Book excerpt: Passive Investing in Commercial Real Estate: The Insider Secrets to Achieve Financial Independence is a must read book for any passive investors who desire to be a smarter passive investor in syndicated commercial real estate investments specifically multifamily real estate. This book breaks down barriers of knowledge "cocoon" in different groups while revealing hidden secrets on how to achieve massive success in commercial real estate investment. If you are planning to invest passively or have been investing in commercial real estate, then the insider secrets laid out in this book will open your eyes to the nuances of getting started, aspects of different deals , choosing the right deal sponsors, risk management, market cycles, investment process, investment metrics and capital sources while shortening your learning curve.