Comments on: First Time Real Estate Investors’ Excitement and Fear http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/05/first-time-real-estate-investors-excitement-and-fear/ Learn, Network, Invest Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:23:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mike Farmer http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/05/first-time-real-estate-investors-excitement-and-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-54414 Mike Farmer Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:19:30 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/05/first-time-real-estate-investors-excitement-and-fear/#comment-54414 Good luck, Den. Do your homework! Good luck, Den. Do your homework!

]]> By: Den http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/05/first-time-real-estate-investors-excitement-and-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-54408 Den Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:58:26 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/05/first-time-real-estate-investors-excitement-and-fear/#comment-54408 You've made very useful article. I haven't bought anything yet but I'm about to so i'm excited. Your article is vitaly valuable for me You’ve made very useful article. I haven’t bought anything yet but I’m about to so i’m excited. Your article is vitaly valuable for me

]]> By: mirgi http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/05/first-time-real-estate-investors-excitement-and-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-54403 mirgi Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:45:39 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/05/first-time-real-estate-investors-excitement-and-fear/#comment-54403 Ufff very valuable expierence Ufff very valuable expierence

]]> By: Mike Farmer http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/05/first-time-real-estate-investors-excitement-and-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-54372 Mike Farmer Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:40:03 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/05/first-time-real-estate-investors-excitement-and-fear/#comment-54372 Thanks, everybody. Johnny, yes, my first yielded less than I'd expected, but like you say the experienced was valuable. Thanks, everybody.

Johnny, yes, my first yielded less than I’d expected, but like you say the experienced was valuable.

]]> By: Johnny Davis http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/05/first-time-real-estate-investors-excitement-and-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-54369 Johnny Davis Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:34:59 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/05/first-time-real-estate-investors-excitement-and-fear/#comment-54369 Great article. I jumped into the real estate investing world a couple years ago...well, that is when I got interested in investing. Took me almost 2 years to have the courage to pull the trigger. Got a great deal...so I thought. Bought the home at 65% ARV. Good deal right? I underestimated the repairs. Long story short, instead of making around $40,000 like I originally planned, I will make about $15,000. Still not bad, but the experience is the biggest pay day. Great article. I jumped into the real estate investing world a couple years ago…well, that is when I got interested in investing. Took me almost 2 years to have the courage to pull the trigger. Got a great deal…so I thought. Bought the home at 65% ARV. Good deal right? I underestimated the repairs. Long story short, instead of making around $40,000 like I originally planned, I will make about $15,000. Still not bad, but the experience is the biggest pay day.

]]> By: Steven Boorstein http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/05/first-time-real-estate-investors-excitement-and-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-54356 Steven Boorstein Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:52:44 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/05/first-time-real-estate-investors-excitement-and-fear/#comment-54356 Nice article Mike. With beginning investors I find they work in series. First, excitement about doing deals. This is good, of course, but can lead to bad decisions. However, once a deal is accepted, fear takes over. This can mess up a perfectly good deal, too. I also agree that real estate investing should be done in steps. Start small and work your way up. It's not a race, it's a business that is built one property at a time. Steven Boorstein Nice article Mike. With beginning investors I find they work in series. First, excitement about doing deals. This is good, of course, but can lead to bad decisions. However, once a deal is accepted, fear takes over. This can mess up a perfectly good deal, too.

I also agree that real estate investing should be done in steps. Start small and work your way up. It’s not a race, it’s a business that is built one property at a time.

Steven Boorstein

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