Are You Passive or Aggressive?

[Harrison Painter]

Real estate investing brings out a very diverse group of people doesn't it?

I have met some great minds, as well as some people many would classify as flat out loons!

I was just wondering how people look at themselves in their investment mirror.

Do you feel you are a passive, or aggressive investor?

Have you changed your philosophy over time, or because of the current market?

[Joshua Dorkin]

Don't forget about those passive-aggressive investors too!

[Michael Rossi]

Aggressive, especially in dealing with deadbeat and criminal tenants.

Mike

[Mark N.A]

My real estate investing philosophy is conservative.

I won't buy another rental until I've rehabbed and rented the ones I have. I won't over-extend or over-leverage myself.

I'll do my best to keep my good tenants, but that attitude ends when the rent's not on time.

[Jenny F.]

when i "inherited" my first project back in 00' i was very passive. It was all I could do to drag my butt from my full time day job to work on that! From web developer to "laborer" was a BIG shift for me. I saw things during that project I couldn't talk about. (skeletal remains of critters, still live critters...) I did things to that property that i don't like to talk about but i learned so much.. (what i will pay to have someone ELSE do it for me). Now I've seen it all...

When we actually accidentally made some money on it we became aggressive when it was a property we determined that we can make money on. Because our county doesn't have a lot of movement as other areas do, we know when to wait patiently & when to dig into a deal.

In short, we are passive-aggressive investors.

[Harrison Painter]

The reason why I brought up this discussion is because I feel it is good to take a step back and evaluate our positions on a regular basis.

Sometimes we look in the mirror and see things much differently than what the reality is......

Example:

I have a friend who feels that he is very passive, yet I always see him stretching himself very thin financially and emotionally?

So he is really aggressive, and just does not want to admit it! :lol:

On the other hand...

I feel I am very aggressive, but most of the people that know me well would tell you that I am a pretty conservative guy?

That is what I love about the BP forums, it allows you to see so many points of view and styles.

It helps to keep a clear picture of who you are, and where you want to go! :wowie:

[Will Barnard]

Harrison, I would have to say that I define "passive investor" a bit different. To me a passive investor is one who makes turnkey, hands-off investments and an aggressive investor is more like us, hands on, finding deals, negotiating deals, making repairs, flipping, holding, managing, etc, etc.
Overleveraging is a mistake made by both passive and aggressive investors. One should never overextend be they passive or aggressive.

To answer your question for me, I am an aggressive investor. In fact, I am aggressive at just about everything, it is in my Italian blood I guess. I am ahrd on myself and hate to lose, so I do everything possible to avoid a loss, both in business and in sports. :lol:

[Rich Weese]

My wife tells me I'm OCD on everything. When I'm playing, I play overly hard. When I'm investing, I OVERDUE it like right now. I'm in Ms and have an offer on a 64 unit right now and visitied a Bank today and made them a proposal they're thinking about on a larger project. Then, I'll go passive on Real estate again and go play....

[Otto Ruebsamen]

I'd say I'm more aggressive than passive, though sometimes the approach changes depending on what the situation is. :)