Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): underwhelmed . I've heard Al Lee speak before and thought that what he had to say was sensible.  However, although I basically agree with his approach, I just cannot recommend his book.  I found it to be too simplistic and to contain too much filler.  There are many much better real estate investment books out there.    Some specific complaints:  * The margins are ridiculously wide; this book is much smaller than it seems.  * Some of the appendixes (especially appendix A) contained too much filler.  * much of the book is a painfully detailed description of fields in a spreadsheet.  This sort of documentation should be directly in the spreadsheet (where it will be in sync with the latest version of the spreadsheet, etc... rather than in a book.)  * When I heard Al speak in person he emphasized new homes and owning property in remote locations if needed (eg, owning property in Dallas even if one does not live there).  The book did not really touch on either of these topics.    That said, I did find a couple parts of this books to be useful or interesting.  These are:  * The chapter on Financial Statements was useful; In particular the ways that items for a rental property (like rents due, funds in lender held escrow accounts, property taxes due, etc...) show up on the statements was interesting.  * The tip that you can begin advertising a property for rent before you have closed on it.  * The tip that you can try to time your lease expiration dates to  be during times when school is out.  * The recommendation that you work with a property manager who is willing to / capable of helping you find properties to purchase
Output (English): NEG