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I'm just curious on how many people honestly just do it because it's good money and makes sense. Or, they do it because they have a true passion? How can you tell if you have a passion? Honestly, I think it's just good business and good money since I dislike construction and smelling paint, dealing with drywall dust and the thought of construction makes me not like RE. Please let me know your thoughts.

Thank you.

I find many benefits to investing in RE. Tax breaks, money, growing retirement funds and the fascination of watching properties morph.

If I had the time, could find the deals and had a team, I probably would be flipping. I love to take something that looks run down and turn it into something clearly livable.

I enjoy working with numbers and analyzing deals as well. I also enjoy investigating ways to improve profitability and adding value.

Since I was young though I have worked with my hands and did some of the less glamorous jobs. Some of these jobs though may be less glamorous but they do provide a sense of accomplishment.

So part of my passion for real estate comes from that sense of accomplishment. Succeeding in acquiring a good deal. Rehabbing an ugly duckling and providing a place for others to live in.

So much easier to succeed when you enjoy what you do.

I also love real estate. I enjoy finding a home that is distressed, putting in the time and effort to gain the sweat equity and also to make it beautiful again and then renting it out for cash flow. I am a farmer as well, I love buying farms and cleaning them up and making them productive. To me Real Estate is the best job in the world and I get satisfaction out of it daily. Its not really a job to me, its a hobby that supports my family and I thank God for the oppourtunity to do so

Money just happens to be the gravy on top. When doing a career search the first thing suggested is to find something you enjoy doing. Then you look for jobs that match your likes. Most people stuck in the 9-5 JOBs do not like what they are doing, but are there solely for the money or benefits. If given the opportunity, they would all look for something more enjoyable to do for 40 hours each week. The bills are pressing with the economy the way it is so people stick to the SAFE route and keep on doing the things they Don't Like "just for the money or benefits"!

I think it would be hard to argue that anyone engages in real estate transactions and is passionate if they are doing it just for the money. However, I do agree with JScott that many of the things I do not enjoy and building a business brick by brick is one of the primary passion centers for me.

I am a very passionate person, meaning I tend to bring passion to whatever I am engaged in. I have known I was going to be an entrepreneur since I was very young, I just did not know in what area. I also knew I would serve my country, something else I am passionate about. Real Estate is one of the few areas that allows me to do both at the same time, so it just made sense for me.

You know, without passion, I don't think anyone will enjoy what they do; and that can only last for so long one would think before they burnout. One of my founding principals and a requirement of new agent hires is passion for real estate and I make sure to inform the public on my about us page, [LINK REMOVED], so they too know how important that quality is in the person they're considering hiring. I could even say that without passion or the love for the work, you'll not truly carry your client's interests throughout the transaction.

i'm obsessed with RE....good thing it also makes me money..ottherwise i'd be broke with an expensive hobby :D ...i think about it a lot...of course there are bad things that i think about a lot too...tenant problems, huge repairs, frivolous lawsuits, etc.

I'm in agreement. My passion runs very deep...to the point of obsession. People often tease me that I "work" too much. I remind them that it's not "work" if it's also your hobby and in your blood lines. The money is just icing on the cake. As a matter of fact, I've never taken a distribution of money from my s-corp. All the profits just get rolled into new real estate related endeavors. Thankfully, we can live very frugally off my wife's income.

Of all the things real estate related, what I dislike the most is landlording. It goes back to the 80/20 rule...80% of them are a hassle and that gives it a bad name for the other 20% that I genuinely like.

Having passion about RE is one thing actually going out there,doing deals and living that passion is another.