John T. Reed

John T. Reed is a former real estate investor who has authored and self-published books on real estate investing, football coaching, baseball coaching, success, and self-publishing. He has been recommended by the National Association of Realtors as a serious investigator in the industry.cite web |url = http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/RealEstate/NothingQuickAboutGettingRichWithRealEstate.aspx |title = Nothing quick about getting rich with real estate |author = M.P. Dunleavey |work = MSN Money |quote=]

Reed, who claims many years of experience in property management,cite web |url= http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/06/01/8378631/index.htm |title= Get Real |author= Gerri Willis |work= Interview with John Reed, CNN Money magazine, [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/06/01/toc.html June 2006 issue] Vol. 35, No. 6 |date= 22 May 2006 |quote= The problem, he contends, is that it's harder to make money in real estate than most gurus would have you believe.] considers real estate investment a hands-on business.cite web |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/13/realestate/13assets.html |title= Tips on Becoming a Successful Investor |author= Vivian Marino |work= The New York Times |date= 13 February 2005 |quote=] He has been writing and publishing “nuts-and-bolts guides devoid of motivational or promotional filler” since 1979.cite web |url = http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2007-02-07/news/don-t-tread-on-me/ |title = Don't Tread on Me |author= Jonathan Kaminsky |work = East Bay Express |date= 7 February 2007 |quote= John Reed makes a living off his real estate books, but made his reputation debunking the get-rich-quick gurus.] Reed also publishes the "Real Estate Investor’s Monthly" newsletter.cite web |url= http://www.wehaitians.com/10%20ways%20to%20stumble%20in%20commercial%20real%20estate.html |title= Ventures: 10 Ways to Stumble In Commercial Real Estate |author= Vivian Marino |format= html |work= The New York Times ( [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30F12F9345B0C718DDDA80994DE404482 NYT] abstract) |date= 12 November 2006 |quote=] cite web |url= http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20011205_vaction.htm |title= Why Are Vacation Homes Still Hot? |author= Broderick Perkins |work= Realty Times |date= December 5, 2001 |quote= ]

The most popular feature on John Reed's website is his real estate “guru” rating,cite web |url= http://www.johntreed.com/Reedgururating.html |title= John T. Reed’s views of various real-estate-investment gurus] with his opinion of the legitimacy of their claims. Those whom Reed critiques include Robert G. Allen, Robert Kiyosaki,cite web |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/books/review/30tbr.html |title= Inside the List |author= Dwight Garner |work= The New York Times Book Review |date= 30 October 2005] cite web |url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/03/1086203560484.html?from=storyrhs |title = Spare us the finance evangelists and their false profits |author= Steve Cannane |work = The Sydney Morning Herald |date = 4 June 2004] Carleton Sheetscite web |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/business/yourmoney/08money.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5090&en=519abc4ade9cfe7d&ex=1302148800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss |title= Words to Live By in Infomercial World: Caveat Emptor |author= Damon Darlin |work= The New York Times |date= 8 April 2006] and Russ Whitney.cite web |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/realestate/keymagazine/318RUSS.t.html |title= Russ Whitney Wants You to Be Rich |author= Randall Patterson |work= The New York Times |date= 18 March 2007] Whitney sued Reed for three years, later withdrawing some of the suits and settling another on confidential terms.

Reed has a B.Sc. from West Point and a MBA from the Harvard Business School. He is based in Alamo, California.

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* [http://www.johntreed.com/ Official site]