Commandment #7: Thou Shalt Embrace the Fragmentation

One of the things that people frequently say in criticism of income property investing is that real estate is highly fragmented.  This fragmentation makes it difficult to effectively manage a large portfolio of properties, and creates terminal headaches for investors....

Commandment #6: Thou Shalt Pursue Quality

One of the traps that many new investors fall into is rushing to buy, and purchasing investments of marginal quality.  Frequently, this also involves partnering with people of marginal quality to find the deals.  The unfortunate part of all this is that it is...

Commandment #5: Thou Shalt Have a Reality Check

An unfortunate characteristic of the investment industry is that there are many unethical operators.  The standard tactic for these people is to make “guarantees” of high returns.  This appeals to people’s sense of greed, and sends them headlong into great...

Commandment #3: Thou Shalt Understand the Theory of Relativity

When most people hear of “The Theory of Relativity” they think of Einstein and E=MC^2.  As it turns out, there is another theory of relativity that investors need to know about.  This relativistic view of the investment world can be summarized by the phrase: “Compared...
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