STOP Chasing Cash Flow: Why You NEED to Measure ROE Over ROI

BiggerPockets MoneyAug 11, 202343m 51s4.7K viewsScore 85
Pricing & Profitability
intermediate
return on equity
return on investment
wealth building
real estate investing
financial freedom
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Summary

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Learn why focusing on Return on Equity (ROE) is more crucial than Return on Investment (ROI) for accelerating wealth building in real estate. Discover how understanding ROE can help unlock capital and avoid analysis paralysis, enabling strategic financial decisions for early retirement.

Key insights

  • A marriage without a prenup effectively defaults to state divorce laws, which can lead to a 50/50 split of marital property and appreciation, even on assets brought into the marriage by one party.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Focusing solely on paying down low-interest debt, like a mortgage, can be a mistake if it means sacrificing the opportunity to invest that capital in higher-yielding assets, thus slowing down wealth accumulation.

Tools & resources

  • Chris Lopez ROE Episodevideo

    Chris Lopez has a short episode on the BiggerPockets main channel explaining Return on Equity (ROE).

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