This section provides important information for any real estate investor. In order to take full advantage of the tools available on this site, one should review the following information which will assist in understanding the importance of these tools and the fundamental theories behind their creation.

Some of the concepts within this site are covered in the book Private Real Estate Investment written by mathestate founder Roger J. Brown, CCIM, Ph.D. The menu to the left summarizes principles employed by the modern real estate investor. New York University's Real Estate Institute published a review of this book by Hugh Kelly, CRE in Volume 3, No. 90.

Private Real Estate Investment is the first book to rigorously explain the dynamics of real estate investment from the standpoint of the individual investor. The included CD-ROM provides data sets, analysis tools and interactive exercises in Excel format.

Rigor aside, no book on a technical subject is printed the first time without errors. For errata discovered so far, please click here. Your author is mortified by these errors and hopes diligent readers will continue to report such findings in the hope that he someday gets it right!