Robert Kiyosaki likes real estate investing is because real estate touches each part of his financial statement.  Starting with his best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad and continued in many of his subsequent books, Robert explains how real estate gives cash flow to his income statement and on the expense side of the income statement he’s able to deduct the property’s depreciation as an expense. 

When seen from the balance sheet, he’s able to gain appreciation on the asset side and the leverage provided by the bank rounds out the liability side of the balance sheet.      

Through a property management company you can also access the four parts of the financial statement.  Here’s how:

Balance Sheet:  Asset-side

Every property producing monthly rent is an asset.  It is possible to sell the rights to manage the property to another property manager for a lump sum of money. 

Balance Sheet:  Liability-side

Robert uses his banker’s money aka leverage in order to purchase a large property with only a small percentage as a down payment.  When the property goes up in value he is able to keep the entire appreciation amount without having to share it with the bank.  He can use leverage and still get the benefit of 100% of the appreciation.

In the property management business, leverage is achieved through controlling the income of a property.  A property that is producing $500/month in rent gives a property manager $50 in income.  If the property manager feels that $500 is too low for the area, the manager can increase the rents by 10% to  $550 and the management company’s income will go up 10% accordingly.  How many companies can increase their income by 10% without a causing uproar among its clients?

Income Statement:  Income Column

As a property manager, you take your 10% management fee directly off the top after the rents have been collected.  Here again, if the manager feels that rents are too low, the manager simply raises the rent and increases the income to both the manager and the property owner.  It’s win-win!

Income Statement:  Expense Column

While Robert Kiyosaki is able to depreciate the building as an expense, a property manager cannot take this tax advantage because a property manager doesn’t own the building-the owner does, however, a property manager is able to make money off the expenses incurred by the owner of the property. 

Let’s say that a tenant calls to say that the plumbing underneath the sink is leaking.  The property manager sends out his repairman to fix the leak.  The repairman sends a bill to the property manager for the $12.00 plumbing parts plus $30.00 for his hourly rate. 

The property manager now marks up the bill by lets say $10.00 and now charges the property owner $12.00 for the parts and $40.00 for the repair time.  The $10.00 is for the property manager’s orchestration of taking the call from the tenant and sending out the repairman.

Now multiply this scenario by the management of 200 properties and you’ll find that expense mark-up is a significant source of a property manager’s income.  

As you can see real estate allows an investor to utilize all four parts of a financial statement.  As a property manager, you can piggyback on the owner’s shoulders and receive some of the same benefits of cash flow and leverage and you can actually profit from the property in ways an investor cannot i.e. expense mark-up. 

And here’s the best part and the prime example of a property manager’s ultimate leverage:  the manager isn’t responsible to the bank for making the payments on the mortgage.  The owner is responsible!  The property manager is able to make money off the property without being personally responsible to the bank for the asset that creates all the money in the first place. 

What a concept!

Grants are generally given by the government to non-profit businesses or those who are looking to help improve the economy with whatever services they have to offer. However, the Real Estate Apprenticeship Grant is one of the grants that are actually allowed for those looking for a profit. If you are looking into getting into the world of real estate then you should look into getting this real estate grant.

The Real Estate Apprenticeship Grant program involves giving training and help to those who are interesting in getting into the real estate world. Grants that total a million dollars in worth are given out every six months. With the assistance that these real estate grants give to people they will be able to get the training and education that they need in order to get into the world of real estate and be more successful in it.

A real estate grant like this can greatly help you out with getting the money that you are looking for. Depending on the type of real estate grant you will be getting as a finalist for a real estate grant you can get about seven thousand dollars worth in assistance that include various different items. Your licensing fee will be compensated, for instance. You will also get a provision to attend classes from RealtyU School for a year. You will also receive online access to real estate mentoring services.

With a real estate grant you will also be provided with Transaction Manager. This is a software program that stores information on each transaction that you make and calculates all of the due dates that you will need to have for your business and all of its transactions. This can help to make your business more effective and organized.

You will receive free counseling from McLean International Counseling with your real estate grant. This will help you out with finding the business system technology that you need for your business.

There are various other things that you will also get with your real estate grant. A marketing startup package will be provided to help you with your marketing goals for your business. You’ll receive various real estate books and demographic information books on various markets. Express Copy will give you free printing services, and you can get a mortgage calculator too. You’ll also get a membership to the Real Estate Cyberspace Society and a subscription to Broker Agent News and National Real Estate Magazine.

In order to get your real estate grant you must be a graduate of a pre-licensing course at a real estate school that is accredited. You should have taken the class during the application season for the real estate grant. If you have passed examination you can be eligible for a real estate grant if you have passed a license test within those six months for grant awarding.

You can apply for a real estate grant today online at realestateapprentice.com/apply.cfm. This application will assess your skills and motives to be a real estate entrepreneur. Remember to bring proof of eligibility, and don’t forget that you will be interviewed if you are a finalist for a real estate grant. Also, a real estate grant is not tax-free and cannot be given to those who work for financial institutions, title companies or insurance companies as a full-time employee.