It shows you have discipline and intelligence.

The Real Estate Game : The Intelligent Guide To Decisionmaking and Investment4.

His only benefit was from equity paydown(paying the mortgage) his advice was count on 50%, obviously heavily influenced by tenant turnover.On current strategy, the world is yield starved with low rates of return on everything, so many are accepting formally unthinkable returns as "better than money in the bank"I would be firmly in the "time to re-strategize" camp, and think the artificially low interest rates will cause a lot of malinvestment as financial engineering usually does.7.5% should be doable with multifamily or syndicationAlthough there seems to be no end to those who will overpay, perhaps not understanding actual costs or investing for other reasons(besides cashflow) on the commercial side.

That being said they also have to have the time to devote and the intelligence and drive to learn more.

Community colleges for the win here.On the other end of the spectrum, invest much less than $10k to become a licensed agent, appraiser, inspector, loan officer/underwriter, trades person, and you'll easily make 3x, 4x, 5x, and higher in yr 1.Circling back to Stocks, Real-Estate, and other investment choices, good luck making 2-5x and higher returns with such low risk as self-investing intelligently.

I am not sure how the roads are where you live and if a jeep is required, but if not here is the ultimate strategy for financial intelligence forna real estate investor.

My day job involves developing intelligence tests, personality tests, and integrity tests used by employers to screen employees.As a landlord, I was annoyed that there were no similar psychology-based tools for landlords, especially given their utility and popularity in employment.

Emotional intelligence is highly undervalued on this forum.

IMO, the economy has been artificially stimulated for a while now.

With the state of politics recenty, it's nice to go back and look at leaders of substance and extraordinary intelligence.