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Why Real Estate Investing Is For Skeptics



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ccording to the American        want to just nod and take         
Heritage Dictionary, a          everything his accountant or      
skeptic can be defined as,      lawyer says, hands down.          
“one who instinctively or             Therefore, he will learn a little 
habitually doubts, questions, or      bit about real estate law and     
disagrees with assertions or          about reading financial           
generally accepted conclusions.”      documents. A skeptic doesn't like 
                                      to be completely dependent on his 
People generally use a derisive       team of experts, even though he   
tone to call someone who              knows it would be very difficult, 
questions things a skeptic,           if not impossible, to carry on    
because it is easier for them to      without them. But his skepticism  
bully someone out of having a         makes it easier for him to ask    
scientific approach to things,        intelligent questions of his      
than to back up their own             team, and they appreciate them    
assertions. However, being a          for it if they are worth their    
skeptic is not a bad thing,           salt.                             
especially when it comes to                                             
money.                                The skeptic will do more than a   
                                      cursory examination of a          
Skeptics make exceptionally good      particular real estate market. He 
real estate investors. Why?           will begin with questions. He     
Because skeptics like to              will find answers. Answers will   
investigate things. They don't        lead to more questions, and so    
make assumptions, and they don't      on, until he thinks he might have 
let other people's assumptions        a pretty good idea of what a      
steer them. Real estate investing     given area is like, real          
requires plenty of investigation.     estate-wise.                      
                                                                        
For one thing, a skeptic doesn't      The skeptic, however, doesn't     



trust this idea he has developed.     they have to say and go away. He  
He wants to make sure. And so he      will not believe, and he will not 
will visit the city he is             go away. In the end, he will have 
considering purchasing in. He         the information he came for, or   
will interview the local experts.     he will walk away. Chances are,   
He will interview local               he will walk away anyway. A       
businessmen and politicians. He       skeptic knows that most deals are 
will, of course, have them back       not worth having.                 
up their glowing reviews of their                                       
city. He takes nothing on face        Ken McElroy, author of “The ABCs  
value. He digs.                       of Real Estate Investing,”        
                                      applauds the skeptic. In fact, he 
When it is time to talk to actual     approaches investing in just that 
property owners, he will use          manner, with levels upon levels   
these same tactics to ferret out      of research, and by insisting     
every possible scrap of               that assertions are backed up. So 
information about a property that     far, it has worked for him.       
he can. He will annoy people who      

                              
want him to simply believe what       




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