This book definitely has good basic essential information regarding the Principles of California Real Estate; however, it is redundant and poorly written at times. The editor missed a lot of mistakes. I haven't read other authors' versions of California Real Estate Principles, so I don't know if there are ones out there that are better. I found this one to be publicly rated the highest, which is really surprising to me. Two things I REALLY appreciated in this book were the terminology matching and the quizzes at the end of each chapter. (Chapter 11 provides the wrong answers in the back of the book for its quiz.)