Friday, October 26, 2007

So Many Opportunities . . .


That’s me, in Shibuya crossing in Tokyo, Japan, the busiest pedestrian crossing in the World. I’ve heard reports that more than a Million people per day cross at this intersection. It was featured in the movies “Lost in Translation”, and “Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift”.

Shibuya is known as one of the fashion districts for many Japanese youth, and has an active night life. Shibuya, presents many opportunities and a multitude of choices.

You have many opportunities and choices in your life as well. You make choices every day on what you wear, what you eat, where you go, what work you do ..... and what kind of income we have.

What??? We make a choice on what kind of income we have? Are you crazy? Well, perhaps, but if I’m crazy for doing what I do and making the kind of income that I make, then I don’t want to become sane. LOL!!!

We all have so many choices that we don’t realize. Opporunities exist that are available to virtually everyone that can make us more money. What stops us, is the lack of belief that it’s possible. Many people believe “it takes money to make money”, “you have to be smart to succeed”, “you have to be ‘lucky’ to succeed and make money”. All of which is totally false.

If you want something bad enough, then you will find a way to make it possible. I have seen so many people who had nothing and no money, succeed beyond their wildest dreams - because they wanted it, and didn’t let anything stop them.

So what’s stopping you?

Happy Investing!

Todd

Monday, October 8, 2007

"Multi" Dimensional Thinking


In real estate investing, as in many areas of life, to truly succeed, you need to learn to think on many different levels. This means, that as you learn and grow, you must expand your thinking, and your investing.

Anytime you start some new endeavor, you need to focus on one particular area, and excell at it. From there, you grow and expand into other areas. However, many investors forget to expand. They stay locked into what they know, and excel at it tremendously ... yet, staying with what you know, is not growth. To grow, you much go beyond that which you know, and in real estate investing, that means expanding into other areas of investing.

As you develop your investing muscles, you should stay mainly in what you do best, but expand your wings into other areas. As most people start out with single-family homes, from there, over time, you should also look into doing multi-unit properties.

Single-family homes are great for building cash, growth through appreciation, and easy liquidity. Multi-units can be great for cash flow. The secret to surviving long term as an investor, is to implement both into your investing regimen. Single family homes for building up cash, and multi-units for creating cash flow.

Happy Investing!

Todd