Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa December / Jan 2016 | Page 3

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Learn the Laws of

Compensation
You get what you give

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s we approach the end of another year and
head towards 2016 it’s always a time to reflect
on what worked and what we can improve on.
It is also an opportunity to change things and make a
new start.
One of the areas where you can improve the quality
of your life is your finances and the amount of money
you have in your life. Real estate still remains the
cornerstone and fundamental pillars of an individual’s
finances and wealth. Carl Icahn, an American
business magnate, investor, activist shareholder and
philanthropist, say there is danger ahead in global
markets. He says a large part of the growth we are
seeing in the US economy today is because of low
interest rates. Business and investors has access to
cheap money and once the Federal Reserve rises,
interest rates businesses will no longer have access to
cheap money, which will start showing up in the stock
markets.
Almost 80% of people in the world today are in
financial stress and the majority of baby boomers don’t
have enough money to retire simply because they are
getting the wrong education and information. The
financial system is rigged against us and yet we all fall

in the trap of handing our finances over to someone
who is a so-called ‘expert’ in expectation that they are
going to create miracle results with our money that you
have entrusted to them.
The law of compensation says the more you learn
and practice the more your investment intelligence and
experience grows. There are two ways to learn, either
by simulation or by doing the real thing. If you want
to become wealthy, successful and financially free,
then practice making mistakes and do the real thing
yourself. If someone else invests for you and you hand
the responsibility to them, you take away the best
opportunity for yourself to grow and learn. Don’t fall
prey to those players with the experience of doing that.
Sage advice is to continue investing into cash flow
positive real estate long term, whether residential or
commercial in South Africa or offshore. Just keep
moving forward despite the fluctuations in world
economies, the frenzy, the bad news, the negativity, the
chaos, the uncertainty and the hype.
Successful investing.

NEALE PETERSEN

FOUNDER

MASTER QUOTE
“There’s some real dark days where you just feel like the story is falling apart in every one. Just keep moving
forward, even when you are bluffing, even when you don’t quite know what is going to happen next.”

DAN SCANLON
www.reimag.co.za

DEC/JAN 2016 SA Real Estate Investor

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