Real Estate Investing QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner’s Guide to Successfully Securing Financing, Closing Your First Deal, and Building Wealth Through Real Estate by Symon He

PART I
BECOMING A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR

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Is Real Estate Investing for Me?
Chapter Overview
Managing Your Expectations
Learning the Benefits of Real Estate Investing
Dealing with Risk

""QUOTE
He is not a full man who does not own a piece of land.
– Hebrew Proverb
As soon as I bring up the subject of investing in real estate, whoever I’m talking
to pulls out that little file in their mind. It’s where everyone stores their thoughts
and stereotypes about the topic. Some think about the 2008 financial crash, not as
just a news report or a talking point, but a scar for those who lost a lot of money
and had homes that were upside down for years afterwards. Others will think of
the most recent real-estate-themed TV show that they just watched where couples
with little to no experience buy a home, renovate it, and make thousands of
dollars, all in a convenient thirty minutes in TV land. Still others are intrigued to
talk about the upsides and downsides of investing in real estate.
As you may have inferred by now, I am a big believer in the power of real estate
investing. I also know that there are other ways to make money, and real estate
investing may or may not be right for you. Many experts claim that there are only
four real major investment asset classes: stocks, bonds, cash equivalents, and real
estate. I want this book—and this chapter specifically—to focus less on my belief
in the supremacy of real estate over other investment options and more on
whether real estate investing is right for you. And to do that, I need to present a
vision of real estate investing devoid of common stereotypes, both positive and
negative.

Real Estate Investing QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner’s Guide to Successfully Securing Financing, Closing Your First Deal, and Building Wealth Through Real Estate by Symon He