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You know you're a real estate investor when...
#3 Questions About BiggerPockets & Official Site Announcements Contributor
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- Maui, HI
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.
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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!