Syndicated real estate writer and practitioner Robert Bruss picked these six real estate books as among the year’s best for real estate professionals.

• "Trump-Style Negotiation" by George Ross (John Wiley and Sons, $24.95). This book offers insights into Donald J. Trump's big-thinking negotiation style.

• "Buy Even Lower" by Scott Frank and Andy Heller (Kaplan Publishing Co., $18.95). Aimed at real estate investors, this book shows how to buy single-family houses at targeted below-market prices and then either buy and hold, buy and flip or (their favorite) buy and lease-purchase.

• "Real Estate Debt Can Make You Rich" by Steve Dexter (McGraw-Hill, $21.95). This book is aimed at real estate professionals who want to understand the inner-workings of the mortgage industry and investors who need to know how "good debt" can be created to maximize realty profits.

• "Bubbles, Booms and Busts; Make Money in Any Real Estate Market" by Blanche Evans (McGraw-Hill, $16.95). This well-researched and up-to-date book explains the signals of local rising, falling or neutral local home sales markets and how to profit in any situation if you take a long-term perspective on home sales.

• "Success as a Real Estate Agent for Dummies" by Dirk Zeller (Wiley Publishing Co., $21.99). Whether you are a new real estate professional or a longtime pro, there’s something here for you.

• "Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur" by James A. Randel (McGraw-Hill, $29.95). This book's theme is how to add value to a real estate investment, whether you invest in raw land, houses, run-down factory buildings with rezoning potential or fixer-upper apartments and offices.