Dave Lindahl
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If you need a refresher on my background, I was a burned-out landscaper 14 years ago. I had: No money (OK, that's not totally true; I did have a whole $800 in the bank); No time (that one is definitely true, because each night after a full day of grunting dirt and railroad ties around in my landscaping business, it was all I could do to pop a cool one and collapse in my chair in front of the TV); No experience. My family didn't know anything about real estate. In fact, I got the "Dave, you're making a big mistake!" speech when I mention real estate. I didn't "luck into" a fortune. I instead made it using tested and proven systems I developed over time. At first they were crude, but I hate making the same mistake twice, so I got better fast. Dave Lindahl is an accomplished real estate investor who has been involved in over 550 deals and controls over $240 million in real estate. Dave is the principle owner of the Lindahl Group and the Bostonian Investment Group, a real estate investment company that acquires properties in emerging markets across the nation. Dave also operates RE Mentor (www.rementor.com), a publishing and seminar company that shows investors how to profit from all forms of real estate investing. He is also a popular speaker and trainer at real estate investment clubs, national conventions, and seminars throughout the country.
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The way I see it, I am only as good as the weakest member of my team. In fact, I firmly believe that a strong network of people working together can propel any investor to new heights in their commercial real estate career...
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I've come across so many people who have told me that they will start investing in apartment buildings and other commercial property once they start making money in real estate. Instead, they decide to struggle and compete with more seasoned investors who have more experience, more knowledge and more financial resources believing that eventually they will hit a goldmine of a deal. Unfortunately, in most cases, it doesn't work that way...
Sure. There's money to be made in commercial real estate deals, but along with any business comes the potential pitfalls that you must learn to navigate yourself through in order to have a successful deal. Here are a few commercial investment deal breakers and what you can do to avoid them as you start making offers...
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If you are serious about making big money and quitting your job then real estate investment is a viable career which can help you make your dreams of financial independence real. What’s more, because it is the kind of career that is driven by you, it allows you to slowly ease into it and invest more and more...
