Investors Tool Box
One of the most common bits of information the Real estate investors always ask each other is "What tricks of the trade or inside tidbits can you share with me??" I always answer this question with a question..."What tools do you have in your investment toolbox?"
OK...Hey Doc..what do you mean "Tool Box". Okay...let me explain it ad tell you the 3 important areas that make it up.
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.
Simply put..it is the mental list you use when you start thinking about investing. the "what's, where's and how much's".
THINK ABOUT THIS: Every book store has some vast collection of books on real estate investing. You should take the time to add them to your reference library at home. Why? Because if some guru writes a book on RE investing that sits on the national booksellers ten best for 35 weeks...what do you think the chances are some one you will deal with has read that book? If you know what factors some one uses to make a decision...you have a better chance of influencing WHAT THEY DECIDE.
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".
Ok so how do you avoid Info input shut down? You have to open your tool box up to get some fresh tools.
Just go to the free email server of your choice...create a new email address that you will use to collect email updates/newsletters from various websites. then go thru them at your leasure.
Once your on a email list I suggest allowing a few weeks before opting out of it. Just because it doesnt give you the "diamond in the rough" on the first email doesnt mean the newletter your getting is worthless. Newletters to look can originate from RE investment clubs, Blogs, News sites...etc
To me most pop up ad based newsletters are a waste of time. I prefer to find the newsletters that are written by people who ACTUALLY invest. I prefer to get reviews of SEVERAL porducts/methods or tools that some one else actually uses. Those to me are the gems that I try to subscribe too.
My favorite online tools/sites are the ones that cost me very little to use/buy or better yet are free to me. I love to find good resource sites. ( I admit freely I normally link them to my own) A good web tool is a great thing to find. Im not refering to another mortgage calculator...I mena that online tool your just dying to try out. When you find them...bookmark them.
3) Physical tools. tools we would use in the field. this can be anything from a lap top to a great flashlight for crawling under a house. (I know a ton of investors who get "EYES ON" when it comes to real estate. One of them keeps a jumpsuit in his trunk just incase he needs to dive under a house to check the foundation...by the way...the man is a millionaire several times over and is a very young 64 years old.) These are the tools we need when we need them..I am a huge fan of "dont fail me tools". Flash lights, a good go by list, circut tester, actualy mortgage calculator...etc.
So there it is..the outline to your toolbox. Build one...update it often..and USE IT DAILY. - 23204
OK...Hey Doc..what do you mean "Tool Box". Okay...let me explain it ad tell you the 3 important areas that make it up.
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.
Simply put..it is the mental list you use when you start thinking about investing. the "what's, where's and how much's".
THINK ABOUT THIS: Every book store has some vast collection of books on real estate investing. You should take the time to add them to your reference library at home. Why? Because if some guru writes a book on RE investing that sits on the national booksellers ten best for 35 weeks...what do you think the chances are some one you will deal with has read that book? If you know what factors some one uses to make a decision...you have a better chance of influencing WHAT THEY DECIDE.
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".
Ok so how do you avoid Info input shut down? You have to open your tool box up to get some fresh tools.
Just go to the free email server of your choice...create a new email address that you will use to collect email updates/newsletters from various websites. then go thru them at your leasure.
Once your on a email list I suggest allowing a few weeks before opting out of it. Just because it doesnt give you the "diamond in the rough" on the first email doesnt mean the newletter your getting is worthless. Newletters to look can originate from RE investment clubs, Blogs, News sites...etc
To me most pop up ad based newsletters are a waste of time. I prefer to find the newsletters that are written by people who ACTUALLY invest. I prefer to get reviews of SEVERAL porducts/methods or tools that some one else actually uses. Those to me are the gems that I try to subscribe too.
My favorite online tools/sites are the ones that cost me very little to use/buy or better yet are free to me. I love to find good resource sites. ( I admit freely I normally link them to my own) A good web tool is a great thing to find. Im not refering to another mortgage calculator...I mena that online tool your just dying to try out. When you find them...bookmark them.
3) Physical tools. tools we would use in the field. this can be anything from a lap top to a great flashlight for crawling under a house. (I know a ton of investors who get "EYES ON" when it comes to real estate. One of them keeps a jumpsuit in his trunk just incase he needs to dive under a house to check the foundation...by the way...the man is a millionaire several times over and is a very young 64 years old.) These are the tools we need when we need them..I am a huge fan of "dont fail me tools". Flash lights, a good go by list, circut tester, actualy mortgage calculator...etc.
So there it is..the outline to your toolbox. Build one...update it often..and USE IT DAILY. - 23204
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Doc Schmyz has done real estate deals all over the US. His website shares Real estate investing information for all over the US. Find Real estate investing information by state
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