Define what financial success is before you really get into the game.

That's Dave Meyer, Vice President of Data and Analytics and Bigger Pockets.

And he believes that the perfect real estate strategy for you is well, personal,

which means you shouldn't worry about what other people are doing.

There are many, many valid ways to succeed in real estate investing,

and you should just focus on the ones that are right for you.

In this episode, you'll learn the important first step that most people skip over in real

estate investing. Just think about like, what do I actually want to get out of real estate investing?

How to design the ideal investment property for you? Once you know your goal, then you can start

to design deals that work for you. Your financing

strategy, what property class you're going to buy. How to optimize your portfolio once you already

own some rental properties. If you sold your property, would you do better on cash on cash return or

works? And the key metrics to pay attention to at the end of your financial journey.

Evaluating across your portfolio. And now we're going to dig into all of that and more.

What's the problem you see a lot of smaller or just individual, whatever real estate investors

that get them to the point where they need to focus on strategy?

Because the name of the book starts with strategy.

Is it overwhelm?

Is it the fact that people have a thousand different ideas and they can't even figure out

where they should do?

Talk to me a little bit about what the common challenges are people are facing.

There is just an abundance of options in real estate to buy, and it's complicated to figure out

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