3 Important Real Estate Investing Rules

By Zach Cahill

As professional Rent to Own providers, we strive to set up successful Rent to Own programs across Canada and ultimately help more Canadians achieve their goal of Homeownership.

One of the questions we get all the time from our Investors and Future Homeowners is ‘What if (insert your fear) happens?*

The fact is, there is a risk with any type of investing, no one has a crystal ball and no one can predict what will happen in the future.
To help you become more of a ‘sophisticated investor’, review our 3 rules of investing to help you lower risk & capitalize on your Real Estate Investments.

Rule 1.

One of the major ways we protect our clients is Exit Strategies.

Exit strategies play a massive role in Real Estate Investing. There is a risk to all investing, however, the key is to acknowledge the risk and limit as much as possible.

Ensure you have multiple Exit Strategies when entering into any type of investment. Rent to Own investing has as many as 6 different Exit Strategies; ultimately making it one of the most diverse and effective real estate investing strategies in Canada.

Rule 2.

Build your own Power Team or find someone who already has one!

If you are looking to invest in Real Estate, or become an Active Business Owner and run your own business; be sure to spend time building your Power Team!

We see many investors jumping on deals across Canada without the proper team in place! It doesn’t matter how good the deal is, if you don’t have the property Power Team to execute the deal, it may fall apart.

For each Rent to Own Project we set up, we have the Power Team ready to execute. This is why our CAROP members must have Power Teams, it is a requirement to join our organization.

Rule 3.

Feed Your Focus!

Many investors chase excitement with their investing. From our experience, it is the investors who have a LASER focus are the ones that come out ahead. This is why we continue to improve our Rent to Own programs; we do the same investment over and over again! (with minor changes & improvements as necessary).

It is extremely difficult to be the expert in ALL Real Estate investments; there are simply too many. However, if you have laser focus you can build a sustainable business & improve your systems/processes.

If you are thinking of working with an Active Investor/Business; ask yourself – Are they Laser-Focused?

The 3 Rules to Real Estate Investing to help you reduce risk!

  1. Multiple Exit Strategies
  2. Power Team
  3. Focus, Focus, Focus!
After all, Warren’s Buffet #1 rule for Investing is ‘Never Lose Money’.