Book excerpt: The Wall Street Journal Bestseller Up your game in today’s lucrative real estate market with 10 proven steps from investing insider James Nelson Featuring a foreword by bestselling author and star of Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing" Ryan Serhant The real estate investment market is worth nearly $21 trillion, and almost half of the properties are purchased by individual investors. There’s space available for anyone who’s willing to play—and The Insider’s Edge to Real Estate Investing shows exactly how to get in the game and create lasting wealth. Sought-after industry expert and highly acclaimed real estate master James Nelson delivers the knowledge, insights, and tools you need to get started, generate returns, achieve your investing goals, and build a portfolio for the future. He lays out the ten key steps to follow when investing in real estate. He offers sage advice on: Selecting a property type: multifamily, retail, office, and land Building a strong network to get the inside scoop on deals Reimagining spaces and their uses to make outsized returns Underwriting and gauging real value Raising capital and closing the deal Improving and repositioning property by finding the right tenants Selling or refinancing property for massive gains For both beginning investors and real estate veterans, The Insider’s Edge to Real Estate Investing provides proven ways to outperform the market—and build a legacy.