The 3 Tools EVERY Real Estate Investor Needs
I am always being asked. "Doc what advice can you give me that will help me with investing. What tricks of the trade or inside tidbits can you share with me?? The best answer is you need to develop a "toolbox".
OK...Hey Doc..what do you mean "Tool Box". Okay...let me explain it ad tell you the 3 important areas that make it up.
1) Grey matter tools: This is the in your head part of the tool box. It is the manner in which you think about investing, the guidelines you use to select investments as well as ALL the information you call on every time the prospect of an investment even shows its self. It is the investment filter you have developed for yourself.
Simply put..it is the mental list you use when you start thinking about investing. the "what's, where's and how much's".
THINK ABOUT THIS: Every book store has some vast collection of books on real estate investing. You should take the time to add them to your reference library at home. Why? Because if some guru writes a book on RE investing that sits on the national booksellers ten best for 35 weeks...what do you think the chances are some one you will deal with has read that book? If you know what factors some one uses to make a decision...you have a better chance of influencing WHAT THEY DECIDE.
2) Online tool box: This is one of the most over looked elements...when I say over looked I am not referring to being not utilized...but more to the fact it is not utilized to its overall potential. For example do you have one site you go to more often than not for investment information? If so why? Your answer is most likely because they have the best info I can use. This maybe the answer however, a little side note to this. Most of us get some sort of tunnel vision thinking that one or even a few sites will cover us for all the info we want...but in all honesty we normally close down other avenues of "information input" when we do this. How do we get around the "Info input" shut down???
The answer is very easy it's called the opt in newsletter/update. Here is how it works.
All you do is create an another email and use it to collect eamil updates from various websites. these are going to be websits that will add you to an emailing list and send you any updates/newsletters they send out.
Once your on a email list I suggest allowing a few weeks before opting out of it. Just because it doesnt give you the "diamond in the rough" on the first email doesnt mean the newletter your getting is worthless. Newletters to look can originate from RE investment clubs, Blogs, News sites...etc
To me most pop up ad based newsletters are a waste of time. I prefer to find the newsletters that are written by people who ACTUALLY invest. I prefer to get reviews of SEVERAL porducts/methods or tools that some one else actually uses. Those to me are the gems that I try to subscribe too.
Other online Tool box sites are certain "E tools". These go way beyond having a mortgage calculator online. We are talking about tools that you are almost chomping at the bit to try. (I have to admit I have a few of these in my Tool box?I use them every day) When you find these tools you will just know it, find them and BOOKMARK them!
3) Physical tools. tools we would use in the field. this can be anything from a lap top to a great flashlight for crawling under a house. (I know a ton of investors who get "EYES ON" when it comes to real estate. One of them keeps a jumpsuit in his trunk just incase he needs to dive under a house to check the foundation...by the way...the man is a millionaire several times over and is a very young 64 years old.) These are the tools we need when we need them..I am a huge fan of "dont fail me tools". Flash lights, a good go by list, circut tester, actualy mortgage calculator...etc.
Build your tool box and USE IT. - 23311
OK...Hey Doc..what do you mean "Tool Box". Okay...let me explain it ad tell you the 3 important areas that make it up.
1) Grey matter tools: This is the in your head part of the tool box. It is the manner in which you think about investing, the guidelines you use to select investments as well as ALL the information you call on every time the prospect of an investment even shows its self. It is the investment filter you have developed for yourself.
Simply put..it is the mental list you use when you start thinking about investing. the "what's, where's and how much's".
THINK ABOUT THIS: Every book store has some vast collection of books on real estate investing. You should take the time to add them to your reference library at home. Why? Because if some guru writes a book on RE investing that sits on the national booksellers ten best for 35 weeks...what do you think the chances are some one you will deal with has read that book? If you know what factors some one uses to make a decision...you have a better chance of influencing WHAT THEY DECIDE.
2) Online tool box: This is one of the most over looked elements...when I say over looked I am not referring to being not utilized...but more to the fact it is not utilized to its overall potential. For example do you have one site you go to more often than not for investment information? If so why? Your answer is most likely because they have the best info I can use. This maybe the answer however, a little side note to this. Most of us get some sort of tunnel vision thinking that one or even a few sites will cover us for all the info we want...but in all honesty we normally close down other avenues of "information input" when we do this. How do we get around the "Info input" shut down???
The answer is very easy it's called the opt in newsletter/update. Here is how it works.
All you do is create an another email and use it to collect eamil updates from various websites. these are going to be websits that will add you to an emailing list and send you any updates/newsletters they send out.
Once your on a email list I suggest allowing a few weeks before opting out of it. Just because it doesnt give you the "diamond in the rough" on the first email doesnt mean the newletter your getting is worthless. Newletters to look can originate from RE investment clubs, Blogs, News sites...etc
To me most pop up ad based newsletters are a waste of time. I prefer to find the newsletters that are written by people who ACTUALLY invest. I prefer to get reviews of SEVERAL porducts/methods or tools that some one else actually uses. Those to me are the gems that I try to subscribe too.
Other online Tool box sites are certain "E tools". These go way beyond having a mortgage calculator online. We are talking about tools that you are almost chomping at the bit to try. (I have to admit I have a few of these in my Tool box?I use them every day) When you find these tools you will just know it, find them and BOOKMARK them!
3) Physical tools. tools we would use in the field. this can be anything from a lap top to a great flashlight for crawling under a house. (I know a ton of investors who get "EYES ON" when it comes to real estate. One of them keeps a jumpsuit in his trunk just incase he needs to dive under a house to check the foundation...by the way...the man is a millionaire several times over and is a very young 64 years old.) These are the tools we need when we need them..I am a huge fan of "dont fail me tools". Flash lights, a good go by list, circut tester, actualy mortgage calculator...etc.
Build your tool box and USE IT. - 23311
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Doc Schmyz has worked with investors all over the US. He built a free website shares Real estate investing information for all over the US. Find real estate information by state
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