When you are interested in a real estate property, make sure you do your due diligence. Specifically, Rob talks about the Purchase Sales Agreement, in addition to past financial documents from the current and previous owners. Rob reviews what should go on a PSA, so we make sure the agreement is thorough before we purchase. Comb through all of the documented repairs, receipts, and other expenses, so you’re not left holding the bag later!

Purchase Sales Agreement – Putting the Property Under the Microscope

So you think you’ve found the ideal investment property. Everything looks great on the surface. The price is within your budget. Curb appeal is on point. You’re potentially entering into a turn-key operation, and won’t have to replace any staff. Now, the real work begins.

Before committing to this real estate investment, you need to put together a Purchase Sales Agreement. Sounds simple, right? Well, get ready. You and your team will be reviewing past financial statements, repair contracts, legal disputes, and more. You name it, and you could be on the hook for it! The Purchase Sales Agreement is the most important in a series of hoops you will jump through before purchasing your dream rental property. It will pay off to be as thorough as possible and get outside help in evaluating the property.

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How close are you to absolute financial freedom? Rob Rowsell talks about how to grow your money and live off of investment income only. Rob has transitioned from a multiple business owner to a multiple family real estate investor. Who better to take advice from? Rob has learned the hard way how to avoid unwise investments and do his due diligence to ensure his income only comes from his properties.

Tasks to Transition to Living Off of Your Investment Income

Rob starts off the clip laying out his current financial situation. He no longer holds a conventional “W-2” job. Therefore, he depends solely on his apartment holdings to generate cash. Reinvesting that cash wisely is his key to maintaining financial freedom. Do you still have a full time day job? You can still take steps to eventually fund your lifestyle solely from investment income. If you dedicate just eight hours per quarter to your investments, you are well on your way.

We talk often about the Vitality Spreadsheet. Examining this document will help you determine the income amounts you need in order to meet basic needs, then live with vitality, and, finally, achieve total financial freedom. You must take time to thoroughly vet potential property investments, while reviewing your numbers with a fine toothed comb. If that sounds like a part time job, that’s because it is! However, performing your due diligence will pay dividends for you and any potential investment partners down the line.

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Are you planning to invest in a business or property? Then you MUST fill out your due diligence checklist. This includes population demographics, surrounding businesses, competition, economic conditions, and more. Rob goes DEEP into the weeds in order to discuss all of the research factors you should consider. BEFORE you invest in any kind of business, you must watch this video!

Auto Repair Shop Investing Due Diligence

Rob began by listing off just a few potential businesses that one could invest in. Consider everything from coffee shops to apartment complexes to auto repair shops. All of them have one thing in common. Researching their demographics is key. An average investor may be interested in injecting capital into a business. In that case, they would be wise to do their homework.

Specifically, Rob then expanded on due diligence for aspiring auto repair shop owners. Perhaps you are investigating a vacant property. You wish to build a new repair shop on it. In that case, consider the size of its population. Next, take a look at how many existing automotive shops serve that community. Are you currently considering an underserved region? Or is the area already overserved? Rob calculates that one average sized auto repair shop can serve up to 1,000 households. Is your target city’s population 20,000? Then it could theoretically sustain up to 13 successful shop locations in the area.

Researching Household Income

However, you are not just looking at how many people live near the businesses. You want to know what the average household income is. Aim to plant your business in the middle of a thriving community. That means the citizens average $70,000 or more in annual income. These folks are much more likely to prioritize maintaining their vehicles than other, less fortunate individuals. That may not be a fun statistic to quote, but it is true. We are all trying to make a profit. And we want to do it without fighting a constant uphill battle.

What about investing in existing auto repair franchises? That honest mistake ensures you will get a smaller cut of the pie. All the while, you will work harder in order to fit into someone else’s mold. Investing in a turn key, existing business can still benefit you. If you find this idea appealing, then seek out independently owned auto repair shops.

Due Diligence in Real Estate Investing

Moving on, we discuss the real estate industry. Rob discourages pursuing properties on apartment listing aggregate websites. Many of these sites set off a race to the bottom. When this happens, competition can get fierce. The properties listed on these sites often end up driving down prices. They do this by offering move in specials. Everyone needs a place to live. Discounts like these help a lot of lower income renters. However, you want to invest in higher end, multi-family properties. Those will not be surrounded by stiff competition. They will also give you much larger returns on your investments.

Next, let’s talk about your area’s demographics. Rob lays out an ideal situation. Let’s say the community population is 100,000 people. You will want there to be no less than one hospital nearby. What’s a tip many folks may not consider? Scout a property 30 minutes or less away from a major airport. Rob prefers an international one. Are you investing in rental properties in multiple large markets across the country? Then you will want them to be easily accessible to you. Let’s face it: you are busy, and you don’t need to spend your time driving all the way across town to assess an issue with your complex.

Investigating the Area’s Economy

Moreover, you must examine the economic situation in your chosen area. Job growth should consistently be trending upward. That figure should read a 4-5% minimum, year over year. You will also want a diverse selection of industries throughout the city. Many communities’ economies are based on only one industry. This could be, for instance, a car and truck manufacturing plant. That factory, situated in the town’s industrial zone, may employ half the town. Thousands of small businesses have sprung up around it to serve its employees. How many times have we read headlines about those plants moving overseas, and ruining the area’s entire economy? Now, the plant workers, as well as the other businesses’ employees, are all out of work. If you invest in a shop serving these people, you and your staff are next.

Rob also mentioned the huge hit that the hospitality industry took during the COVID-19 pandemic. If an entire town’s economic hopes are pinned solely on a resort, an event like that will sink it. Every town is a business, and just like with any successful business’ investment strategy, diversifying is key. Remember this when you’re doing your due diligence.

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The ATL Financial Discussion Community talks about the five lanes we can travel in with our lives. Rob encouraged each investor to improve on one problem area of their lives since last month’s investment conference. Both Rob and Gary are here to encourage the investors in our groups to live fulfilled, balanced lives.

Investment Options Financial Discussion

Rob opened up this segment with a review of the Five Lanes from the last call. Previously, each caller discussed how they rated their performance in each category. He reminded the ATL members that at the end of the day, he was there to help spark the change each of them needed. Last month, the roundtable members admitted they needed to improve areas of social interaction, health, and community service. If nobody improves, these Zoom calls are all for naught. Rob truly believes that anyone can reach his level of success if they focus, work hard, and be patient.

The five lanes we previously discussed ranged from fast (hot) to slow (cold), based on what level of priority they were. Specifically, Rob mentioned their correlation to JR Covey’s Four Quadrants of Time Management. The individual issues members mentioned fall into the social concerns in Quadrant Two. This means that they are important, but not urgent. Therefore, it is easy to put off improving those areas. Immediately, you won’t tell a difference, but over time, they will cause problems if you do not work on them.

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Rob paints a picture of a wealth building sump pump. The sump pump moves your income from the tub into one of either two buckets. The first is called a security bucket, and it is a liquid account which you don’t touch. Second, the wealth operating system bucket will hold money which you can invest wisely in order to create compound wealth investment. This is a great way to look at your retirement investment strategy.

Do you use this strategy for retirement savings?

Retirement investment strategy explained – Security Bucket

When we plan our retirement investment strategy, we should first sit down with our spouse, if applicable, to explain the sump pump analogy. Then, we calculate the number that we need in order to live comfortably each month. Then, we determine how many months we need to set aside. Once we have arrived at that number, we will begin funneling it into the Security Bucket, knowing that it is a liquid account. However, we will only touch that savings in a case of emergency until we can get back on our feet.

Wealth Operating System Bucket

Rob then outlined the second bucket in the sump pump retirement investment strategy. The Wealth Operating System is made up of wise investments. These investments will not break us if any of them don’t pan out. However, they should yield a great return on investment. We are seeking out opportunities that will earn compound interest. This is a great way to build wealth for our golden years.

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When underwriting, make sure you get all the information before you make your offer! In this real estate negotiation class, Rob Rowsell talks about covering all your bases. If not, you may end up paying way more than you have to! Sometimes, brokers don’t ask all the right questions. Also, sellers will often provide misinformation, whether intentionally or not.

Real Estate Negotiation Tips – Get the Right Info, Get the Right Price

Rob opens up the class by recalling something he discovered while researching for a property deal. When he looked at the seller’s T12 (trailing 12 month) form, he found $12,000 listed under “Other Income”. Rob’s investment team had not yet asked what this extra income was, so he did. The seller replied that the money was actually Nevada state reimbursements. Since those do not count as actual net income, the seller had incorrectly reported the income report form. Technically, by listing that amount as income, the seller overvalued the property by over $150,000!

Because neither Rob’s team nor the broker caught the error initially, this could have added up to huge losses down the line. In the short term, it cost time in the real estate negotiation process. As we all know, time is money. So remember, it is important to have a team of experts helping you, but make sure that you do your research as well. If you are not knowledgeable about investment forms, tax codes, and income reporting, it could cost you big time!

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These may be the most important tax prep tips you will ever hear! When you have multiple investments like Rob, including rental properties and businesses in different states, it is so important to meet with your CPA regularly. Rob recommends a service which allows him to meet with his accountant monthly to discuss taxes, investments, and expenses.

Rob’s Best Tax Prep Tips

You may not like hearing this, but tax season is not just a once per year occurrence. Rob recommends meeting with your CPA at minimum in July and October, as well as in the Spring season. Things move very fast in Rob’s business pursuits. If he waited until the end of the year to begin tax preparation, he would not remember all the details behind each endeavor. This drives his wife Claudia nuts! While going through the process of selling their auto repair shops, they were in the midst of moving. They were also buying multiple rental properties in different states at the time! You can see why meeting with their CPA throughout the year would help.

Rob’s CPA offers a monthly meeting option called a CFO program. When they meet each month, they project Rob’s income from his various ventures. They also estimate what he expects to owe at tax time. The most important of Rob’s tax prep tips boils down to this: Stay informed throughout the year, so you a large tax bill doesn’t surprise you in April!

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Rob details his morning spiritual routine. This includes prayer of gratitude, praying for friends, studying the Bible, and listening to worship music. Rob has no doubt that his Christian faith is the main reason he and his wife Claudia have been blessed so much by God. Watch and learn about Rob’s spiritual routine, including his daily spiritual practices.

Rob Outlines His Spiritual Routine

As Rob’s morning coffee is brewing, he slips on his bluetooth headphones. He starts his spiritual routine by listening to his worship music playlist. Hillsong United is a favorite.

Then, he pulls out his prayer list card and scans it. Currently, about four dozen concerns occupy his list. After a prayer of gratitude for all of his blessings, he intercedes for the concerns as the Holy Spirit leads him. He often texts folks who are on his prayer list to check in on their situations.

Next in his spiritual routine, Rob dives into the Word. Lately, he has been studying the Old Testament, since he has never studied it in detail. He is working through a “Read the Bible in a Year” plan now. He also is reading through a book which expands on the stories behind each book of the Bible, such as their authors and the places and times they were written in.

All totaled, Rob spends between one and two hours reading the Bible each morning. This includes journaling about what God is revealing to him during this study time, as well as what is going on in his life at the time. Journaling is a challenge for Rob. However, he does his best to power through and document the date, time, and place he is reading. He hopes that someday after his death, his grandkids will go through his Bible and his journal and learn from them.

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How does a successful real estate investor calculate their blended tax rate? Let Addicted to Life’s Rob Rowsell teach you the secret formula so you won’t pay more taxes than you have to!

Rob Explains Blended Tax Rate For Real Estate Investors

Let’s do the math! Rob lays out a theoretical income amount for the group to consider. On a sample effective annual gross income of $400,000, Rob calculates a blended tax rate of 2%. That may sound small, but it in fact adds up to $8,000.

Jake Garcia asks our host for a clarification. Rob shows his work with a very simple equation. You start with your annual total gross income. Then divided it by all the taxes you paid at the end of the year. When you solve this equation, you will end up with your blended tax rate.

Finally, Rob makes sure to clarify that he does not hate paying taxes to his state and federal governments! Taxes are necessary for the United States to build roads, employ police officers, and provide equipment for the armed forces to defend our freedom.

As any business owner with many investments to look after would tell you, he just does not want to pay more than he actually owes by mistake. That means more cash on hand to invest in his family, his staff, and his eventual retirement goals.

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