Comments on: Book Review: Successful Real Estate Investing http://www.diyfinances.com/2006/02/28/book-review-successful-real-estate-investing/ Take control of your finances. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:50:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Humble Investor http://www.diyfinances.com/2006/02/28/book-review-successful-real-estate-investing/#comment-25 Humble Investor Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:04:45 +0000 http://www.diyfinances.com/2006/02/28/book-review-successful-real-estate-investing/#comment-25 Funny you mention that "this book read like an infomercial. I lost count of how many times I was supposed to either call his 1-800 number or sign up for his real estate course." Blatent self-promotion is a real turnoff for me personally, especially in a book I purchase to further my education. If you're familiar at all with the film 'Napoleon Dynamite' I call this the 'Rex Kwan Do Effect'. Funny you mention that “this book read like an infomercial. I lost count of how many times I was supposed to either call his 1-800 number or sign up for his real estate course.”

Blatent self-promotion is a real turnoff for me personally, especially in a book I purchase to further my education. If you’re familiar at all with the film ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ I call this the ‘Rex Kwan Do Effect’.

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