Why should ownership change? In today’s real estate markets, you can find a dozen books, articles, and even infomercials about buying and owning property. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, they say! – This will never happen for 10-20 years…” Although this may be true, I don’t think it’s the best strategy, especially for a beginner.

I agree with the buy and hold technique as it will help you build wealth in the long run, however I would suggest that you try to trade the property first, before trying the buy and hold technique.

Let me explain…

For many of you beginners wanting to learn real estate investing, it is important that you first build a solid cash reserve. The only reason this will happen is if you learn to trade ownership early on and then move on to holding it for the long haul.

It’s the reason you decided to go into this business in the first place, to make money.

The problem with buying a rental property is your lack of cash. Sure you can earn rental income every month, but that’s about it. You can only buy one or maybe two if you’re lucky and then what. Your business is stagnant because you have no money or credit left to continue buying and maintaining. In my opinion, this is the slow and cash poor way to start investing.

You are in this business to make money and to make it fast. Forget rental income for now and focus on learning how to sell property.

Learning how to sell property can help you make a fortune quickly. It’s not for the faint of heart, to say the least, but if you can learn the skills necessary to sell a property, you can make huge profits in as little as 90 days.

Can you imagine if you could buy and sell four to six properties a year? “That’s over $100k in profit.” In fact, selling four to six properties a year is very doable, and in today’s real estate markets, finding the deals isn’t that difficult, provided you’ve taken the right steps to educate yourself first.

Once you master how to sell property, you can move on to long-term income, but for now let’s put some money in your pockets. Don’t be fooled by what you hear on the news or TV infomercials, educate yourself first and stick with selling property. You’ll be glad you did.