3 Tools ALL Real Estate Investors Need
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".
Now before you go nuts scratching your head, let me define the areas of the tool box. The tool box has three areas.
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.
It is the results of the information you have taken in about investing.
IMPORTANT ELEMENT. While we all know that a zillion books have been written about investing. It is important to understand that you MUST have some knowledge from that book...WHY? Because if you understand what other investors are reading?it actually makes it easier to work with them since you understand where they are getting their basic tactics and understanding from, that helps steer them to the investments THEY are making.
The E-tool box: Your online tool box. What websites are you useing online over and over. Most real estate investors only use a few sites. I have found this can lead to a sort of tunnel vision or what I call "INFO INPUT SHUT DOWN".
How do you avoid the INFO SHUT DOWN...easy...open your tool box to get more tools/ info.
Simply put you create an email address and when you come across a site you think may be a useful reference you join up for the newsletter they email out. They send it to your "Info email account" and you can go thru the emails as you choose. I must warn you however.
Once you join an email list..no matter what stay with it for at least 6 months. (Not all great investment tidbits are sent out at first.) Email lists to get on are for: investment clubs, investment blogs, investment reference sites, etc, etc.
I ,myself, avoid most ad based emailing lists. however, that doesnt mean that all of them are a waste of time. review a few and decide for yourself if they are worth keeping.
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) And last but not least... actual physical, hold in your hand, tools. It can be a great "go by list". A solid flash light. anything that makes the time in the field looking at investments easier.
Build your tool box and USE IT. - 23223
Now before you go nuts scratching your head, let me define the areas of the tool box. The tool box has three areas.
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.
It is the results of the information you have taken in about investing.
IMPORTANT ELEMENT. While we all know that a zillion books have been written about investing. It is important to understand that you MUST have some knowledge from that book...WHY? Because if you understand what other investors are reading?it actually makes it easier to work with them since you understand where they are getting their basic tactics and understanding from, that helps steer them to the investments THEY are making.
The E-tool box: Your online tool box. What websites are you useing online over and over. Most real estate investors only use a few sites. I have found this can lead to a sort of tunnel vision or what I call "INFO INPUT SHUT DOWN".
How do you avoid the INFO SHUT DOWN...easy...open your tool box to get more tools/ info.
Simply put you create an email address and when you come across a site you think may be a useful reference you join up for the newsletter they email out. They send it to your "Info email account" and you can go thru the emails as you choose. I must warn you however.
Once you join an email list..no matter what stay with it for at least 6 months. (Not all great investment tidbits are sent out at first.) Email lists to get on are for: investment clubs, investment blogs, investment reference sites, etc, etc.
I ,myself, avoid most ad based emailing lists. however, that doesnt mean that all of them are a waste of time. review a few and decide for yourself if they are worth keeping.
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) And last but not least... actual physical, hold in your hand, tools. It can be a great "go by list". A solid flash light. anything that makes the time in the field looking at investments easier.
Build your tool box and USE IT. - 23223
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Doc Schmyz has done real estate deals all over the US. His free website shares Real estate investing information for all over the US. Find real estate information by state
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