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Real Estate Investing Is A Lot Like Sex

By
Real Estate Agent with Ad Astra Realty BR00222587

Real estate investing and sex have a whole lot more in common than you might imagine.

  • Everybody at least wants to try it.
  • You can read about and research it on the internet, but sooner or later you just have to try it.
  • Nobody does it right the first time.
  • You get better as you go along.
  • No matter how good you get you sometimes regret it.
  • Both can end up costing a lot of money.
  • Both can end up being very rewarding.

One of the major advantages of real estate investing, however, is that you can have a personal coach right there with you to help you avoid the pitfalls. (I suppose you could in sex, too, if that was your thing.)

Other advantages might be that once you've sold a rental house, it's gone. It probably won't tell all the other rental houses what a lousy landlord you were.

Or that you never took the time to get the house properly ready for action.

Or that you're cheap and never spent a dime once you got what you wanted. (I'm talking about the rent. Get your mind out of the gutter.)

Make no mistake about it. Both should be tried in life. Just keep trying till you get it right.

Other comparisons are welcome in the comments section. But keep it clean, this is a real estate investing blog...not, well, you know.

Allison Stewart
St.Cloud Homes - Saint Cloud, FL
St. Cloud Fl Realtor, Osceola County Real Estate 407-616-9904

Not to mention...no matter how well you service your clients...they may still love you and leave you!

Good Luck and Sell Well

Aug 09, 2007 03:42 AM
Chris Lengquist
Ad Astra Realty - Olathe, KS
Kansas City Real Estate Investing

Allison - That's true!

Aug 09, 2007 03:59 AM
Paul Korodaj
Overland Park Real Estate :: Keller Williams Platinum - Overland Park, KS
Overland Park Real Estate
Chris-this one cracks me up.  Good analogy.  I'm surprised there are not more comments. 
Aug 09, 2007 02:37 PM
Tom Jeffers
Affordable Realty of Ohio LLC - Parma Heights, OH
Affordable Realty of Ohio LLC
Chris, thanks for making me laugh this morning! I've heard some of these before, but great job putting it all together.
Aug 10, 2007 02:20 AM
Dianne Barody
Century 21 AmeriSouth Realty - Pensacola, FL
Pensacola Florida Real Estate
Chris, no matter what you do, some just can't be satisfied.
Aug 10, 2007 04:24 AM
Kerry Jenkins
Prime Properties - Crestline, CA
Great post!  I am surprised that not many people commented.  It's all true!!! Based on one of Jeff's articles, I bought a book called Sex and real estate.  Haven't been able to read it yet though, should be interesting.
Aug 22, 2007 09:06 AM
Arina Hanciulescu
RealtyPros - Las Vegas, NV
RealtyPros

Never thought about it... Now that you said it I'll keep smiling and thinking maybe I'll find more similarities between those two. Let you know

 

Aug 22, 2007 09:34 AM
Rob Wesler
Harborview Financial Partners, LLC - Land O Lakes, FL
Been so long since I have done either I tend to forget....
Aug 22, 2007 10:16 AM
Chris Lengquist
Ad Astra Realty - Olathe, KS
Kansas City Real Estate Investing

Paul - thank you!

Tom - I'm not suprised there is another list out there.  I can't be the only one that thinks this way.

Dianne - Not with me!  :)

Amy - I'll have to check out the book.  He's not mentioned it to me. 

Arina - I'm waiting...

Rob - Lack of sex will make you crazy.  Lack of real estate will just make you poor.  Then you can't afford sex...

 

Aug 22, 2007 02:26 PM