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Home Blog Real Estate Investing For Beginners In Real Estate, You May Have to Kiss A Few Frogs… Here’s Why!

In Real Estate, You May Have to Kiss A Few Frogs… Here’s Why!

Jul 01, 2014Mar 16, 2021 1 min read

Lisa Phillips

Jul 01, 2014Mar 16, 2021 1 min read

I advocate going into neighborhoods that are safe and cost significantly less than others. However, when searching for these gems of cash flowing investments, I see frustration sometimes when people are searching, and just wanted to make things very clear:

IN THIS PRICE RANGE, YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO KISS A FEW FROGS BEFORE FINDING YOUR PRINCE.

So take a deep breath, utilize my leveraged analysis technique I discussed in a previous post, and start searching for those diamonds in the rough.

Now, this is just to reset your expectations more appropriately. Do you have to search through more duds? Yes. Is it absolutely worth it? Of course!

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