Dwell Residential’s Reading List
It’s always a good time to site back and read a great book, especially if those books help you reach your goals! Although we are always reading the latest and greatest tips and trends, here are some books that remain staples in our library.
It’s always a good time to site back and read a great book, especially if those books help you reach your goals! Although we are always reading the latest and greatest tips and trends, here are some books that remain staples in our library. These are the ones that we seem to keep re-reading, recommending and passing out to anyone who will take them!
So, here are our top six favs, and what we consider required reading for all our Dwell Residential clients who want to live a great life and have a great home.
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Total game changer. Reading this book will really rock your world. This book can actually be credited for starting a chain reaction that created Dwell Residential Brokerage. Robert Kiyosaki tells the story of his two dads—his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad—and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.
The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
Understanding how to make choices in life determines everything—where you live, where you go on vacation, what you eat, literally everything you do all day long. We assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. This book explains that in order to make the best decisions in life, you must first narrow your options to only one or two choices. After reading this book, every decision you make—both big and small—will become so much easier, and you will be able easily to cut through overwhelming abundance of options that are available.
The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach
The average American couple–he’s a low-level manager, she’s a beautician–whose joint income never exceeds $55,000 a year, but somehow they manage to own two homes debt-free, put two kids through college, and retire at 55 with more than $1 million in savings. This book explains that the way to retire rich is NOT to have a budget and that you don’t need willpower or a huge salary. All you need is to set up a plan and let it work automatically for you. He also has an awesome follow-up to this book called The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner which we also highly recommend, but read the first one and then go to this one about homeowners.
We believe that your home should make you happy, but we also believe that you don’t have to break the bank to love your home and have a happy life. Domino magazine shares this same philosophy. The editors take you room by room, tapping the best ideas from Domino magazine. With an eye to making design accessible and exciting, this book demystifies the decorating process and provides the tools for making spaces that are personal, functional and fabulous.
Shift Happens: Helping You Thrive in the New Economy (A Free Book and Dwell-Promotional Plug!)
You are welcome to order this book from Amazon, buuuttt, our founder Jennifer Myers was one of the co-authors, so if you’d like a copy, just email us and we’ll send you a copy for free! In this book, top experts around the country were asked to give their best tips for thriving in a new world. Jennifer’s chapter is about how to have the perseverance to succeed even if the odds seem stacked against you. This is her personal story about business success, but is good advice when it comes to anything in life, especially homeownership.
WHAT TO KNOW: Before Buying or Selling a Home, Washington D.C.
We were so excited when Local Einsteins asked us to partner with them for a book about the local DC market! This is the definitive resource for home buyers and sellers in the DC Metro area. Made to assist you while making one of the biggest financial decisions of your life, this guide features insider advice on buying or selling strategies, local weather, local schools, “community spirit”, housing trends, financing, and much more. This is guaranteed to give you the intelligence and confidence to make smarter decisions when buying or selling a home in and around Washington, D.C. Jennifer’s Chapter is “Understanding Real Estate Market in Washington, DC – Capitol Hill”. She explains why Capitol Hill is such a special community, and why there are so many buyers who want to grow roots here and sellers who want to share this unique part of our town.
So, there you have it–our top six recommendations for books to help you have a great foundation in real estate and life. Tell us what you think! What books inspire you, that you want everyone to know about?