Investor · Maui, HI · Member since 2009 · 13k+ posts · 3k+ votes
So I'm lying in bed, exhausted. Just when I fall asleep, my cat wakes me up just to be annoying.
But rather than quickly falling back to sleep... I start doing real estate math in my head. And suddenly I'm wide awake. I'm realizing a potential strategy that might work - and... Yeah sleep isn't happening now.
This sounds like a Jeff Foxworthy stand up routine ...
If you've ever gotten up in the middle of the night to read Bigger Pockets ... you might be a real estate investor.
If the staff at your local Home Improvement store know you on a first name basis ... you might be a real estate investor.
If you start thinking in terms of cap rate, ROI, and whether or not it would meet the "50% rule", "2% rule", and "70% rule" every time you go to a friend's house ... you might be a real estate investor.
If you cringe every time you hear of someone paying retail for a property ... you might be a real estate investor.
If your ears perk up whenever someone says they're thinking of buying a house ... you might be a real estate investor.
If you spend you Saturday afternoons looking at properties ... you might be a real estate investor.
If you know exactly how much it costs per square foot to build a house ... you might be a real estate investor.
If you give your kids a 3-day notice instead of sending them to their room ... you might be a real estate investor.
If all your deposits happen during the first week of the month ... you might be a real estate investor.
If your friends and family don't know what to buy you for the holidays because all you ever buy are properties ... you might be a real estate investor.
If you spend more time with your real estate agent than with your significant other ... you might be a real estate investor.
And my favorite ...
If you can retire off of passive income by the time you're 40 ... you might be a real estate investor!
when u wake up in the hospital recovery room after a 2.5 hrs hernia surgery and tell your wife "we should lowball that dump we saw yesterday at 20k". of course, the first sentence was "I love you, shnookums". at least, I hope I have the correct order I my head.
when you hire a babysitter to let you and your significant other go out for a nice dinner date. just to end up at the newest property tagging items that need to be demoed on the way home.