Chris Clothier, Author at The BiggerPockets Blog

Archive of Chris Clothier

In 2005, Chris Clothier (G+) began working with other investors and has since helped hundreds of investors purchase over 1,600 properties in Memphis Dallas through his companies, Memphis Invest, GP and Dallas Invest, GP.

Chris has written 54 articles for The BiggerPockets Blog.

Investor Psychology

Four Productivity Improvement Tips To Make You A Better Real Estate Investor

by Chris Clothier May 17, 2013

“Time is what we want most, but what, alas! we use worst…” –William Penn If that quote doesn’t kick you right in the gut, then congratulations — you’re among the tiny percentage of people who can comfortably look themselves in the mirror and honestly say they use their time as wisely and efficiently as possible. [...]

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Real Estate Deal Analysis & Advice

How To Know If You Can Trust The Real Estate Advice You Get?

by Chris Clothier May 7, 2013

I was laughing this past week at some of the responses I received when I wrote a slightly different blog article for my website. I wrote a “Best of the Best” list of my favorite restaurants for real estate investors to visit in Memphis when they are in town viewing the city. I have been [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Is Fear Of Success In Real Estate Holding You Back?

by Chris Clothier April 30, 2013

I can clearly remember the first day I ever worked for someone else. I walked through the doors to my new office, got acquainted with my surroundings, grabbed a bottle water, looked out my office and decided right then and there that I would fulfill my one year contract and then I was out of [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Viewing Investment Real Estate From Different Perspectives

by Chris Clothier April 16, 2013

I have always wanted to get into photography. It has always seemed like an interesting hobby to me. What I have found most fascinating when I look at photography books or see pictures on-line is that a simple change of perspective, direction, lighting or angle can produce two different images of the same subject. I [...]

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Real Estate Investing

4 Most Common Mistakes When Buying Turnkey Real Estate

by Chris Clothier April 3, 2013

I have been working with turnkey buyers for the past 6 years and I have come to find that there are some common mistakes that many investors make when they start looking at turnkey properties. Some of the mistakes cost investors money. Some of the mistakes cost investors time. All of the mistakes carry little [...]

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Real Estate

Learn on Your Own or Hire A Coach…The Best of the Best Always Have Coaching!

by Chris Clothier March 28, 2013

I am not a big “quotes” kind of guy. You rarely ever read articles where I am throwing around quotes from other people as validation for my point, but I am about to make an exception. Warren Buffet…before you decide to stop reading, this quote and article has nothing to do with his recent comments [...]

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Real Estate

Take A Break…Your Real Estate Business Will Thank You!

by Chris Clothier March 24, 2013

I am one of those people who hardly ever says “no” to a new project. I love getting involved and being active in all sorts of ventures. Unfortunately, the more hectic my schedule becomes, the more hectic everything in my life feels and the we all know what happens when we get too busy, right? [...]

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Real Estate Tips

Are you a “Turkey Investor”?

by Chris Clothier February 28, 2013

These last two months have been eye opening for me as a real estate investor. On a not-so-serious note, I have learned some new terminology like “turkey person” and “turkey investor”. On a serious note, I have gotten a first hand and up-close education on why I failed the first time around as an investor [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

Easy Step By Step Plan For Creating Real Estate Marketing Magic

by Chris Clothier February 13, 2013

I get asked the question all the time…”why in the world would you share information on something that has worked so well for you just so others can copy it?” There was a time when I asked myself that exact question…and I continued to learn over and over again what the reality is when it [...]

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Real Estate Investing

How To Find More Profit In Every Real Estate Deal

by Chris Clothier February 5, 2013

One of the keys to really taking off as a real estate investor or turning your passion for real estate investing into a full time company is figuring out when and how to start acting, well…, like a business. Many of my closest friends will laugh as they read this article because the buzz word [...]

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Real Estate

When Due Diligence Can Save Your Life

by Chris Clothier January 22, 2013

I rarely write articles , especially for the BiggerPockets Blog, that are not related to real life real estate subjects. When you read this one, it may seem like it has more to do with ‘real life’ that is does real estate, but believe me, what good is taking all the right steps and making [...]

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Real Estate

4 Critical Steps When Your Real Estate Deal Goes Bad

by Chris Clothier January 15, 2013

Two weeks ago I sat down to write an article about what to do when things go bad…and believe me, in real estate things can go bad quickly and worse even quicker. Of course, that is an open-ended scenario because there are so many ways to be involved in the real estate business and there [...]

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Real Estate News & Commentary

Are You A Good Real Estate Investor…Or Just Lucky?

by Chris Clothier January 8, 2013

Wait…don’t answer that question until we get to the end of the article! Whether you are a good real estate investor or have been simply lucky, each of us will have a different definition of both and when you read where my inspiration for the article comes from, your definition of both may be different [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Should Long-Term Real Estate Investors Sacrifice Short-Term Cash Flow?

by Chris Clothier January 2, 2013

A few weeks ago I was speaking to a group of investors in San Francisco and I surprised many in the room when I made a statement that I did not believe you should buy real estate and leverage it for cash flow. Given that I am a partner in two companies that specialize in [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Housing Market: Are We Doomed To Repeat History?

by Chris Clothier December 4, 2012

I started investing when I was 30 years old and I have probably bored more than enough readers with my recitation of my history plenty of times in the past. But I think it bears repeating that I was attracted by the “shiny object syndrome” that so often gets attached to real estate investing. In [...]

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