Hey, did you know that there are three stages of real estate investing?

Yep, there are.

Most people want to skip to the last one before they actually do the first two.

We're going to get to all of those today on the show.

Look, if you're new to real estate investing,

there's one important concept you need to grasp

in order to be successful long term.

Again, we will get to that in just a second.

First of all, though, if you're new here, welcome, I'm Clayton Morris,

longtime real estate investor.

I'm the founder of Morris Invest, which is a full service rental real estate company.

I've done thousands of real estate deals and

one thing I had to learn early on was that I had to overcome my idea that cash

flow at this stage was the most important thing.

See, most people who get into real estate investing

have one thing in mind, cash flow.

When I go to real estate meetings

or I talk to new investors for the first time,

it's all about cash flow.

They probably watch some fancy Instagram videos

with guys in corporate jets flying around

and their fancy Lamborghinis

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