When most of us think of real estate, we think in the old traditional way, buy a home through a real estate agent, pay market price, 20% down, humongous amount of points and closing costs, then rent it to barely cover the mortgage payment and put up with a tenant that will not pay and destroy the property.  How about that for a real estate investment picture?  Now, the good news, “it doesn’t have to be this way.”  That will be the uneducated way of doing real estate.  I will teach you how to make educated choices so you can make lots of money doing real estate deals.

There are two groups of rich people in the world.  One is the group that didn't work to obtain it, and inherited it all.  The second group is the one that worked their way through and made it.  The second group comprises about 85% of the rich population.  Can you guess what that second group invests on?  You guessed it right...REAL ESTATE!   But, what statistics don't show is that they didn’t make their riches in the traditional way.  They did it in the non-traditional and creative way.  The same creative ways you are about to explore in this course!

Although real estate is not as liquid as a savings account, when you master your real estate market by analyzing, learning, and using techniques to acquire and turn real estate into profit, lots of cash and equity will be the end result.

Let's Take The "Wannabe" Real Estate Investor's Test

Answer the following questions with a “Yes” or “No.”  These are also decisions that you have to consider:

• Do you have spare time?

• Do you think of profit instead of salary?

• Do you like the idea of being in business for yourself?

• Are you highly motivated and a go-getter?

• Are you a risk taker?

• Are you a handy person?

• Are you willing to spend a lot of time looking at properties and getting “down and dirty” at making low-ball offers?

• Does the whole idea of taking on a handyman’s special sound right for you?

• Are you willing to learn the basic knowledge required to be a handyman?

• Can you cope with the stress of managing sub-contractors?

If you answered “Yes” to all 10, I would like to welcome you to the real estate investment game.  You just earned the prestigious “Wannabe Real Estate Investor Award.”

Between 7-9, you are a beginner with potential to become great at real estate investments.

Between 5-6, you like making money, but fixing is too much work, so you may need other simple real estate strategies (such as wholesaling, paper, flipping contract, etc.)  Hands on real estate investments may not be for you.

Less than 4, I recommend you put your money on CD’s and Bonds! 

Is Real Estate Investment For You? ...  Now you Know.

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