n “The ABCs of Real Estate Yet, there are people who attempt
Investing,” Ken McElroy just that when it comes to real
writes at length about the estate investment. And those
importance of putting together a people have to either cut their
team of experts that can help you losses and run, or go to great
with all the expense to untangle the
information-intensive steps of inevitable mess.
the buying, selling and upkeep of
real estate. It makes sense if Since McElroy owns a property
you consider that the first management company and is one of
people he advises you to get on Robert Kiyosaki's advisers (as
your team are an attorney and an detailed in his Rich Dad book
accountant. series), he has probably
untangled quite a few messes for
Everybody knows that you should other people in his day. In
represent yourself or do your own “ABCs,” he spoke of one such
financial paperwork. For one situation.
thing, you simply do not have
enough time to become a legal For one thing, the man who
expert and a financial expert. approached him about helping him
Even if you did, you don't have fix his real estate nightmare had
the time to handle all those bought an apartment building in a
matters on your own. That stuff city in which he did not live and
has to be done while someone goes did not have convenient access.
out and hunts for new properties. Because of the inconvenience of
Meanwhile, the current properties travel, he was not able to tend
have to be managed. the property as it should have
been tended. But that was not his
It's like trying to run a greatest problem.
restaurant with no employees.
Because he had skimped on to unravel your mistakes than you
team-building, he'd had no one to would have spent if you had done
tell him not to buy this things the right way.
particular property. He didn't
know it was in a bad neighborhood And not all mistakes can be
overrun with gun-toting completely repaired. For
criminals. He didn't know that a instance, McElroy's company could
great many of his tenants were evict the bad tenants and hire
those same gun-toting criminals. security guards to protect the
He had never even visited this property, but they couldn't do
building. anything about the surrounding
neighborhood. That was something
When you embark on a real estate the landlord simply had to live
investment adventure, you will with. Something that cost him
make mistakes. It's a given. Any money.
time you learn to do something
new there are going to be The lesson to be learned is, if
mistakes. But there are things you have already made a few
you can do to minimize those mistakes it is possible to
mistakes, like not trying to untangle the situation you may
reinvent the wheel. Sure, it have gotten yourself into. But it
costs more money up front to hire is also possible to avoid having
a team of experts to help you, to untangle things in the future
but if you don't you will be with a little bit of planning.
wasting a lot more money trying
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