20: 20 Deadly Mistakes For Real Estate Investors to Avoid

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Business, Investing, Education

4.8 • 16.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2013

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

While it’s unlikely that you are going to make a mistake in real estate that will kill you – there is a much higher chance that you’ll make a mistake that’s going to kill your chance of finding success. To help you fight the good fight and avoid those mistakes – you’ll definitely want to listen to today’s episode of the BiggerPockets Podcast with Josh and Brandon. You might be a seasoned investor or you might be just starting out – but the 20 mistakes listed in this podcast are real, common, and deadly if not properly addressed, so be sure to listen to today’s show. Read the transcript for Show 20 with Josh & Brandon here In This Show, We Cover: The best ways to get free education How to overcome analysis paralysis Exit strategies you should be using as a backup How to establish your marketing machine How to best protect yourself from being sued The best ways to find great contractors The worst way to screen for tenants Plus MUCH more… Links from the Show: Google Voice The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide The Ultimate Beginner’s Podcast The 21 Best Books for Real Estate Investors Danny Johnson Podcast The Keyword Alert System The New Member Introduction forum Meetup.com “What I Did Wrong as a Landlord” post J Scott’s Negotiating article Books Mentioned in the Show The E-Myth by Michael Gerber If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff Tweetable Topics You’re never going to know everything. (Tweet This!) The math never lies. Stick with the math and don’t fudge the numbers. (Tweet This!) You wouldn’t drive from Canada to Peru without a map. You need a plan – just knowing it’s south isn’t good enough. (Tweet This!) Don’t talk so much. Just listen. (Tweet This!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Bigger Pockets Podcast. Show 20.
0:05.0	Yeah boy!
0:07.0	You're listening to Bigger Pockets Radio.
0:09.0	Simplifying real estate for investors large and small. If you're here looking to learn about real
0:14.7	estate investing without all the hype, you're in the right place. Stay tuned and be sure
0:20.1	to join the millions of others who have benefited from BiggerPockets.com, your home for real estate investing online.
0:28.0	All right, ladies and gentlemen, I am Joshua Dorkin and this is the BiggerPockets podcast. Thank you so much for tuning in.
0:36.9	This is show 20. It's a big milestone, isn't it, Brandon Turner, my famous and fabulous co-host?
0:45.0	Number 20 is good. I like the introduction. You sounded like a, what they called, like a three-ring circus leader.
0:51.0	Are you calling me a clown? Yeah, you know, it was it was ladies and gentlemen boys and girls. Good job.
0:58.0	Children of all sizes. Yes. Or something.
1:01.0	Well, listen, I know I'm super excited and I know you are as well.
1:07.0	Not only is this the big 20, but we just crossed a pretty cool milestone. We are now the number one rated
1:18.0	podcast on iTunes and that's that's pretty awesome not only do we have the most ratings, but we have the most five-star ratings. It's it's awesome. I'm I'm honored
1:30.0	For real estate that is. Oh, that is for real estate. Yeah, yeah. We're not being
1:33.8	Dave Ramsey yet. That's that's not happening. Dave we're coming for you. Dave you're
1:38.4	invited to join us on the BiggerPockets Podcast. That is true.
1:43.0	If anybody knows Dave Ramsey, we could use an introduction.
1:46.0	There you go, make it happen.
1:48.0	Make it happen.
1:49.0	But yeah, so this is episode 20.
1:51.0	I'm very excited that we made it this far and and you and I haven't
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