A Big Mistake Investors Make When Analyzing Cash Flow With William Lokar (Ep 545)
Rental Income Podcast With Dan Lane
Rental Income Podcast
4.8 • 836 Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, William Lokar shares a common mistake he sees investors make when analyzing cash flow and explains how to look at your numbers more accurately. He also talks about how understanding the difference between return on investment and return on equity can completely change how you manage and grow your portfolio.
William explains how he started as a real estate investor and how he’s built his portfolio over time.
He shares what it’s really like to buy a property with tenants already in place, and what he’s learned from managing both long-term rentals and short-term Airbnbs. He also tells the story of a creative way he found one of his best deals, and how thinking outside the box helped him grow faster.
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| 0:00.0 | inspiring interviews with today's top landlords this is the rental income podcast and now dan lane |
| 0:09.7 | William you started buying rental properties 12 years ago and you're still buying properties today |
| 0:15.6 | is it hard for you to wrap your head around that the price of real estate goes up and you're going |
| 0:23.0 | to have to pay more for a property today than you would have had to pay in the past? |
| 0:28.0 | Sometimes it does. It really depends, you know, on the type of property and how I'm looking |
| 0:34.5 | to piece that into my portfolio. I don't tend to be somebody that goes, it deals with a one-size-fits-all kind of mentality. |
| 0:43.5 | It really depends on the property, what type of financing I can get, you know, what type of rent. |
| 0:50.3 | Is this going to be mainly a cash flow play? |
| 0:53.3 | Is it going to be an appreciation play? |
| 0:55.5 | I actually just closed on one in July that was a condo that came to me through a client of mine, |
| 1:03.5 | and they didn't want to have to do any work before putting it on the market. |
| 1:07.1 | So I threw out a couple of owner financing scenarios and was able to to pick up the |
| 1:12.2 | property with 100% owner financing at 4.5%. And while the cash flow on it is not significant, |
| 1:21.1 | being able to secure that financing and hold on to that property for relatively little out of pocket was well worth it. |
| 1:29.4 | On the podcast today, William's going to share a mistake that he sees a lot of investors make with cash flow. |
| 1:35.9 | We'll talk about his experience buying properties with tenants already in place, |
| 1:40.4 | and he's also going to share a creative way that he was recently able to find a deal. |
| 1:46.2 | Joining us on the podcast today from Lynchburg is William Locar. |
| 1:50.7 | We'll take a quick break to thank our sponsors. |
| 1:53.1 | We'll come right back and we'll talk to William. |
| 1:55.3 | Are you thinking about investing in rental properties, but maybe you don't know where to start? |
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