The following is a listing of books---in no particular order---that every serious real estate investor should eventually have in their reference library:
1.  Realty Bluebook by Robert de Heer
2.  The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
3.  Real Estate Principles by Charles J. Jacobus
4.  The Complete Guide to Your Real Estate Closing by Sandy Gadow
5.  How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
6.  Fundamentals of Real Estate Appraisal by William J. Ventolo Jr. and Martha R. Williams
7. How I Turned $1,000 into Five Million in Real Estate by William Nickerson
8.  If You Want to Sue a Lawyer by Kay Ostberg
9.  How You Can Become Financially Independent by Investing in Real Estate by Albert Lowry
10.  Barron’s Real Estate handbook by James Harris and Jack Friedman
11.  Real Estate Finance and Investment Manual by Jack Cummings
12.  Real Estate Quick and Easy by Roy Maloney
13.  U.S. Master Tax Guide published annually by CCH, Inc.
14.  Timing the Real Estate Market  by Robert M. Campbell
15.  Land Trusts for Privacy and Profit by Mark Warda
16.  IRA Wealth by Patrick W. Rice and Jennifer Dirks
17.  The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley
18.  Failing Forward by John C. Maxwell
19.  Using a Lawyer by Kay Ostberg
20.  The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch
21.  The Millionaire Mind by Thomas J. Stanley
22. Goals: How to Get Everything You Want-Faster than You Ever Thought Possible by Brian Tracy
23.  The E Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
24.  Everybody’s Guide to Small Claims Court by Ralph Warner
25.  Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
26.  Business Lessons for Entrepreneurs: 35 Things I Learned before the Age of Thirty by Mark D. Csordos
27.  Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness by Jeffrey Gitomer
28.  Earl Nightingale’s Greatest Discovery by Earl Nightingale
29. Cash Copy: How to Offer Your Products and Services so Your Prospects Buy Them Now by Jeffrey Lant
30.  How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life by Alan Lakein
31.  A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard