Host John Chapman of the John Chapman Show talks with Paul Moore, Real Estate Investor, Entrepreneur, and Podcast Host of How to Lose Money, who runs a real estate company called Wellings Capital. Paul opens up about his background in real estate, valuable tips on investing and risk tolerance. He also offers a compare and contrast on stocks, bonds, and real estate and how they can be used to in a proper financial plan. 

 

Episode Highlights:
Paul Moore shares his professional background.  
What is the difference between investing and speculating?
What made Paul’s early success in his own words, ‘one of the worst versions of himself’?
How much debt did Paul experience in the past and how did he get out of it? 
What is his life like as a real estate investor? 
How does he go about finding ‘recession-proof properties’?
Why doesn’t high risk always equal high returns? 
What are some of the pros and cons of stocks, bonds, and real estate and how can they be used in a proper financial plan?
What are some of the timeframe expectations for investing? 
When should you switch gears in your investments? 

 

3 Key Points:
Investors need to ask three questions: What is the upside? What is the downside? Can I live with that downside?
From what Paul Moore has learned, the 2008 recession only lasted 15 weeks, which was the fourth quarter and a few weeks. 
In the last 7-8 years, apartment foreclosures have been virtually zero. 

 

Tweetable Quotes:
“Investing is when your principle is generally safe and you have a chance to make a return, and speculating is when your principal is not at all safe and you’ve got a chance to make a return.” – Paul Moore
“If you keep playing double or nothing with all of your capital, you’ll end up with nothing at some point and you’ll have nothing left to double.” – Paul Moore
“Paul Samuelson, the first Nobel Prize winner in economics from the U.S., said “Investing, true investing, should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow.” – Paul Moore

 

Resources Mentioned:
Linkedin: John Chapman
Linkedin: Paul Moore
Wellings Capital: wellingscapital.com

Host John Chapman of the John Chapman Show talks with Paul Moore, Real Estate Investor, Entrepreneur, and Podcast Host of How to Lose Money, who runs a real estate company called Wellings Capital. Paul opens up about his background in real estate, valuable tips on investing and risk tolerance. He also offers a compare and contrast on stocks, bonds, and real estate and how they can be used to in a proper financial plan. 


 


Episode Highlights:

Paul Moore shares his professional background.  
What is the difference between investing and speculating?
What made Paul’s early success in his own words, ‘one of the worst versions of himself’?
How much debt did Paul experience in the past and how did he get out of it? 
What is his life like as a real estate investor? 
How does he go about finding ‘recession-proof properties’?
Why doesn’t high risk always equal high returns? 
What are some of the pros and cons of stocks, bonds, and real estate and how can they be used in a proper financial plan?
What are some of the timeframe expectations for investing? 
When should you switch gears in your investments? 

 


3 Key Points:

Investors need to ask three questions: What is the upside? What is the downside? Can I live with that downside?
From what Paul Moore has learned, the 2008 recession only lasted 15 weeks, which was the fourth quarter and a few weeks. 
In the last 7-8 years, apartment foreclosures have been virtually zero. 

 


Tweetable Quotes:

“Investing is when your principle is generally safe and you have a chance to make a return, and speculating is when your principal is not at all safe and you’ve got a chance to make a return.” – Paul Moore
“If you keep playing double or nothing with all of your capital, you’ll end up with nothing at some point and you’ll have nothing left to double.” – Paul Moore
“Paul Samuelson, the first Nobel Prize winner in economics from the U.S., said “Investing, true investing, should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow.” – Paul Moore

 


Resources Mentioned:

Linkedin: John Chapman
Linkedin: Paul Moore
Wellings Capital: wellingscapital.com

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