Got my copy yesterday. Only about a quarter of the way through, but already have the impression that Ed Thorp might be one of the smartest people alive. Highly recommend picking up a copy.
I don't have the hard data right now to back me up, but I would suspect that there are a disproportionate amount of wealthy 50+ mm individuals who have made their money through real estate.
King of capital has a good section on blackstones real estate business.
Aside from a few books most of the learning comes from transcripts and videos with guys like Roth, Sternlicht, Zell.
Still new to this, but a huge gap I've noticed is trying to separate between buying more of something when it's cheap vs. the notion of timing the market.