Does debt free mean no leverage? Or are there other ways to optimize return that don’t include mortgages? The Real Estate Guys™ look take a fresh look at an old school concept: investing for cash – even when you don’t have any!
In the old schoolhouse for today’s lesson:
• Your Professor of Profit, Head Teacher and Host, Robert Helms
• Teacher’s Aide and Co-Host, Russell Gray
• Old School Principal and the Godfather of Real Estate, Bob Helms
It’s been said, “There’s no school like the old school.” This is just another way of saying that there’s often great wisdom in fundamental concepts which have stood the test of time. When traumatic events like mortgage meltdowns and Great Recessions occur, they shake the structure of conventional wisdom. What is often left standing are “old school” principals (like Bob!).
So we decided to brush the dust off of some old school ideas and talk about the pros and cons of investing for CASH. Wait! If you love leverage or have no cash, stick with us because there’s something in this show for you too!
Class starts with a Health & Safety lesson on the double-edged nature of financial leverage. Magnified gains are awesome, but magnified losses can leave you cut and bleeding. Don’t ever run with leverage or swing it around wildly.
Our next lesson is in Current Events and begins with the when, how and why purchasing for cash is the best (and sometimes only) option for many opportunities in today’s market. However, our Science book says the caterpillar of cash today can metamorphosis into a butterfly of leverage in the future.
After recess, our Economics class features a discussion of why “cash is trash”. Although it’s fallen out of vogue for bandwagon real estate “investors”, many experts consider real estate a desirable commodity for hedging against inflation.
In Shop class, we discuss how to work with tools to create leverage that doesn’t involve borrowing. Wow! Debt free leverage. Maybe this should be a Physics class?
For Phys Ed, we learn how to play and stay in the game – even if we don’t have any cash of our own. Fun, but sweaty.
Before we know it, the school day is over and it’s time to head home for supper. We guess we’re a little nerdy – because we sure had fun in school today!
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