298: How Tony Lost $100K on ONE Real Estate Deal (AVOID These Critical Mistakes)

Losing $100K on one real estate deal !? Is there any coming back from that kind of loss? Unfortunately, real estate investing is not always sunshine and rainbows. Every successful investor has had their fair share of failures. By learning from some of our mistakes, our hope is that new investors won’t have to make them! Welcome back to another episode of the Real Estate Rookie podcast. Today, Ashley interviews Tony about one of his most recent deals that went south. Ultimately, Tony ended up losing a whopping $100K on the deal. This kind of loss would cause many people to throw in the towel and quit their real estate journeys . Instead, Tony ate the loss, learned some important lessons , and got back up on his horse. If you’re afraid of losing money on a real estate deal, allow Tony’s mental fortitude to encourage and inspire you to keep going! In this episode, he shares a handful of invaluable lessons—including why it’s so important to manage the timeline of a deal, why you should always take a pre-approval with a grain of salt, and how diversifying investments across different markets can help lower your risk ! In This Episode We Cover Finding your real estate niche and building a strong financial foundation Managing the closing timeline (and saving a fortune in holding costs !) The importance of purchase agreements and earnest money deposits The subjectivity of appraisals (and when you should challenge them) Why you should NEVER treat a pre-approval as gospel What you should know before becoming a private money lender And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender Ashley's BiggerPockets Profile Ashley's Instagram Tony's BiggerPockets Profile Tony's Instagram Real Estate Rookie Facebook Group Join BiggerPockets for FREE Making $71K on ONE Deal After 5 Failed House Flips and Six-Figure Debt The Difficult Path to Wealth: Losing Money on Your First Real Estate Deal w/ JL Collins 4 Important Steps to Bounce Back After Losing Money on a Deal Check the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-298 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email: advertise@biggerpockets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices