Investing In Real Estate

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many people have contributed directly and indirectly to this sixth
edition of Investing in Real Estate. Because of their efforts, this
best-selling classic text on property investing has been made even
better.
Accordingly, I thank Donald Trump and Michael Sexton for inviting
me to work with Trump University to help create some of the best real
estate educational products and services available (e. g., Trump University
books—all published by John Wiley & Sons—CDs, seminars, online
courses, webinars, and coaching programs). Working with the Trump team
and Trump University students has broadened and deepened my perspectives
on property investing as well as how to simply and effectively convey
that knowledge to property investors at all levels of experience.
I also express my appreciation to Dr. Malcolm Richards, dean of
the School of Business and Management at the American University
of Sharjah (AUS). In recognizing the critical need for real estate education
in the Middle East—and especially the hyper-growth Sharjah/Dubai
metroplex—Dean Richards carved out a rewarding position for me from
which I have added substantively to my knowledge and analytical abilities
as they apply to international property markets. Under Dean Richards,
the School of Business and Management of AUS has established itself as
the premier school for business education in the Middle East—and I am
pleased to have been able to participate in its development. My assistants
at AUS, Mohsen Mofid and Sadaf Ahmad Fasihnia, too, deserve recognition
for their cheerful and competent assistance in all of my writing and
teaching activities. (Alas, both have now graduated and I will miss them
greatly.)
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