Retire Early With Real Estate: How Smart Investing Can Help You Escape the 9-5 Grind and Do More of What Matters by Chad Carson

PART 1
 WHY REAL ESTATE INVESTING?

Real Estate Investing Is an I.D.E.A.L. Vehicle for Early Retirement

CHAPTER 1
 WHY REAL ESTATE IS THE I.D.E.A.L.
 INVESTMENT
 People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t
 believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the
 people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they
 can’t find them, make them.
 —GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
 As you probably know, climbing the financial mountain isn’t unique to real
 estate investing. Just like there are multiple paths up a mountain, there are
 other vehicles to get there that have been used by successful early retirees.
 For example, you could use dividend stocks, bonds, small businesses, index
 funds, bank CDs, and more to climb to your goals.
 But of all these choices, real estate investing is my favorite. And my
 guess is you like it too since you’ve picked up this book! Real estate
 investing is a perfectly suited vehicle for aspiring early retirees. It gives you
 an incredible amount of control over the method and the timing of your exit
 from the rat race. Let me explain why by showing how real estate investing
 is I.D.E.A.L.
 I learned this acronym in the first real estate book I read after college.
 And I have yet to find a better way to explain the core benefits of real estate
 investing. I.D.E.A.L. tells you the primary ways you can profit with
 investment properties:
 •Income
 •Depreciation
 •Equity
 •Appreciation

Retire Early With Real Estate: How Smart Investing Can Help You Escape the 9-5 Grind and Do More of What Matters by Chad Carson