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- Agent Sales Representative at BiggerPockets
- Fort Collins, CO
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What to do with that first real estate check - Thoughts from a newbie question
I was at a meeting last night with a newer investor.
She wants to get into wholesaling.
She thinks the best thing to do with that first check is reward herself.
I get it, I've been there too.
Best thing to do is set aside a percentage for taxes and the rest just goes back into marketing.
For most getting started, they don't really have much money.
So, to come across a $10,000 check is very rare for them.
Let's say after taxes you're left with $8,000.
That's an immense amount of advertising.
That's 20,000 postcards.
That's 100's of thousands of phone numbers and a great dialer.
That's a crap ton of internet leads you can buy.
KEEP THE BUSINESS MOVING.
The reward will come. There'll be a time to book that Airbnb.
But in the beginning, you need to keep the business EVERGREEN.