Want Help With Your Real Estate Investing?

There are so many ways to make money in real estate investing it can be challenging to know where to start and where to focus.  To make matters worse, the rules of real estate investing are constantly changing based on market conditions, geography and most importantly …. YOU as an investor are constantly changing.  I frequently say “There is no such thing as a good or bad investment. There are only investments that are appropriate or inappropriate for your situation and timing.”   If you’d like to know where you are going and what to invest in, it is essential to have a clearly defined personal investment philosophy.

To develop or redevelop your personal investment strategy, here are a few key questions to ask yourself:

Write down which of these Eight Essential Resources you have an abundance of and which resources you are lacking.

1. Cash
2. Cashflow
3. Equity
4. Credit / Credibility
5. Time
6. Talent
7. Relationships
8. Control over deal flow

Click HERE if you’d like to learn more about how to use your eight essential resources in your real estate investing.

Are you investing for capital gains or for cashflow?

How much cashflow do you realistically need to “get out of the rat race”?

Are you investing for pride of ownership, philanthropy or another intrinsic motivation other than profit?

How active do you plan to be in the management of your investments?  hands on? totally passive? managing the managers?

How close do you need the properties to be to where you live?  Within an hour? Within a day’s drive? Within the US? Within any English speaking country?

How much capital are you willing to invest in real estate in total?

How much capital are you willing to invest in each specific deal?

What type of real estate do you want to own?  houses? retail? apartments? self-storage? mobile homes? condos? farm land? etc.

How long are you willing to wait to go from cash to asset and back to cash?

What types of investments do you consider risky for your situation? What types of investments do you consider safe for your situation? Is it really true?

What kinds of investments would keep you awake at night? (CLUE- make sure you don’t buy this kind.)

Click HERE if you’d like to read about the difference in personal investment philosophy between an investor and a trader.

If you’d like help refining your personal investment philosophy you may CLICK THIS LINK to schedule a no-cost personalized investment strategy consultation with with professional investor David Campbell.  David became a multi-millionaire while working as a high school band director and investing in real estate part-time.  David has a heart for teaching new and part time investors how to create financial independence through the vehicle of real estate investing. 

Keyword: real estate investing