So, what do all of these successful investors, plus the thousands of others around the country have in common?\u00a0 What are all the big secrets to real estate investing while holding down a full time job?<\/p>\n
Someone who is dedicated to achieving their goal will not let anything get in their way.\u00a0 Just because you work a full time job doesn’t mean that there aren’t more hours in the day to call leads, write a business plan<\/a>, attend networking events, ask questions on the Bigger Pockets forums<\/a>, find a mentor<\/a>, locate a portfolio lender, visit properties, etc.\u00a0 Dedicated investors may use some company-approved vacation time to do the above activities that require business hours to complete.\u00a0 Or they may use their lunch hour.\u00a0 Or get up early.<\/p>\n You can see where I’m going.\u00a0 When I started investing, I knew what my goal was and I knew that it wasn’t going to be easy street.\u00a0 No one was going to hand me a completely finished real estate investing business on a silver platter wrapped up with a little bow.\u00a0 There were days where I had to work nights and weekends to make it happen.\u00a0 But looking back, all the dedication and time paid off.<\/p>\n Real estate investors need to have persistence.\u00a0 If you’re dedicated to your goal, you want to be persistent to tough it out during the times that things don’t go your way.\u00a0 If you’re a buy and hold investor, that may mean that a property that goes on the market in the morning may have an accepted offer on it by 5 pm when you get out of work and are able to see it.\u00a0 Keep pushing through the obstacles and persist on to make it to your dream.\u00a0 Just remember, though, that when you are at your full-time job, you owe your employer 100% of your time and effort.<\/p>\n If you are working a full time job, you are dedicating a large portion of your week to that.\u00a0 As such, that limits the amount of time you have to devote to your real estate investing.\u00a0 This means that you have to organize and systematize as much of the available time you do have to take full advantage of it.\u00a0 If you’re not organized, you’re going to spend unnecessary time locating 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(Hey! Sorry for the interruption – but we didn’t want you to miss this week’s\u00a0FREE webinar<\/strong> “How to Invest in Real Estate While Working a Full Time Job!<\/strong>“<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>Thousands have already saved their spot to learn how to invest while working a 9-5.\u00a0Click HERE<\/strong>\u00a0to learn more<\/a>. Enjoy the rest of the article \ud83d\ude42 )<\/em><\/p>\nWhere does someone find the time?<\/h2>\n
1. Dedication<\/h3>\n
2.\u00a0 Persistence<\/h3>\n
3.\u00a0 Systems and organization<\/h3>\n
And my #1 favorite secret of investing while having a full time job:<\/h2>\n
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