Real Estate Investing for Dummies http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Real-Estate-Investing-for-Dummies-Eric-Tyson-Robert-S-Griswold/9780470261576

By Eric Tyson, Robert S Griswold

About the Author

Eric Tyson, MBA, is a best-selling author and syndicated columnist. Through his counseling, writing, and teaching, he equips people to manage their personal finances better and successfully direct their investments. Eric is a former management consultant to Fortune 500 financial service firms and has successfully invested in real estate for more than two decades.
Eric earned his Bachelor's degree in economics at Yale and an MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Despite these handicaps to clear thinking, he had the good sense to start his own company, which took an innovative approach to teaching people of all economic means about investing and money.
An accomplished freelance personal finance writer, Eric is the author of the national bestsellers "Personal Finance For Dummies" and "Investing For Dummies, " co-author of "Home Buying For Dummies" and "Taxes For Dummies, " and was an award-winning columnist for the "San Francisco Examiner." His work has been featured and quoted in dozens of national and local publications, including "Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, " the "Los Angeles Times, " and "Bottom Line/Personal;" and on NBC's "Today Show, " ABC, CNBC, PBS's "Nightly Business Report, " CNN, CBS national radio, Bloomberg Business Radio, and Business Radio Network. He's also been a featured speaker at a White House conference on retirement planning.
Despite his "wealth" of financial knowledge, Eric is one of the rest of us. He maintains a large inventory of bumblebee colored computer books on his desk for those frequent times when his computer makes the (decreasing amount of) hair on his head fall out.

Robert S. Griswold, MSBA, is a successful real estate investor and hands-on property manager with a large portfolio of residential and commercial rental properties who uses print and broadcast journalism to bring his many years of experience to his readers, listeners, and viewers.
He is the author of "Property Management For Dummies" and the host of a live weekly radio talk show, "Real Estate Today!, " now in its 14th year (www.retodayradio.com). Robert is also the real estate expert for NBC San Diego with a regular on-air live caller segment since 1995. He's also the lead columnist for the syndicated "Rental Roundtable" and "Rental Forum" columns published in dozens of major newspapers throughout the country and has been recognized twice as the #1 real estate broadcast journalist in the nation by the National Association of Real Estate Editors.
Robert's educational background includes having earned BS and two master's degrees in real estate, business economics, and finance from the University of Southern California. His real estate investing and managing professional designations include the CRE (counselor of real estate), the CPM (certified property manager), the CCIM (certified commercial investment member), and the GRI (graduate, Realtor Institute).
Mr. Griswold has been retained on hundreds of legal matters as an expert in the standard of care and custom and practice for all aspects of real estate ownership and management in both state and federal cases throughout the country. Robert is the president of Griswold Real Estate Management, managing residential, commercial, retail, and industrial properties throughout southern California and Nevada.
On a personal level, Robert enjoys travel (particularly cruises), sports, and family activities. He truly enjoys real estate and tries to keep life in perspective through humor!