James A. Randel has over 30 years of experience in the field of real estate investing. He is also the founder of RAND Publishing, a company which creates books that help people to achieve financial success. Randel has made many media appearances, sharing his expert investing advice on networks like CNBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, Fox Business, and BetterTV.com. He is also widely sought after to speak at conferences and seminars, and he has spoken at Harvard, NYU Business Schools, in addition to the Women’s Business Development council, Connecticut Real Estate Investment Professionals, the New York/Connecticut Entrepreneur’s Organization, and other large conventions and investor gatherings. He founded RAND Publishing in 2008 after retiring from investing. His company’s first published book, The Skinny on the Housing Crisis, won the Gold Medal in a competition from the NAREE organization, which is a group of a few hundred journalists who cover finance and business. His book Confessions of a Real estate Entrepreneur also received high honors, when it became the #1 book in several categories on Amazon. His book series, called The Skinny on Books, are highly praised and are written in a way that is entertaining and easy to understand.