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    Double-Digit Returns: In Good Markets And Bad
    Double-Digit Returns: In Good Markets And Bad
    Double-Digit Returns: In Good Markets And Bad
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    Double-Digit Returns: In Good Markets And Bad

    By Harmel S. Rayat

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    Finally, proven wealth-building insider secrets revealed in an easy to understand, simple to follow and quick to implement way. The battle-tested strategies revealed in Double-Digit Returns in Good Markets and Bad have generated relatively low-risk real estate investment returns of over 40 percent per year for almost 15 years straight.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTalia Jevan Properties, Inc.
    Release dateMar 29, 2019
    ISBN9780578461281
    Double-Digit Returns: In Good Markets And Bad

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      Double-Digit Returns - Harmel S. Rayat

      Introduction

      There are two ways to learn; go for the easy way.

      I am not a financial advisor, success coach or a motivational speaker, nor do I strive to be. In fact, the many great advisors and success coaches of today have forgotten more than I will ever know.

      However, the one thing I do know is that life, in general, doesn’t need to be so complicated. In some ways, life can actually be quite simple.

      For example, you can learn through your own hard work or the intense effort of someone else. And, believe you me, it’s much simpler and faster to learn from someone else.

      You still have to work hard, but you’ll have saved a lot of time not having to go through years of extensive training or gaining hands-on experience.

      If you want to learn how to swim or play the piano, just find someone great at swimming or fantastic on the piano to teach you. If you want to make money, look around for someone that’s already financially successful and learn from them.

      I believe Tony Robbins calls this modeling, which involves finding someone achieving the results you want and mimicking their actions and thought processes.

      To be candid, I wish I had mimicked more of the right people over the years. And, because I didn’t, I have had my fair share of trials and tribulations, made plenty of mistakes, endured years of failure (more on this later) and, as a result, have more gray hair than I would like.

      I often jokingly say that I went to the School of Hard Knocks and then attended the University of Failure, graduating summa cum laude.

      All kidding aside, I began my career working as a clerk and messenger boy in the mail room of a West Coast brokerage firm. Eventually, I got a job as a stockbroker. During my early years, I learned much from a few senior brokers, like Reg Ogden and Bill McWilliams, who held my hand and showed me the way.

      After a while, I decided that I wanted to invest on my own, so I left the stock brokerage business in 1987, just months before the market crashed and the Dow dropped 23 percent in a single day. Although still the largest percentage drop ever, the market gyrations during 2018 felt just as big and just as scary.

      Early on, many of my investments did poorly; some even failed outright. Luckily, the support of friends and family, alongside the inspiring mentorship of some seasoned investors and a few amazing people, pushed me to stay the course.

      Thank goodness I took their advice and toughed it out. In hindsight, it’s hard to imagine how I made it through all those challenging times.

      Taking from the many hard lessons, I have since learned how to deploy capital in much better ways. Also, I have surrounded myself with a smart core team of executives who have been with me for years.

      Today, I have a diversified portfolio ranging from institutional grade commercial real estate in the United States and Canada (discussed throughout this book) to significant equity interests in two innovative publicly-traded companies, SolarWindow Technologies and RenovaCare, discussed further in chapter 10.

      Like every investor I know, my goal has always been to generate the highest risk-adjusted returns possible. However, market volatility, excessive fees, bad recommendations and conflicted advice always seem to get in the way.

      So, wanting less risk, greater cash flow and some diversification, I decided to get into high-quality commercial real estate in 2006, forming the real estate arm of my family office (www.taliajevan.com). Almost immediately, my team and I started generating what many would characterize as exceptional returns.

      Before I knew it, my portfolio was worth $50 million, with modest debt. Surprisingly, my returns got better and better. Unlike many, we sailed right through the so-called Great Recession; and, before too long, the value of my real estate portfolio zoomed right past the $100 million mark.

      Since I started my career with little education and no money to speak of, it took quite a while for this reality to set in. I still reminisce about my early days as a messenger, delivering packages in the pouring rain to many downtown buildings, including two that I proudly own today.

      Photo of the stately Birk’s Building on the corner of Granville in Hastings in Vancouver, Canada.

      The Birks Building was among the many buildings I visited as a mailroom clerk and messenger. Today, I am its proud owner.

      As mentioned, you can succeed through your own efforts or lessen the burden and learn from someone else’s hard work. It’s why cookbooks and recipes are so popular; all the heavy lifting has been done already—although you still must do the actual cooking.

      I have intentionally written this book in a pithy, straightforward way to share the proven recipe that has worked so well for me in generating double-digit returns for so long, through good markets and bad. My mission is to share my hard-earned knowledge and strategies with all those interested, to help others as others have helped me; it’s on of my ways of giving back.

      When we started investing in real estate in 2006, we immediately broke away from conventionality and constrained thinking, placing the needs of others ahead of our own. My team and I treated everyone, not just our tenants, with respect, courtesy and integrity. Honesty and unfailing integrity is good business, said Earl Nightingale. Honesty is the best means of getting rich.

      We relied on a factor more crucial than location, location, location. Yes, there is something more important than location in real estate. You’ll find out what it is in chapter 3.

      We took on

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