Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa April 2016 | страница 66

LESSONS

7

Advantages to Boost

a Property Investor’s Success

BY PIERRE VAN DEN BERG

I

entered the property market earlier than planned or anticipated, but will forever be thankful to my work
supervisor who continuously nagged me to purchase my first property. Little did I know that this decision
would be the start of my journey as a property investor and the eventual freedom to quit my job and to
follow my life’s passion.
Today I identify many lost opportunities by people who could have utilised property investment in order to
enjoy an early retirement. Some of these I call “unfair advantages” because many successful investors started in
less fortunate circumstances.
Below are 7 scenarios which first come to mind that
could potentially boost an investor’s success.

1

Earning a good income and/or being
able to acquire sufficient financin ˂