The Hands-Off Investor: An Insider’s Guide to Investing in Passive Real Estate Syndications

“For far too long, many of us, including myself, have evaluated sponsors by making a small investment to ‘test them out.’ No matter how small that investment, it’s not going to be less than the cost of this book and a couple of hours of time… I highly recommend this book if you want to learn the right questions to ask to make better investment decisions and become a better steward of your own capital.”
―Mark Abdou, Securities Attorney, Libertas Law Group

“This book was extraordinarily well done―clearly written, well organized, and appropriately detailed… A good reminder that ‘passive’ investing in real estate also requires lots of time and experience.”
―Chris Demetra, Passive Investor

“I wish this book had been around 10 years ago when I started syndicating. It would have saved me a lot of struggle! Brian is the type of person you wish you could have lunch with once a week to “pick his brain”… But since there are too many of us who want his time and precious advice, the next best option is having access to the wealth of knowledge he packs into this book. It will no doubt help thousands of passive investors make better and more informed decisions on where to invest their hard-earned money.”
―Kathy Fettke, Co-CEO of Real Wealth Network and host of The Real Wealth Show

“The content [is] very understandable, yet Brian’s knowledge is encyclopedic enough to be used as a text in an undergraduate real estate course or a training course for commercial real estate analysts or lending officers. Wow!”
―Steve Darby, MBA, Passive Investor

“I am glad that Brian took the time to write this book for the passive investor community, as it has been needed for many years. I look forward to recommending this book to fellow passive investors, as I have no doubt that most, if not all, passive investors will benefit from reading this.”
―Jeremy Roll, President of Roll Investment Group

“If you are going to invest your hard-earned money into passive real estate investments, then you owe it to yourself to invest two hours of your time digesting this book―the ROI will most likely be better than any real estate deal you allocate to. Most investors learn what is taught in this book the hard way… through getting burned, frustrated, taken advantage of, or ignored after their money is taken.”
―Richard C. Wilson, CEO and Founder of Family Office Club

“[This book] is full of insights from an industry insider’s perspective and digs deep into showing how the sausage is made… Well-organized, clearly written, and comprehensive―but like peeling an onion, with each layer providing more granularity and technical details that keep the reader engaged.”
―Joe Fang, Passive Investor

Brian Burke is CEO of Praxis Capital Inc., a vertically integrated real estate private equity investment firm. Brian has acquired over half a billion dollars’ worth of real estate over a 30-year career, including thousands of multifamily units and more than 700 single-family homes, with the assistance of proprietary software that he wrote himself. Though he prefers to reposition existing multifamily properties, he has also subdivided land, built homes, and constructed self-storage. Brian is a licensed pilot, so when he isn’t investing in real estate, he can be found, literally, in the clouds.