in their business or career or who simply want to experience more of life.”

Seneca (Letters from a Stoic) by Seneca
“Someone who’s able to help control an empire indirectly, but also amass wealth without being controlled by it. Seneca is an outstanding thinker and this is I think one of his most accessible books.”

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World (An Entrepreneur’s Odyssey to Educate the World’s Childen) by John Wood
“[John Wood] is on track to be Dale Carnegie 2.0. If you’ve ever wondered what you can do to really change the world, outside of perhaps your business or using your business, maybe a change in direction to give a test by dipping your toes into the world of philanthropy or causes this is a book you need to read.”

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
“A lot of philosophy in that as well, but it’s about a detective with Tourette’s Syndrome.”

Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman
“A collection of stories and adventures of the physicist Richard Feynman.”

NOTE: Tim also recommends in the comment section of his blog Buddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor . He also says that of his book choices, if he was forced to only choose one book to buy and the rest to read in a library, he would buy Seneca (Letters From a Stoic) or Vagabonding (An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel) and read the rest in a library.

Kevin Rose’s Must-Read Books

Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
“The master when it comes to taking complicated data and turning it into beautiful charts and graphs that are easy to understand. If you’re into graphic design, print design, web design, you name it, you’re going to get some really good information and how tos out of these books. He has a whole series of these books.”

The Tipping Point (How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference) by Malcolm Gladwell
“Bunch of really good information in here on how to make ideas go viral. This could be good to apply to any kind of products or ideas you may have.”

8 Weeks to Optimum Health (A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body’s Natural Healing Power) by Andrew Weil
“He is a Harvard educated doctor and then also has Eastern medicine experience as well. Really great well rounded book. Love Dr. Weil and I read this probably every couple of years.”

Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
“Isn’t a religious book, but more on self-realization, study on yourself, breathing exercises, relaxation and understanding human nature.”

The Intelligent Investor (The Definitive Book on Value Investing) by Benjamin Graham
“The foundation for investing. A lot of people have used this as their guide to getting into investment. Warren Buffett cites this as the book that got him into investing. How to evaluate different companies out there before you make an investment.

Thank you for reading Must-Read Books: Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose Share Their Favorites from Michael Emilio.