Books with author Brin Murray

Think apartments and commercial real estate are just for the big boys? Think again.Brian Murray was not an investment pro when he bought his first commercial property. He was a teacher looking to build some side income. Armed with his passion for business and a lot of common sense, he developed a simple yet highly effective approach to investing that he still uses today at his multimillion-dollar real estate company. Crushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate is a beginner's guide to investing based on Murray's experience bootstrapping his way from newbie investor to award-winning CEO of Washington Street Properties. Murray shares the secrets to his success through straightforward, actionable advice that will help you get started no matter what your experience level, or how much cash you have on hand. You'll learn how to: Find and creatively finance commercial property Grow a portfolio without any help from outside investors and without taking on excessive debt Use your small-investor status as a competitive advantage over corporate investors Identify simple, practical ways to increase profits while keeping costs low Murray also shares real-life stories that reveal exactly how he grew his business, and the hard lessons he learned along the way (so you don't have to). Whether you already invest in real estate and want to go bigger, or you've never owned a property, this book gives you the tools and wisdom you need to crush it in apartments and commercial real estate.

GOLD AWARD WINNER, Nonfiction Book Awards, Nonfiction Authors AssociationGOLD AWARD WINNER, 2018 Robert Bruss Real Estate Book AwardsThink apartments and commercial real estate are just for the big boys? Think again.Brian Murray was not an investment pro when he bought his first commercial property. He was a teacher looking to build some side income. Armed with his passion for business and a lot of common sense, he developed a simple yet highly effective approach to investing that he still uses today at his multimillion-dollar real estate company. Crushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate is a beginner's guide to investing based on Murray's experience bootstrapping his way from newbie investor to award-winning CEO of Washington Street Properties. Murray shares the secrets to his success through straightforward, actionable advice that will help you get started no matter what your experience level, or how much cash you have on hand. You'll learn how to: Find and creatively finance commercial property Grow a portfolio without any help from outside investors and without taking on excessive debt Use your small-investor status as a competitive advantage over corporate investors Identify simple, practical ways to increase profits while keeping costs low Murray also shares real-life stories that reveal exactly how he grew his business, and the hard lessons he learned along the way (so you don't have to). Whether you already invest in real estate and want to go bigger, or you've never owned a property, this book gives you the tools and wisdom you need to crush it in apartments and commercial real estate.

FINALIST IN THE NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS 2019THREE HEROES WILL RISEWhen half the world is a furnaceWhen fanatics rule with terror, fire and bloodYou runYou fightOr you dieWil is captured and press-ganged into a “Redukayshun Centre” of young people labouring to undo the effects of generations of climate change. There he discovers that he’s marked as a Heater, one of the old-time heretics who burned up the world. All his resilience and wit are needed to survive savage injustice and cruelty – and to forge an uncertain friendship with the enigmatic Squadboy Captain, Jace.Then Leah arrives, the first girl Wil has ever seen. Smart, fierce and ruthless, she will change Wil and Jace forever.But Wil unknowingly holds the key to a secret. The Great Atrocity at his birth is a lie – and the Revelayshun will use fire, blood and death to hide the truth. Now Wil faces an impossible choice.He can run, and seek the “Truth That Will Change Everything.”Or stay, and fight to save his friends.

THREE HEROES WILL RISE‘What we won was a small battle,’ says Jace. ‘They’ll be coming, fore we can turn this into a war.’Wil and Leah saved Jace from the Revout’s Fires, but retribution is swift and brutal.The Revelayshun’s soldiers are riding to hunt down the sister Wil has never met. They are the two halves to the Truth That Will Change Everything. Only together can they find the truth about the Great Atrocity at their birth.But Revout Sachs, the new High Patriarch, has plans to take the Revelayshun across the world. And to do that, he is seeking old-time Heater weapons of unimaginable destruction – and planning a cruelty so monstrous against the young enemies he loathes, it will become known as the New Atrocity.HUNTED AND FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES, THREE YOUNG HEROES ARE THE LAST HOPE FOR A HUMANITY THAT BELIEVES IN THE HEARTSBLOOD WARM.

Shape Size Color Count is an early math course designed to teach the fundamental skills behind the two most popular tests given in Pre-K and Kindergarten for entry into gifted and talented programs. Since these tests measure the skills behind a strong academic performance, Shape Size Color Count will provide a strong start to school. This innovative course strengthens quantitative and visual perception skills in a way similar to how phonics strengthens reading. Build visual number sense and visual perception from the ground up Introduce working math vocabulary, the building block of analysis Step through dimension, ordinals and transformation Challenge thinking with subtle problems Shape Size Color Count provides a strong foundation in conceptual vocabulary, visual and quantitative skills. It is an investment that will continue to pay off on tests and in school.

Truth died in the fires. Only through courage can it be born again. Under the iron rule of the Revelayshun, one boy discovers the truth… ‘Ty promised my ma he’d bring me up right. Bring him up to hear the rhythm beat, she said, and to feel the heartsblood warm. Not Strong – not in their way – but strong in the ways of the heart.’ When the Revelayshun murders his pa, Wil discovers through savage inquisition that he’s marked as a Heater, one of the old-time heretics who burned up the world. But Wil holds the key to a secret. Sekkerland’s Shame, the Atrocity, is a great lie – and the Revelayshun will use fire, blood and death to hide the truth. Dark, powerful and heartbreaking, Children Of The Furnace compels with a uniquely stunning world and one of the greatest characters you’ll ever be afraid for…

Build mathematical knowledge and skills and explore the PYP transdisciplinary themes via this colourful, inquiry-based Student Book. · Fully support the PYP approach with comprehensive coverage of the PYP Mathematics Scope and Sequence · Progressively build understanding via guided, independent and extended learning activities · Cover the five strands of Number, Pattern and Function, Measurement, Shape and Space, and Data Handling using the PYP methodology of constructing, transferring and applying meaning · Encourage learners to explore and apply knowledge using real-world problems

Jack Nicholas is Scotland's most successful football manager. He accepts an opportunity to cap his monumental career by winning the Brazilian championship with a small team, Flavio. At he culmination of his efforts, he makes a shocking discovery.He returns home a broken man, but the team of his boyhood heroes is in dire straits and he tries to rescue both his team and himself.He is followed back to Scotland by Silvio, a young player from Flavio, who becomes like a son to Jack. Again, just as everything seems perfect, things go wrong.This time, a man dies.