You know that I love you, right?
Maybe not the “I want to have your baby” kind of love, but the “I’m about to yell at you, and I’m doing it because I care” kind of love.
Don’t you feel special?
Now, as the title suggests, this post is geared toward newbies.
But what’s a newbie?
I would define “newbie” as anyone who doesn’t feel like they “know it all” in real estate yet.
Yes, that means you. And me. And of course, Ben Leybovich. (But not Brian Burke, ’cause that guy really does know it all.)
So, really, this post is for anyone who is trying to build their real estate empire.
That means you! So keep reading.
These are the four mistakes newbies can’t seem to help making — but not if I have anything to say about it!
1.) “I Can Do It All Myself! I’m Superman!”
As a real estate investor, you wear a LOT of hats. 
One day you are a home inspector. The next day a master negotiator. The next a marketing wizard. Then a manager. Sometimes a plumber.
And that’s not a bad thing, necessarily. When you first start, you don’t have a lot of cash to use to hire other people, and you need to use what you have.
However…
The problem is newbies tend to stay in that state for FAR too long.
Like, years.
If you are trying to build a real estate business, begin thinking NOW about the systems you can outsource. Can you hire someone to clean toilets while you look for deals? Can you hire someone to answer phone calls and pay them on a per-deal basis? Can you buy such great deals that the cash flow covers management?
(And yes, Ben, you can buy properties that cash flow enough to cover management! You just gotta look harder!)
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