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I didn't read that book but watched a seminar via YT from the author

I didn't read that book but watched a seminar via YT from the author. It talked about real estate investment and I found it eye opening from how/where profits came about. The example I remember (I have no idea if these are feasible numbers, just pulling numbers out of thin air for an example) goes something like this: 1. Buy 50 unit apartment complex for $10mln. Get investors to pay $4mln, loans for $6mln. Cash flow is $600k/year from avg of $1000/mo. 2. Slowly invest in the property, refurbish units by maybe adding in-unit laundry for example. Keep property well maintained. 3. After some time (3 years?), get property re-assessed and now its worth $15mln. Refinance the property to $15mln, pay off $4mln to investors, take $1mln from loan for renovation recovery/profit, tax free, pay off previous loan. The eye opening part for me was that the goal is to not build and sit on the equity like a residential house but use the equity and increased property value to refinance and the extra money from the loan becomes essentially tax free profit. …

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Rich Dad Poor Dad should always be mentioned with the caviet that: A) 99% of the book is fabricated B) It's based on methods which are significantly harder to do in this day and age The biggest takeaway from the book is the mental shift to assets and liabilities. But the anecdotal stories are pretty poor and, as I said, fabricated.

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For sure, it's legit. However, it's a full time job requiring a specific set of skill, training, knowledge and non-trivial upfront capital. It's not something one is looking for when they ask for financial advice, more so when they are living pay check to pay check.

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You can do a cash out refinance of residential property too. Use that tax-free cash toward another house, and so on. It's called the "BRRR method."

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