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How to Write a Real Estate Investment Business Plan: Complete Guide

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Last updated on December 19, 2023

business plan sample for real estate investing

Building an investing business without a real estate investment business plan is sort of like riding a bike without handlebars.

You might be able to do it… but why would you?

It’s far easier and more practical to set out on your venture with a business plan that outlines things like your lead-flow, where you’ll find funding, and which market(s) you’ll operate.

Plus, according to Entrepreneur, having a business plan increases your chances of growth by 30%.

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So don’t skip this critical first step.

Here’s how to do it.

Real Estate Investment Business Plan Guide

In this article we’re going to discuss:

What is a real estate investment business plan?
Create your mission and vision
Run market analysis
Choose your business model(s)
Determine your business goals
Find funding / Cash buyers
Identify lead-flow source
Gather property analysis information
Create your brand
Set growth milestones
Plan to Delegate

What is a Real Estate Investment Business Plan and Why Does it Matter?

A real estate investment business plan is a document that outlines your goals, your vision, and your plan for growing the business .

It should detail the real estate business model you’re going to pursue, your chosen method for lead-gen, how you’ll find funding, and how you plan to close deals.

The kit and caboodle.

It shouldn’t be overly complicated.

Whether this real estate investment business plan is only for your personal use or to present to someone else, simplicity is best. Be thorough, be clear, but don’t over-explain what you’re going to do.

As far as why you should have a business plan, consider that it gives you a 30% better chance of growing your business.

Also, consider that setting out without a plan would be like — full of unexpected twists and turns — is that something you want to do?

Probably not.

It’s worth taking a few days or weeks to put together a business plan, even if it’s just for your own sake. By the time you’re complete, you’ll have greater confidence in the business you’re setting out to build.

And an entrepreneur’s confidence is everything.

How to Create Your Real Estate Investment Business Plan

Now we get into the nitty-gritty.

How do you create your real estate investment business plan? Here are the 10 steps!

1. Create Your Mission & Vision

This can be considered your “summary” section. You might not think that you need a mission statement or vision for your real estate business.

And you don’t.

We know a lot of real estate investors (many of our members, in fact) don’t have a clear mission or vision that they’ve outlined — and they’re successful regardless.

But if you’re just getting started…

Then we think it’s a worthwhile use of your time.

Because if you don’t know why you’re going to build your real estate investing business, if you don’t see what purpose it serves on a personal and professional level, then it’s not going to be very exciting to you.

You can either use this time to create a mission for your business… or a mission statement for you as it relates to growing your business (depending on your goals).

For instance…

Our mission is to create affordable house opportunities in the Roseburg, Oregon community.
Our mission is to provide homeowners with an exceptional experience when selling their properties for cash.

Or you could go a more personal route…

My mission is to create a business that supports my family.
My mission is to build a company that gives me more time for what matters most to me.

Or you could do both…

My mission is to create a business that supports my family, and my business’ mission is to provide homeowners with an exceptional experience when selling their properties for cash.

Either way, it’s good to think about this before getting started.

Because if you know why you’re going to build your business — and if, ideally, that reason resonates with you — then you’ll be more excited and determined to work hard toward your goals.

It is also an excellent opportunity to outline the core values you’ll adhere to within your business as Brian Rockwell does on his website …

add core value to your real estate website

With this information in hand, you’re ready to move on to the next step.

2. Run Competitive Market Analysis

Which market are you going to operate in?

That might be an easy question to answer — if you’re just going to operate in the town where you live, fair enough.

But it’s worth keeping in mind that today’s technology has made it possible to become a real estate investor in any market from pretty much any location (remotely).

So if the market you’re in is lacking in opportunity, then you might consider investing elsewhere.

How do you know which market to choose?

Here are the 10 top real estate markets for investors, according to our own Carrot member data of over 7000 accounts, based on lead volume…

Atlanta, GA
Houston, TX
Chicago, IL
Charlotte, NC
New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA
Orlando, FL
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ

And here are the top 20 states…

North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Oregon

That’ll give you some ideas.

But what makes a market good or bad for real estate investors? Here are some metrics to pay attention to when you’re doing your research.

Median Home Value — This will tell you how much the average home sells for in the market, which will impact whether you’ll be willing to operate there. Because obviously, you want to play with numbers that feel reasonable to you.
Median Home Value Increase Year Over Year — Ideally, you want to invest in a market where homes are appreciating every year. And a positive increase in this metric is a good sign that the properties you invest in will continue to increase in value.
Occupied Housing Rate — A high housing occupancy rate means it’s easy to find tenants, and there’s a healthy demand for housing. That’s a good sign.
Median Rent — This is the average cost of rent in the market and will give you a good idea of how much you’ll be able to charge on any rentals you own.
Median Rent Increase Year Over Year — If you’re going to buy rentals, it’s a good sign if rental costs increase every year.
Population Growth — When the population grows, it creates demand for housing, both rentals and on the MLS. That’s a good sign for a real estate investor.
Job Growth — Job growth is a sign of a healthy economy and indicates that you’ll have an easier time capitalizing on your real estate investments.

Fortunately, all of this research is super easy to do on Google.

You can just type in the market and the metric in Google and you’ll get meaningful results.

Thank god for technology.

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3. Choose Your Business Model(s)

There’s not just one real estate business model .

There are many.

And the market you’re in — as well as your business goals — will determine which business model you choose.

Here’s a brief overview of each…

Wholesaling — Is a prevalent business model in the real estate world. Wholesalers find deals and flip them to other cash buyers for an assignment fee, typically somewhere between $5,000 to $10,000. It’s low risk and requires little capital upfront (you can get started with as little as $2,000).
Wholetailing — Wholetailing is a mix between wholesaling and house flipping. A wholetailer will find a deal, do some very minor repairs (if any), and sell the house on the MLS themselves. It results in large profits with far less work. But wholetail deals are hard to come by.
BRRRR — This stands for Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat. It’s a long-term process for buying and holding rental properties. It’s a great way to build net worth and create generational wealth.
Flipping — House flipping is the most popularized real estate investing method. It consists of purchasing distressed properties, fixing them up, and selling them at a good profit on the MLS, often making upwards of $100,000 per deal. However, this method involves much more risk than the other methods and each deal takes a lot longer to complete.

If you’re just getting started, then we recommend choosing just one business model and doing that until you’ve mastered it.

Down the road, you will likely want to use multiple business models.

We know the most successful real estate investors are wholesalers, wholesalers, flippers, and they own some rental properties.

That allows them to make the most of every opportunity that comes their way.

But again… to start, just choose one.

4. Determine Your Business Goals

At this point, you should have a pretty clear idea of why you’re going to build your real estate investing business.

Are you going to build it because you want to make an impact in your community? Because you want more financial freedom? Because you want more time freedom?

All of the above?

Whatever the case, now it’s time to set some goals related to your mission for the business.

Remember the SMART acronym for goal setting…

Start by thinking about how much money you’d like to make per month — this should be the first income threshold that you’re excited to hit.

Let’s pretend you said $10,000 per month.

Okay, now take a look at your business model. How many properties do you need to have cash-flowing to hit that number? How many deals do you have to do per month? How many flips?

Try to be as realistic with your numbers as possible.

Here are some baselines to consider for the different business models at the $10k/month threshold…

Wholesaling – 2-3 Deals Per Month
Wholetailing – 2-3 Deals Per Month
BRRRR – $1 Million in Assets
Flipping – 1-2 Flips Per Year

Now you have a general idea of the results you’ll need to hit your first income threshold.

But we haven’t talked about overhead costs.

How much will you need to spend to get those results?

Your answer to that question will be influenced by the market analysis you already did. But it’s pretty standard for the price of finding a deal to hover around $2,000 for a real estate investor (if you’re doing your own advertising).

So now you’re spending $2,000 per deal, or whatever your specific number is. That’s going to have an impact on how much money you’re making. So now we can adjust your goals to be more realistic for hitting that $10k per month marker…

Wholesaling – 4-5 Deals Per Month
Wholetailing – 4-5 Deals Per Month
BRRRR – $1.5 Million in Assets
Flipping – 2-3 Flips Per Year

The idea here is to figure out how many deals you’ll have to do per month to hit your income goals.

Then work that back into figuring out how much you’ll need to spend every month to realistically and predictably hit your goals.

At $2k per deal and intending to hit $10k/month, here’s what your deal-finding costs might look like…

Wholesaling – 4-5 Deals Per Month – $8k-$10k/month
Wholetailing – 4-5 Deals Per Month – $8k-$10k/month
BRRRR – $1.5 Million in Assets – $6k-$8k/month
Flipping – 2-3 Flips Per Year – $4k-$6k/month

That should give you a baseline.

How do those numbers look?

If they feel too high for you right now, lower your initial goal — you want to make your first goal something that you know you can accomplish.

Then, as you gain experience, you can increase your goals and make more money down the road.

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5. Find Funding / Cash Buyers

Are you going to fund your own deals or find private investors ? Or maybe you’re going to get a business loan from a bank?

If you’re just starting as a wholesaler or wholetailer, then it’s recommended funding your own first few deals — that should only cost $2,000 to $5,000… and why overcomplicate things in the beginning when you’re still trying to learn the ropes?

However, as a wholesaler or wholetailer, you’ll still need to find some cash buyers.

Here’s a great video that’ll teach you how to do that…

How To Find A Cash Buyer For Your Wholesale Deal

To consistently grow your cash buyer list (which is an important part of the wholesaling and wholestailing business model), we also recommend creating a buyer website like this…

Cash Buyer - Investment Property Website

Learn more about creating your cash buyer website with Carrot over here .

To scale, you might seek out other sources of funding.

Here are some options…

Bank Loan — Getting a loan from a bank might be the most straightforward strategy if you’re just getting started. But keep in mind that the requirements for a loan on an investment property will be more stringent than the requirements were for your primary residence mortgage. And the interest rate will likely be higher as well. For that reason, you might seek out some of the other options.
Hard Money — Hard money loans come from companies that specifically serve real estate investors. They are easier and faster to secure than a bank loan and hard money lenders typically base their approval of the loan on the quality of the investment property rather than the investor’s financial standing.
Private Money — Whereas a hard money loan comes from a company; a private money loan comes from an individual with a good chunk of capital they’re looking to invest. That could be a friend, family member, coworker, and acquaintance. Interest rates and terms on these loans are typically very flexible and the interest rate is usually quite good. Private money is an excellent option for real estate investors looking to scale their business.

But before you seek out funding from those sources, get clear on what exactly you’re going to use those funds for.

Finding funding is even more critical. In fact — if you’re flipping properties or using the BRRRR method.

(It’s a key part of the BRRRR method)

You’ll likely want to use hard money or private money to fund your deals as you grow your business.

But how do you find and secure those loans?

Hard money lenders are easy to find — just Google for hard money lenders in your area and call the companies that pop up to get more details.

Private money (which usually has more favorable terms than hard money) is a bit trickier to find but not at all impossible.

To find private money lenders, you can…

Tell Friends & Family — This should be the first thing you do. Tell everyone you can about the business you’re building and the returns you can offer investors. Then ask them if they know anyone who might be interested in investing.
Network — After you’ve exhausted all your friends and family, make a point of getting to know people everywhere you go. The easiest way to do this is to wear branded clothing so people ask about what you do. Talk to people at coffee shops, grocery stores, movie theaters, and anywhere else that you frequent. You never know who you might meet.
Attend Foreclosure Auctions — Foreclosure auctions are jam-packed with people who have cash-on-hand to buy properties. These people might also be interested in investing in your real estate endeavors. Or they might know where to find private money. Either way, it’s in your interest to build relationships with these people. Attend foreclosure auctions and bring some business cards.

Here are some tips on finding private money lenders…

How to Find Private Money Lenders for Real Estate Investing

6. Identify Lead-Flow Source

Now let’s talk about how you will generate a consistent flow of motivated leads for your business.

Because no matter which of the business models you’ve chosen… you’re going to need to find motivated sellers.

And you’re going to need to find those people every single month.

There are essentially two parts to a successful lead generation strategy for real estate investing business.

Both pieces are critical…

The Short Term — We call this “hamster-wheel marketing” because it requires you to keep working and spending money to generate leads. Examples include Facebook ads, direct mail, bandit signs, cold calling, driving for dollars, and other tit-for-tat strategies that will burn you out if you’re not careful.
The Long Term — We call this “evergreen marketing” because it requires an upfront investment… but that investment pays off for years and years to come. Examples include increasing brand awareness for your business in your target market(s) and improving your website’s SEO , so that motivated sellers find you .

Short-term tactics are critical when you’re first starting — in fact, they are likely going to be your only source of leads for at least the first few months.

Here are some more details on the most popular and effective methods…

Tax default mailing lists
Vacant house lists
Expired listing lists
Pre-foreclosure lists
Out-of-state landlord lists
Cold Calling — This might be more uncomfortable than stubbing your toe on a piece of furniture, but it can still be effective for finding motivated sellers. We have an article all about colding calling — it even has scripts for you to use.
Facebook Ads — Facebook ads is another excellent method for generating leads so long as you have a high-converting website to send them to . If you don’t, get yourself a Carrot website . Each Carrot site is built to convert. Here are some more details about running successful ads on Facebook for your real estate investing business.
Google Ads — Google Ads is one of the most popular platforms for real estate professionals needing to provide quick results with a minimal to high investment depending on markets.

But over time, the goal is to invest in more long-term evergreen marketing tactics so that you can get off the hamster wheel and build a more sustainable business.

Check out the video below to learn more about the critical distinction between short-term and long-term marketing.

At Carrot, we’ve created an online marketing system that makes generating leads super easy and simple for real estate investors.

And it’s 100% evergreen.

Here’s an example of one of our members’ websites that converts like crazy…

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7. Gather Property Analysis Information

We just talked about how you can generate leads.

But once someone calls you, once you’re checking out a property… How will you know if the property is a good fit for your chosen business model?

After all, not every property will be a fit.

First, ask the following questions when the seller calls…

What is the address of the house you want to sell?
How many bedrooms, bathrooms does it have?
Does it have a garage, basement, or pool?
If you were going to list it with a Realtor, what repairs and/or updating would you say would be needed?
How much is owed on the house?
Do you have an asking price in mind?
Is the house behind on payments?
If I come out and look at the property and make you a cash offer to buy it ‘As-Is’ and close as soon as you want, what would be the least you would be willing to take?

That will provide you with a lot of critical information about what you’re dealing with.

Next, once you’re off the phone, do a bit of due diligence and look at what nearby properties of similar size have sold for in the last 90 days or so — that should give you a ballpark idea for the after-repair value of the property.

If you decide that the property sounds promising, you’ll want to walk through it and take pictures of anything and everything that’ll need to be repaired.

Back at the office, estimate the cost of those repairs — here’s a great resource from REISift that’ll help you estimate rehab costs .

You’ll need to go through this entire process regardless of your business model so that you understand your max offer on the property.

So how do you calculate your max offer?

Use the 75% rule — check out this video from Ryan Dossey…

What Is The 75 Percent Rule In Wholesaling And Flipping Houses?

With that, you’ll know how much to pay for the property, how much to spend on repairs, and how much it’ll sell for.

The more you streamline this part of the process, the better.

8. Create Your Brand

Building a company is one thing.

Building an easily recognizable brand and known to be reputable in your marketplace is quite another.

But that’s an integral part of the process. Consider some of these statistics…

Using a signature color can increase brand recognition by 80 percent.
It takes about 50 milliseconds (0.05 seconds) for people to form an opinion about your website.
Consistent presentation of a brand has seen to increase revenue by 33 percent.
66 percent of consumers think transparency is one of the most attractive qualities in a brand.

When it comes to building a real estate investing brand, your goals are to…

Establish Rapport
Create Easy Recognizability
Dominate The Conversation

The first step in this process is building an online presence – that means creating a high-converting website (i.e., one that systematically turns visitors into leads by capturing their contact information), running advertisements, and ranking in Google for important keywords.

That’s what we can help you with at Carrot .

Out of the box, our website templates are built to convert visitors into leads – and you can customize them however you want with your branding materials…

real estate investment business plan - branding

You’ll even receive immediate text notifications when someone signs up to be a lead so that you can contact them right away (speed is the name of the game!).

Having a high-converting website is ground zero for brand-building success. If you don’t have a website that systematically converts visitors into leads, then every dollar you spend on advertising is going to be wasted.

So that’s where we start.

Once you’ve got your website up and running, then – if you’re on our Content Pro or Advanced Marketer plan – we’ll provide you with blog posts every single month that are written to rank in Google for high-value keywords relevant to your specific market …

You just upload, make some minor tweaks, and publish – and the more you publish, the more traffic you’ll drive.

To help you become a true authority in your market, we also have the following tools…

Keyword Ranking Tracker
SEO Tool For Optimizing All Pages
Text Notifications For Leads
World-Class Support
Campaign Tracking Links
Coaching Calls

We want to make generating leads as easy as possible for you… so you can focus on closing deals and growing your business.

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If you get yourself a Carrot website, that’ll take care of the “Dominate The Conversation” part of the branding process.

But what about these parts?

Super easy.

Establishing rapport is simply a matter of putting testimonials and case studies on your website. The more of these you have, the more people will trust your brand when they arrive on your website for the first time.

As for creating an easily recognizable brand, create a simple branding package…

Brand Colors

And then be consistent across all platforms. Use the same colors, font, logo, and brand name on everything – online and offline.

That’ll make it feel like you’re everywhere – which is what you want.

So there you go.

That’s how you create a brand identity as a real estate investor. You’ll know you’ve done it right if people are coming to you out of nowhere – because a friend of a friend told them about you.

And if you want a brand that dominates your market without all of the footwork, we’ve got just the thing – it’s called the Authority Leader Plan … and we’ll do everything for you.

9. Set Growth Milestones

Okay – let’s pretend that you’ve taken all of the steps above.

You’ve got yourself a functioning business and brand with funding, you’ve got consistent lead-flow, and you’re even closing some deals.

Now what?

Well… you want to grow, of course!

You don’t just want to do one deal per month… you want to do three, five, or even ten deals per month.

You want to make more money, increase your net worth, grow your business, and have a significant impact.

How do you do that?

First, you set new goals and milestones for your business’ growth – how many deals do you want to be doing per month in 6 months? In a year?

Then break those goals down by quarter – and turn them into actionable to-dos.

For example, if you’re currently doing one deal per month and you want to be doing five deals per month by the end of Q2, here’s what your goals might look like…

Send 10,000 Mailers Per Month
Spend $5,000 on Facebook Ads Per Month
Hire Salesperson To Answer Phone
Hire Acquisition Manager
Create Workflow Process

Or maybe it’ll look a bit different. Make your to-dos as realistic as possible so that if you do those things … you’re virtually guaranteed to hit your goals.

After all, what’s the point of having goals if you’re not going to hit them?

All in all…

Set milestone goals to grow your business, turn those into to-dos and break them down by quarter. The next and final step of your real estate investment business plan might be even more important…

10. Plan To Delegate

At some point, every real estate investor has to come to terms with a straightforward fact…

You can’t build the business of your dreams on your own . You need to delegate .

You’ve got to partner with other people, build critical relationships, hire people, manage people, create systems and processes to streamline your team’s workflow, and lots more.

One of the most important areas that deserve a highlight is your client communications and satisfaction. Consider setting up a robust cloud contact center software to manage all the communications that will lead to long-term partnerships.

Building a business isn’t so much about hustling and bustling as it is about putting the right pieces in the right place.

How do you scale your business?

The answer is quite simple: you do the same things you’re doing now… but at scale – that means hiring people, training people, and creating clean-cut systems.

That’s how you grow your business.

Automate, delegate, and step outside of your business as much as possible to build a real estate investment company that serves you rather than enslaves you.

Final Thoughts on Real Estate Investment Business Plan

What more is there?

You know how to create a mission and vision statement, run market analysis, choose an REI business model, set goals, find funding, generate leads, analyze properties, create a brand, set long-term growth milestones, and delegate.

All that’s left is action.

And reach out anytime with questions – we’re always here to help!

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Your 10 Step Guide to Building a Real Estate Investing Business Plan

Real estate empires grow from a blueprint, not last-minute hunches. This guide outlines how to create a real estate investing business plan to help you navigate market dynamics, seek funding, and add to your team so that you can successfully grow your business.

Let’s be honest, the idea of drafting a formal real estate investing business plan probably doesn’t excite you. After all, you got into real estate investing to scout deals and transform properties, not write novels full of financial projections.

But experienced investors know a solid plan spells the difference between profitability and major headaches. It forces clarity on direction and feasibility before you sink hundreds of thousands into property purchases and rehabs.

Think of your business plan as a blueprint for success tailored to your unique investment goals and market conditions. Whether you currently own a few rentals or are launching a full-fledged development firm, a plan guides decisions, aligns partners, and demonstrates viability to secure financing.

So how do you build one effectively without needless complexity? What key strategy areas require your focus? Let’s explore components that set you up for growth while avoiding common first-timer pitfalls. With realistic planning as your foundation, your investing journey can start smooth and stay the course.

What is a real estate investing business plan?

At its core, a real estate investment business plan is simply a strategic guide outlining your intended real estate approach. It defines target markets, preferred project types based on expertise, capital sources, growth strategy, key operational procedures, and other investment specifics tailored to your situation.

View your plan as an evolving document rather than a rigid static rulebook collecting dust. It should provide goalposts and guardrails as markets shift over time and new opportunities appear. You'll be able to refer back to the plan to confirm that these new opportunities align with proven tactics that yield predictable returns.

Detailed upfront planning provides a sound foundation for confident direction. It protects stakeholders by identifying potential pitfalls and mitigation strategies before costly surprises trip up the stability of your real estate business.

So, it's worth it to take the time and develop a customized plan aligned to your niche, resources, and risk tolerance. While initially tedious, the practice of putting together your strategic real estate business plan ultimately provides clarity and confidence moving forward.

Importance of having a business plan

Now that we’ve defined what a business plan is, let’s explore why having one matters — especially if you want to grow a successful real estate investment company.

Have you considered what originally attracted you to investing in properties? Whether it was rehabbing flips, acquiring rentals, or simply a lucrative hobby, your motivations and ideal path can get lost in the daily distractions of life. That’s where an intentional business plan provides clarity and conviction moving forward.

Reasons every real estate investor should prioritize planning are:

Goals and vision : You might be wanting to quit your day job and focus on real estate full time, or you might simply want to generate some extra income on the side. Either way, a business plan forces you to define what success looks like for you.
Due diligence : Creating a plan forces you to research the real estate markets you want to invest in — analyzing sales, rents, permits, zoning, demographics, and growth projections. This helps you objectively identify high-potential neighborhoods and properties rather than relying on hearsay or intuition.
Funding and financing : Lenders and potential investors will want to review your business plan to evaluate the viability and profitability of your real estate investment business before offering any financing . A complete plan builds credibility and confidence with stakeholders.
Guide decision-making : It's easy to get distracted by the latest real estate seminar or shiny new construction techniques. But sticking to the parameters and strategies laid out in your plan prevents you from making hasty changes or going down rabbit holes.
Identify potential risks : There are always things that can unexpectedly go wrong: what if interest rates spike and make your loans unaffordable, or your best tenants move out and unreliable folks move in? Brainstorming these scenarios in advance allows you to minimize risks and have contingency plans.
Systemize operations : As you grow, how will you scale operations? A business plan helps you identify areas that will require attention as your business evolves, like creating maintenance checklists for rentals, standardizing lease agreements , or automating accounting procedures.
Build the right team : Your business plan provides guidance on the team you'll need for your business. Know if you require a real estate agent to help you find deals or a property manager to handle tenant complaints at 2 AM.
Track progress : Your plan helps you compare things like actual rehab costs, rental occupancy rates, cash flow, etc. to your initial projections and determine whether you're on track. You can then make adjustments as needed.
Maintain strategy : As you scale your operations with new hires or partnerships, you'll want to maintain direction in alignment with your original business plan. For example, if you are considering new verticals like commercial real estate, does evaluation criteria match your proven risk metrics and return hurdles? A real estate business plan keeps everyone focused on the same goals as your business grows.

What to include in a real estate investment business plan

A good real estate investing business plan covers everything from business goals to financing strategy. Here are the ten key elements you should include:

1. Executive summary

The executive summary provides a high-level overview of your real estate investment business plan. It briefly describes your company mission, objectives, competitive advantages, growth strategies, team strengths, and financial outlook.

Think of it as the elevator pitch for your business plan, and write it last after you have completed the full plan. Limit it to 1-2 pages at most.

Make your executive summary compelling and motivate investors or lenders to learn more. Be sure to also summarize your past successes and experiences to build credibility.

2. Company description

The company description section provides background details on your real estate investment company. Keep this section brief, but use it to legitimize your business and team.

Business model : Explain your core business model and investment strategies. Will you primarily flip properties, buy and hold rentals, conduct wholesale deals, or use another approach?
Company history and achievements : Provide a brief timeline of your company's history, including its formation, past projects, key milestones, and achievements.
Legal business structure : Identify your corporate structure, such as LLC , S-Corp , C-Corp, or sole proprietorship.
Office location : Provide your company's office address, which lends you credibility. If you are initially working from home, consider establishing a local PO Box or virtual address.
Founders and key team members : Introduce your founders and key team members. Highlight relevant real estate, finance, management expertise, and credentials.
Past projects : Provide an overview of any successful prior real estate projects your company or founders have executed.
Competitive advantages : Explain unique resources, systems, or other strengths that give your company an edge over competitors. These could be proprietary analytic models, contractor relationships, deal access, or specialized expertise.
Technologies and tools : Discuss technologies, software programs, or tools your company uses to streamline processes and optimize operations.

3. Market analysis

The market analysis section validates whether your real estate investment strategy makes sense in a given area.

Conduct detailed research from multiple sources to create realistic real estate investment market projections and identify potentially profitable opportunities.

Outline why certain neighborhoods, property types, or price points pique your interest more than others.

Your market analysis should dig deep into factors like:

Local sales and rental price trends : Analyze pricing history and current trends for both sales and rents. Look at different property types, sizes, and neighborhoods.
Housing inventory and demand analysis : Research the balance of supply and demand and how that impacts prices. Is the market undersupplied or oversupplied?
Market growth projections : Review forecasts from real estate analysts on expected market growth or decline in coming years. Incorporate these projections into your analysis.
Competitor analysis : Identify other real estate investors actively acquiring or managing properties in your target areas. Look at their business models and strategies.
Target neighborhood and property analysis : Provide an in-depth analysis of your chosen neighborhoods and target property types. Outline positive attributes, risks, and opportunities.
Demographic analysis : Analyze the demographics of potential tenants or homebuyers for your target properties. Factors like income, age, and family size impact demand.
Local construction and renovation costs : Research materials and labor costs for accurate budgets and understand the permitting process and timelines.
Regional economic outlook : Factor in projections for job growth, new employers, infrastructure projects, and how they may impact the real estate market.

4. SWOT analysis

SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Conducting a SWOT analysis means stepping back from day-to-day business to assess your broader position and path from a strategic lens.

Internal strengths for your real estate investment business may include an experienced team skilled in major rehab projects, strong contractor relationships, or access to private lending capital. Weaknesses might be limited staff for handling tenant maintenance issues across a growing rental portfolio or only having a small number of referral partners for deal flow.

External opportunities can come from accelerating population growth and development in your target market, new zoning favorable to multifamily housing, or record-low mortgage interest rates. Threats could be rising material prices that hurt your flip margins, laws imposing restrictions on non-primary residence owners, or an oversupply of new luxury rentals, allowing tenants to be choosy.

The SWOT analysis highlights strengths to double down on and risks to mitigate in the real estate market.

5. Financial projections

The financial plan helps for both internal preparation and attracting investors. For real estate companies, the financial plan section should cover:

Startup costs : Include the expected startup costs involved to start your investment project, such as getting licenses and permits or paying for legal fees.
Profit and loss forecasts : Create projected profit and loss statements that outline what you think your revenues and expenses will be over the next 3-5 years.
Cash flow projections : Put together projected cash flow statements that show expected cash flow for each month.
Return on investment projections : Project your company's expected ROI over time under the different investment scenarios.
Funding requirements : Based on your forecasts, detail exactly how much capital you will need to start and operate your business until it is profitable. Specify whether you plan to use debt or equity financing.

6. Investment strategy

The investment strategy outlines your niche — will you focus on flipping, buying rentals, commercial properties, or a blend? Define any geographic targets like certain cities or zip codes backed by your research on growth potential.

Specify your criteria for ideal investment properties based on your goals. Decide which factors — age, size, layout, condition, or price point — matter most to you.

You can also use this section to explain how you plan to find deals, whether that's by scouting listed properties, attending foreclosure auctions, or networking to create off-market opportunities.

Clearly conveying your approach allows lenders and potential private investors to grasp your niche, planned pursuits, and process for finding deals. Having a strong strategy that summarizes how you locate, evaluate and capture deals matching your investing thesis can increase lender and private investor confidence in your ability to execute.

7. Marketing plan

Real estate marketing can’t just be an afterthought; it helps attract profitable deals, financing, and tenants to your business, making it a necessary component of your business plan to prioritize.

Components of your marketing plan can include:

Networking: Actively networking at local real estate meetups puts you directly in front of promising off-market opportunities and partnerships with motivated sellers, lenders and contractors in your community.
Social media: Consistently nurturing your social media presence can also pay off to help you find opportunities or potential investors.
Direct marketing: Never underestimate old school direct marketing — sending postcards to addresses with outdated “We Buy Houses” signs or calling the For Sale by Owners numbers from public listings can help you reach motivated sellers.
Listings management: Note that marketing does not end once you own property. To keep rental vacancies filled, leverage listing sites that can publish your units to a wide audience of prospective tenants.

8. Operations plan

Without systems, real estate investors struggle through renovations plagued by cost overruns, shoddy contractors who never call back, and frustrating tenants who always pay late . The operations component of your plan should consider aspects like:

Renovations: Ever lined up a contractor who juggles too many clients and leaves your projects languishing? Create standardized processes for accurate scoping, vetting subs, enforcing deadlines contractually, and maintaining contingency funds.
Business technologies: As your portfolio grows, tasks like tracking income, expenses , assets, and communicating with tenants can quickly overwhelm. Identify technologies early on that help centralize details to avoid getting swamped. Look into property management platforms that automate listings, tenant screening , digitized lease agreements, maintenance work order flows, and communications.
Insurance: Tenants or contractors can sometimes damage assets. Discuss landlord insurance policies to protect you against lawsuits, natural disasters, and major property repairs as you scale up.

9. Team structure

If you plan to grow your team beyond just yourself or a few partners, your business plan should outline your organization's key roles and responsibilities. This helps you consider what positions you may need to fill as your company scales.

Partners or co-founders: These are the main decision-makers and equity holders. Outline their background, skills, and the value they bring.
Property manager: This person handles day-to-day management of properties, tenants and maintenance issues.
Bookkeeper: You may need daily help managing bank accounts, invoices, taxes, and financial reporting.
Contractors and project managers : You'll need trusted renovations, repairs, and landscaping contractors. Dedicated project managers help oversee large jobs.
Leasing agents : As you grow and add more properties, leasing agents handle showings, applications, and signing new tenants.
Real estate attorneys : Real estate investing requires proper legal filings and compliance. Attorneys can help you manage this risk.

10. Exit strategies

Every wise investor plans their exit strategy upfront before acquiring a property. Will you aim to flip the asset quickly or retain it as a rental long-term? What factors determine ideal timing and the right profit margin for you to walk away?

Build flexibility into your strategy, as markets move in unpredictable ways. Especially with flips, have contingency plans if your listing gets lowballs or no offers. Be willing to rent short-term, refinance and hold if possible, convert to condos, or just patiently wait until the market changes. Having reserves and backup options allows you to avoid a distress sale.

Also include plans for strategies after a property sale, like a 1031 exchange to defer capital gains taxes and reinvest in another property. You may want to use sale proceeds to reduce or clear outstanding debts, enhancing cash flow and financial standing.

Tips for your real estate business plan

Now that you know what to include, consider the following four tips to help your real estate investment business plan stand out.

1. Be detailed and specific

Resist the urge to gloss over details as you put together your plan. Drill down on the specifics for parameters like:

Target purchase and rehab costs.
Timelines for completing projects.
Minimum profit margins.
Maximum allowable vacancy rates .
Minimum cash reserves.

2. Refine and update regularly

Markets change, so don't create your business plan and file it away. Review your plan regularly to see how market conditions and your actual results compare to projections.

Make adjustments as needed. Tweak your approach if your rehabs are going over budget or your properties aren't selling as quickly as expected.

Aim to update your full plan annually at a minimum. Even if your overall strategy remains consistent, refresh the details around market factors, financials, tactics, risks, and projections.

3. Seek expert feedback

Before implementing your new real estate investment business plan, seek feedback from advisors who can identify potential issues or weaknesses.

Ask experienced real estate investors in your area to review your plan and provide constructive input. It's also a good idea to share your plan and numbers with your CPA and legal counsel as well.

4. Keep it simple

While specificity is good, don't over complicate your business plan to the point where it becomes difficult to follow. You want to inform readers without confusing them.

The goal is for stakeholders, such as co-investors, lenders, and partners, to easily digest your plan and understand it after a quick skim. Make it easy for readers to grasp your reasons behind focusing on a given area or project type based on market conditions and opportunity.

A property investment business plan fit to your goals

After finally finishing your business plan, you’re probably eager to dive into tangible investments rather than tweaking spreadsheets. But in the real estate industry, even experienced investors periodically step back and update strategies.

Approach your business plan as a living document that evolves as the market shifts, as you create new partnerships, or when you need to make changes in strategy. Set reminders to revisit quarterly and confirm your activities of today still align with the vision from day one.

Solid planning is proven to improve outcomes in dynamic industries like real estate investing. Though preparation isn’t glamorous, it pays dividends. Thoughtfully constructing your playbook puts the odds of executing successfully in your favor.

With a solid blueprint backed by your research, you’re now ready to capture the best real estate investment opportunities.

Business plan real estate investor FAQs

How do i stay flexible and adapt my business plan to changes in the market.

To stay flexible, review your real estate investing business plan regularly and update it based on changes in market conditions, trends, and opportunities. If things change in the market, find ways to adapt your strategy. This can include your goals, target market, financing, and even your exit plans.

How do I know if my real estate investing business plan is effective?

You'll know your business plan is effective if you're meeting the key objectives and metrics you outlined. Let's say your plan called for you to purchase a certain number of properties and achieve a specific cash flow or rate of return. If you're falling short, you can use the plan to course-correct.

Are there any specific software or tools for creating a real estate investing business plan?

Azibo is a helpful software tool for creating real estate investing business plans. This comprehensive platform has templates and tools to build out key sections of your plan. Its robust accounting and financial capabilities help construct accurate statements and projections.

Incorporating Azibo's online rent collection allows you to model cash flows. By centralizing lease documents , accounting, and portfolio management, Azibo streamlines the process of putting together a strategically sound real estate business plan.

Important Note: This post is for informational and educational purposes only. It should not be taken as legal, accounting, or tax advice, nor should it be used as a substitute for such services. Always consult your own legal, accounting, or tax counsel before taking any action based on this information.

Nichole co-founded Gateway Private Equity Group, with a history of investments in single-family and multi-family properties, and now a specialization in hotel real estate investments. She is also the creator of NicsGuide.com, a blog dedicated to real estate investing.

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Real Estate Investment Business Plan

Over the past 20+ years, we have helped over 5,000 entrepreneurs and business owners create business plans to start and grow their real estate businesses. On this page, we will first give you some background information with regards to the importance of business planning. We will then go through a real estate investing business plan step-by-step so you can create your plan today.

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What is a Real Estate Business Plan?

A successful business plan provides a snapshot of your real estate business as it stands today, and lays out your growth plan for the next five years. It explains your business goals and your strategy for reaching them. It also includes market research to support your plans.

Why Successful Real Estate Investors Use a Business Plan

If you’re looking to start a real estate business or grow your existing business you need a business plan. A solid business plan will help guide your business strategy, your investment strategy and your decision-making. Having a comprehensive business plan is crucial for several reasons:

To Secure Financing : Most lenders and investors want to see a well-reasoned business plan before they consider funding your real estate venture. Your plan should convince them that you fully understand your market, have a viable strategy and have a management team that can execute. These factors in your plan give investors the confidence that they’ll receive an adequate return on their investment, and make lenders feel that you’ll be able to pay their loan back with interest.
To Identify Business Goals and Objectives : A business plan helps you to clearly define what you want to achieve with your real estate business over the next five years. These objectives include financial goals, such as revenue targets, or operational goals, such as property acquisition rates.
To Understand the Market : Conducting market research and including this in your business plan gives you a deeper understanding of the real estate market you’re entering, including potential challenges and real estate investment opportunities. This knowledge helps you craft better marketing, operational, financial and strategic decisions.
To Plan for Growth : Your business plan should outline the milestones you expect to achieve over the coming months and years. This helps keep you and your team focused and less prone to become distracted with new opportunities that may push you in the wrong direction.
To Manage Risk : By identifying potential risks in your business plan, you can devise strategies to mitigate them. This proactive approach can save your business from potential pitfalls in the future.

In summary, developing a strategic business plan is a key step for real estate investors who want to launch or expand their business successfully. Your plan will improve and lay out your strategy and keep you focused so you can flawlessly execute it.

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How to write a business plan for a real estate investment company.

A detailed real estate investment business plan should include 10 sections as follows:

Executive Summary

Company analysis, industry analysis, customer analysis, competitive analysis, marketing plan, operations plan, management team, financial plan.

Your executive summary provides an introduction to your business plan, but it is normally the last section you write because it provides a summary of each key section of your plan.

The goal of your Executive Summary is to quickly engage the reader. Explain to them the type of real estate investing business you are operating and the status; for example, are you a startup, do you have a business that you would like to grow, or are you operating a chain of real estate investment companies?

Next, provide an overview of each of the subsequent sections of your plan. For example, give a brief overview of the real estate industry. Discuss the type of real estate investment business you are operating. Detail your direct competitors. Give an overview of your target customers. Provide a snapshot of your marketing strategies. Identify the key team members, and offer an overview of your financial plan.

In your company analysis, you will provide a company description of the real estate investment business you are operating.

For example, you might operate one of the following types: Real estate investment companies do two basic things: invest in real estate and trade in real estate.

Real estate investment is a long-term investment wherein you purchase real estate with the intent of keeping properties to rent out.
Real estate trading is a short-term investment, wherein you buy a property that needs fixing up and flip it for a higher price soon after.

In addition to explaining the type of real estate investment company you operate, the Company Analysis section of your real estate business plan needs to provide background on the business. Include answers to question such as:

When and why did you start the business?
What milestones have you achieved to date? Milestones could include sales goals you’ve reached, new store openings, etc.
Your legal business structure. Are you incorporated as an S-Corp? An LLC? A sole proprietorship? Explain your legal structure here.

In your industry analysis, you need to provide an overview of the real estate investing business.

While this may seem unnecessary, it serves multiple purposes.

First, researching the real estate investment industry educates you. It helps you understand the target market in which you are operating.

Secondly, market research can improve your strategy particularly if your research identifies market trends. For example, if there was a trend towards increasing foreclosures in a particular city, it would be helpful to ensure your plan calls for an increased focus in this real estate market.

The third reason for market research is to prove to readers that you are an expert in your industry. By conducting the research and presenting it in your plan, you achieve just that.

The following questions should be answered in the industry analysis section of your real estate investing business plan:

How big is the real estate investment industry (in dollars)?
Is the real estate market declining or increasing?
Who are the key competitors in the market?
Who are the key suppliers in the market?
What trends are affecting the industry?
What is the industry’s growth forecast over the next 5 – 10 years?
What is the relevant market size? That is, how big is the target market for your real estate investment business. You can extrapolate such a figure by assessing the size of the market in the entire country and then applying that figure to your local population.

The customer analysis section of your real estate investing business plan must detail the customers you serve and/or expect to serve. The following are examples of customer segments: mortgage holders, home buyers, renters, etc.

As you can imagine, the customer segment(s) you choose will have a great impact on the type of real estate investment business you operate. Clearly first-time home buyers would want different pricing and product options, and would respond to different marketing efforts than banks.

Try to break out your target customers in terms of their demographic and psychographic profiles. With regards to demographics, include a discussion of the ages, genders, locations and income levels of the customers you seek to serve. Because most real estate investment businesses primarily serve customers living in their same city or town, such demographic information is easy to find on government websites.

Psychographic profiles explain the wants and needs of your target customers. The more you can understand and define these needs, the better you will do in attracting and retaining your customers.

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Your competitive analysis should identify the indirect and direct competitors your business faces and then focus on the latter.

Direct competitors are other real estate investment businesses.

Indirect competitors are other options that customers have to purchase from that aren’t direct competitors. This includes property management companies, realtors, and DIY home fixer-uppers. You need to mention such competition to show you understand that not everyone who purchases or leases real estate uses a real estate investment business to do so.

With regards to direct competition, you want to detail the other real estate investment businesses with which you compete. Most likely, your direct competitors will be real estate investment businesses located very close to your location.

For each such competitor, provide an overview of their businesses and document their strengths and weaknesses. Unless you once worked at your competitors’ businesses, it will be impossible to know everything about them. But you should be able to find out key things about them such as:

What types of customers do they serve?
What products do they offer?
What is their pricing (premium, low, etc.)?
What are they good at?
What are their weaknesses?

With regards to the last two questions, think about your answers from the customers’ perspective. And don’t be afraid to ask your competitors’ customers what they like most and least about them.

The final part of your competitive analysis section is to document your competitive advantages. For example:

Will you specialize in a particular real estate type or market?
Will you provide services that your competitors don’t offer?
Will you make it easier or faster for customers to acquire your real estate?
Will you provide better customer service?
Will you offer better pricing?

Think about ways you will outperform your competition and document them in this section of your plan.

Traditionally, a marketing plan includes the four P’s: Product, Price, Place, and Promotion. For a real estate investing business, your marketing plan should include the following:

Product : in the product section you should reiterate the type of real estate investment company that you documented in your Company Analysis. Then, detail the specific products you will be offering. For example, will you offer residential properties, or commercial properties?

Price : Document the prices you will offer and how they compare to your competitors. In this section, you are presenting the types of real estate you offer and the current price ranges.

Place : Place refers to the location of your business. Document your location and mention how the location will impact your success. For example, is your real estate investment business located in a market with a high foreclosure rate, or with a low inventory of office space. Discuss how your location might provide a steady stream of customers.

Promotions : Here you will document how you will drive customers to your location(s). The following are some promotional methods you might consider:

Advertising in local papers and magazines
Reaching out to local bloggers and websites
Social media advertising
Local radio advertising
Banner ads at local venues

While the earlier sections of your business plan explained your goals, your operations plan describes how you will meet them. Your operations plan should have two distinct sections as follows.

Everyday short-term processes include all of the tasks involved in running your real estate investment business such as finding properties to acquire, marketing completed properties, overseeing renovations, etc.

Long-term goals are the milestones you hope to achieve. These could include the dates when you expect to flip your 25th house, or when you hope to reach $X in sales. It could also be when you expect to hire your Xth employee or launch in a new market.

While the earlier sections of your real estate business plan explained your goals, your operations plan describes how you will meet them. Your operations plan should have two distinct sections as follows.

Your financial plan should include your 5-year financial statement broken out both monthly or quarterly for the first year and then annually. Your financial statements include your income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statements.

Income Statement

An income statement is more commonly called a Profit and Loss statement or P&L. It shows your revenues and then subtracts your costs to show whether you turned a profit or not.

In developing your income statement, you need to devise assumptions. For example, will sales grow by 2% or 10% per year? As you can imagine, your choice of assumptions will greatly impact the financial forecasts for your business. As much as possible, conduct research to try to root your assumptions in reality.

Balance Sheets

While balance sheets include much information, to simplify them to the key items you need to know about, balance sheets show your assets and liabilities. For instance, if you spend $100,000 on building out your real estate investment business, that will not give you immediate profits. Rather it is an asset that will hopefully help you generate profits for years to come. Likewise, if a bank writes you a check for $100.000, you don’t need to pay it back immediately. Rather, that is a liability you will pay back over time.

Cash Flow Statement

Your cash flow statement will help determine how much money you need to start or grow your business, and make sure you never run out of money. What most entrepreneurs and business owners don’t realize is that you can turn a profit but run out of money and go bankrupt. For example, let’s say you signed a commercial tenant that needs an extensive build out, that would cost you $50,000 to complete. Well, in most cases, you would have to pay that $50,000 now for materials, equipment rentals, employee salaries, etc. But rent will not cover build-out costs for 180 days. During that 180 day period, you could run out of money.

In developing your Income Statement and Balance Sheets be sure to include several of the key costs needed in starting or growing a real estate investment business:

Location build-out including design fees, construction, etc.
Renovation costs
Cost of depreciation
Payroll or salaries paid to staff
Business insurance
Property management software
Taxes and permits
Legal expenses

Attach your full financial projections in the appendix of your plan along with any supporting documents that make your plan more compelling. For example, you might include your store design blueprint or location lease.

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Real Estate Investment Business Plan Summary

Putting together a business plan for your real estate investment company will improve your company’s chances of success. The process of developing your plan will help you better understand the real estate investment market, your competition, and your customers. You will also gain a marketing plan to better attract and serve customers, an operations plan to focus your efforts, and financial projections that give you goals to strive for and keep your company focused.

Growthink’s Ultimate Real Estate Business Plan Template is the quickest and easiest way to complete a business plan for your real estate investing business.

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5 Real Estate Business Plan Examples & How to Create One?

Written by: Danesh Ramuthi Nov 28, 2023

Crafting a business plan is essential for any business and the real estate sector is no exception. In real estate, a comprehensive business plan serves as a roadmap, delineating a clear path towards business growth.

It guides owners, agents and brokers through various critical aspects such as identifying target markets, devising effective marketing strategies, planning finances and managing client relationships.

For real estate businesses, a well-written plan is crucial in attracting potential investors, showcasing the company’s mission statement, business model and long-term income goals.

So, how can you write one?

Leveraging tools like Venngage Business Plan Make r with their Business Plan Templates to create your own real estate business plan can be transformative.

They offer a lot of real estate business plan examples and templates, streamlining the process of crafting a comprehensive plan.

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How to write a real estate business plan?

Wrapping Up

5 Real estate business plan examples

As I have said before, a well-crafted business plan is a key to success. Whether you’re a seasoned agent or just starting out, examples of effective real estate business plans can offer invaluable insights.

These examples showcase a range of strategies and approaches tailored to various aspects of the real estate market. They serve as guides to structuring a plan that addresses key components like market analysis, marketing strategies, financial planning and client management, ensuring a solid foundation for any real estate venture.

Real estate business plan example

There are various elements in a real estate business plan that must be integrated. Incorporating these elements into a real estate business plan ensures a comprehensive approach to launching and growing a successful real estate business.

What are they?

Executive summary: The executive summary is a concise overview of the real estate business plan. It highlights the mission statement, outlines the business goals and provides a snapshot of the overall strategy.
Company overview: An overview on the history and structure of the real estate business. It includes the company’s mission and vision statements, information about the founding team and the legal structure of the business.
Service: Here, the business plan details the specific services offered by the real estate agency. This could range from residential property sales and leasing to commercial real estate services. The section should clearly articulate how these services meet the needs of the target client and how they stand out from competitors.
Strategies: A very crucial part of the plan outlines the strategies for achieving business goals. It covers marketing strategies to generate leads, pricing strategies for services, and tactics for effective client relationship management. Strategies for navigating market shifts, identifying key market trends and leveraging online resources for property listings and real estate listing presentations to help with lead generation are also included.
Financial plan: The financial plan is a comprehensive section detailing the financial projections of the business. It includes income statements, cash flow statements, break-even analysis and financial goals. Besides, a financial plan section also outlines how resources will be allocated to different areas of the business and the approach to managing the financial aspects of the real estate market, such as average sales price and housing market trends.

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Real estate investment business plan example

A real estate investment business plan is a comprehensive blueprint that outlines the goals and strategies of a real estate investment venture. It serves as a roadmap, ensuring that all facets of real estate investment are meticulously considered.

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Creating a business plan for real estate investment is a critical step for any investor, regardless of their experience level Typically, these plans span one to five years, offering a detailed strategy for future company objectives and the steps required to achieve them.

Key components:

Executive summary: Snapshot of the business, outlining its mission statement, target market, and core strategies. It should be compelling enough to attract potential investors and partners.
Market analysis: A thorough analysis of the real estate market, including current trends, average sales prices and potential market shifts.
Financial projections: Detailed financial plans, including income statements, cash flow analysis, and break-even analysis.
Strategy & implementation: Outlines how the business plans to achieve its goals. This includes marketing efforts to generate leads, pricing strategies and client relationship management techniques.
Legal structure & resource allocation: Details the legal structure of the business and how resources will be allocated across various operations, including property acquisitions, renovations and management.

Real estate agent business plan example

A real estate agent business plan is a strategic document that outlines the operations and goals of a real estate agent or agency. It is a crucial tool for communicating with potential lenders, partners or shareholders about the nature of the business and its potential for profitability.

A well-crafted real estate agent business plan will include

Where you are today: A clear understanding of your current position in the market, including strengths, weaknesses and market standing.
Where you aim to be: Sets specific, measurable goals for future growth, whether it’s expanding the client base, entering new markets or increasing sales.
How can you get there: Outlines the strategies and action plans to achieve these goals, including marketing campaigns, client acquisition strategies and business development initiatives.
Measuring your performance: Defines the key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to assess progress towards the set goals, such as sales figures, client satisfaction rates and market share.
Course correction: Establishes a process for regular review and adjustment of the plan, ensuring flexibility to adapt to market changes, shifts in client needs and other external factors.

For real estate agents, a comprehensive business plan is not just a roadmap to success; it is a dynamic tool that keeps them accountable and adaptable to market changes.

Realtor business plan example

A realtor business plan is a comprehensive document that outlines the strategic direction and goals of a real estate business. It’s an essential tool for realtors looking to either launch or expand their business in the competitive real estate market. The plan typically includes details about the company’s mission, objectives, target market and strategies for achieving its goals.

Benefits of a realtor business plan and applications:

For launching or expanding businesses: The plan helps real estate agents to structure their approach to entering new markets or growing in existing ones, providing a clear path to follow.
Securing loans and investments: A well-drafted business plan is crucial for securing financing for real estate projects, such as purchasing new properties or renovating existing ones.
Guideline for goal achievement: The plan serves as a guideline to stay on track with sales and profitability goals, allowing realtors to make informed decisions and adjust strategies as needed.
Valuable for real estate investors: Investors can use the template to evaluate potential real estate businesses and properties for purchase, ensuring they align with their investment goals.
Improving business performance: By filling out a realtor business plan template , realtors can gain insights into the strengths and weaknesses of their business, using this information to enhance profitability and operational efficiency.

A realtor business plan is more than just a document; it’s a roadmap for success in the real estate industry.

Writing a real estate business plan is a comprehensive process that involves several key steps. Here’s a detailed guide to help you craft an effective business plan :

Tell your story : Start with a self-evaluation. Define who you are as a real estate agent, why you are in this business and what you do. Develop your mission statement, vision statement and an executive summary.
Analyze your target real estate market : Focus on local market trends rather than national or state-wide levels. Examine general trends, market opportunities, saturations, and local competition. This step requires thorough research into the real estate market you plan to operate in.
Identify your target client : After understanding your market, identify the niche you aim to serve and the type of clients you want to target. Create a client persona that reflects their specific needs and concerns.
Conduct a SWOT analysis : Analyze your business’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. This should reflect a combination of personal attributes and external market conditions.
Establish your SMART goals : Set specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely goals. These goals could be financial, expansion-related or based on other business metrics.
Create your financial plan : Account for all operating expenses, including marketing and lead generation costs. Calculate the number of transactions needed to meet your financial goals. Remember to separate personal and business finances.
Revisit your business plan to monitor & evaluate : Treat your business plan as a living document. Plan periodic reviews (quarterly, semi-annually or annually) to check if your strategies are advancing you toward your goals.
Defining your mission & vision : Include a clear mission and vision statement. Describe your business type, location, founding principles and what sets you apart from competitors.
Creating a marketing plan : Develop a marketing plan that addresses the product, price, place and promotion of your services. Determine your pricing strategy, promotional methods and marketing channels.
Forming a team : Ensure the cooperation of colleagues, supervisors and supervisees involved in your plan. Clarify their roles and how their participation will be evaluated.

Related: 15+ Business Plan Examples to Win Your Next Round of Funding

Wrapping up

The journey to a successful real estate venture is intricately linked to the quality and depth of your business plan. From understanding the nuances of the real estate market to setting strategic goals, a well-crafted business plan acts as the backbone of any thriving real estate business. Whether you’re developing a general real estate business plan, focusing on investment, working as an agent, or operating as a realtor, each plan type serves its unique purpose and addresses specific aspects of the real estate world.

The examples and insights provided in this article serve as a guide to help you navigate the complexities of the real estate industry. Remember, a real estate business plan is not a static document but a dynamic blueprint that evolves with your business and the ever-changing market trends.

Crafting a strategic real estate business plan is a crucial step towards achieving your business goals. So, start shaping your vision today with Venngage.

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How to Create a Real Estate Investment Business Plan for Residential Rental Properties (Free Template)

Ready to unlock the potential of real estate investment and build your financial future? Whether you’re an experienced investor or just starting out , crafting a well-thought-out business plan is critical if you're to succeed in the world of residential rental properties.

This article will guide you through the essential steps, considerations, and components of creating a real estate investment business plan. Plus, we've got a valuable free template to make your journey even more manageable.

Why You Need a Business Plan for Real Estate Investment

Crafting an effective real estate investment business plan is about more than paperwork; it's about turning your aspirations into achievements.

Creating a formalized business plan for your real estate investment venture is tantamount to success. It forces you—the investor—to organize your thoughts, feelings, goals, and ideas moving forward in the business in a single, powerful document.

Remember, this is a living document meant to be flexible as your business grows or changes tactics over the years. It keeps you on target, helps expand your business, and keeps your financial goals on track.

It’s also a helpful document for potential investors, creditors, and partners to peruse before pursuing a business venture with you.

And speaking of collaborators, finding sample real estate investment business plans or a template to download to get you started is a good idea. But before diving into that, let's look at a few general considerations that will shape your plan.

General Considerations for a Real Estate Investment Business Plan

Before you start actually writing your business plan, there are a few general considerations to keep in mind:

The Why. When you start any new venture, it’s good to know you’ve got the strength to realize your goals, even when things get tricky. Defining why you’re embarking upon this real estate investment journey is necessary if you want to reach your destination. Why do you want to invest in real estate? To create financial independence? To serve the community? To provide for your family? Everyone’s “why” is unique to them. As such, your underlying motivation should be the starting point of creating a business plan. Everything follows from this origin.
Financial Goals. Next, it’s wise to consider your financial goals. What are you hoping to accomplish financially? This is a business, and having defined financial goals will help keep your real estate investments trending in the right direction.
Timeline. When do you want to achieve all this? Are you taking this business from now until retirement or looking to flip a few houses before the decade closes? Having a general timeline in mind when planning means you’ll be realistic about what goals you can accomplish.
Real Estate Investment Strategy. There are countless ways to jumpstart your real estate investments. Doing a bit of research to discover which real estate investment strategies best suit your financial goals and desired timeline will ensure your business plan is realistic moving forward.

These considerations form the foundation of your real estate investment business plan. But how do you piece it together and create a comprehensive, winning document?

Spoiler alert: Property managers can be your secret weapon in crafting an airtight plan and guiding you through your investment journey.

But first, let's explore the essential components of your business plan and how a property manager can make the process smoother.

Essential Components of a Business Plan for Real Estate Investment

A well-thought-out business plan for real estate investment should help you secure the financing and partnerships needed to bring your dream to fruition.

To do this, it must include the following components:

Executive Summary: a bird’s eye view. The first section of a business plan is like an abstract for a research paper. Here, you’ll introduce the plan and give an overview of what comes later in the document.
Define your team. Who are you bringing on this journey? What are their qualifications? This section can attract new investors and partners by touting the team's accomplishments.
Outline marketing strategy. A business plan won’t succeed without a marketing strategy to connect with potential clients, in this case, future tenants. Your real estate business plan must include understanding the need for top-quality marketing and a method to market your business successfully. Will you run social media ads? Rent local billboard space?
Demonstrate initiative and a willingness to learn. Include a section to show that you know this industry, have researched the competition, and are aware of local real estate market trends and areas for growth. This will communicate to potential investors you’re willing to put in the elbow grease it takes to succeed long-term in this business.
Describe the “What”. What services will you offer? What type of properties will you invest in? What are the next steps to your plan moving forward?

As you dive deeper into your real estate investment journey, remember that the strength of every property manager relationship reflects the property owner's dedication.

How to Create a Residential Real Estate Business Plan Quickly

If you're looking to create a residential real estate business plan quickly, here are a few must-have tips to get you started:

Define: Mission. Vision. Values. A business is only as strong as its “big three” pillars: the mission, vision, and values. Begin your business plan by defining what the purpose of your business is (its mission), your plan to bring this mission to life (vision), and the values that will guide your actions when the going gets tough. Careful consideration of these will give you clarity when finding team members to build your business later on. You need people who click with what your business stands for.
Identify short and long-term goals. A real estate business is only as successful as it prepares to be. Remember the adage: if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Spending time identifying short (3-12 months out) and long (1-5 years in the future) term goals gives you and your team ways to mark the journey to success with well-defined milestones.
Figure out the finances. How will you fund your business? There are many ways to find capital to bring your real estate business plan to life, but you may have to get creative. And you’ll need to stay organized and on task to bring your financial goals to fruition.
Find the perfect property manager. The quickest way to accomplish this magnificent business plan you’re creating? Hire a property manager to help you skip the grunt work. But while finding the right manager for your business isn’t easy—you’ll need to research and interview several property managers before you get a feel for what’s best for you—the road will be much less bumpy with a solid business plan in hand.

How a Property Manager Can Help You Create a Real Estate Investment Business Plan

A property manager can help you create a real estate investment business plan in five important ways.

Provide you with insights into the local real estate market.
Help you identify and evaluate potential investment properties.
Help you develop a marketing strategy to attract tenants.
Help you manage your finances and keep track of your expenses.
Provide you with guidance and support throughout the investment process.

When you enter property manager interviews armed with a robust business plan, you demonstrate your commitment and pave the way for a successful partnership.

Ultimately, creating the ideal business plan for real estate investment begins with you. Every property manager relationship is only as strong as the drive of the property owner.

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Sample Real Estate Investing Business Plan

If you’ve been scouring the web trying to find a sample business plan so you can get your real estate investing business off the ground, look no further.

On this page, I will provide you a real, sample real estate investing business plan.

I will also give you step-by-step instructions to help you create your own business plan so you can stop sitting around and start investing in real estate.

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I put together this infographic which will help break down the elements of planning (and backward planning), then we’ll pick it up on the other side with more information about crafting your sample business plan.

There are a lot of paths to go down in our quest to achieve financial independence and create a long-term residual income. With a business plan, you are: ** Nearly 2x more likely to succeed than those without a plan ** **49% more likely to grow than those without a plan** ** 2x as likely to get investment capital ** ** 30% more growth potential than those without a plan **

Writing Your Business Plan

Before you even start typing, you need to know your goals and write them down. The infographic above has an example of how to backward plan and fill in the blanks.

Alright, now that you have a general idea of where you are going and how you will get there, you are ready to start writing your business plan.

What You Need Before Starting Your Investing Business Plan

Before you get started writing your business plan, you need to put together a few pieces of information:

Business plan writing software (I use LivePlan )
Your target market
Your analysis criteria
How you will find real estate deals
How you plan to finance your properties
How you plan to rent/sell your properties (exit strategy).

1) Start Writing the Pitch

The first thing I like to do is write the pitch. Imagine yourself on a 30-second elevator ride to the 10th floor of some building, and you happen to be riding along with the CEO, or finance manager of some investing firm. What could you say to that person in 30 seconds to make them want to sit down and hear more?

real estate investing business plan pitch

That’s your pitch.

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Click on the image to see an example of a “pitch” (it’s just a fictitious company I made up for this example).

The business plan writing software that I use puts this all together for me and even hosts it on a unique webpage so I can email the pitch if I want. Obviously, you don’t have to get that fancy – you could even put something together in PowerPoint if you want.

Writing this pitch is going to help you start working on a few important details:

The Real Estate Problem You are Solving (and Your Solution)

This is how you will position yourself and be better than everybody else…and fully expect it to change over time.

When we first started investing, we focused on student rentals. More specifically, we realized that foreign students had a hard time finding good apartments and trusting their rent and security deposit wouldn’t be stolen before they arrived in the United States.
Though that was our focus, we also bought other buildings if the numbers made sense…and our mission changed to acquiring under-valued properties and using my expertise to renovate them cheaply.
Finally, as we grew, we have incorporated those other things into our target investments but now we are focused on building systems that other smaller landlords couldn’t have in place.

The great thing about real estate, when compared to other startup businesses, is the financials are already out there for you. You can easily look at any property and get the current owner’s proforma rent (rent and expenses on paper under ideal circumstances).

In other industries, you may be stuck guessing what your retail demand will be, what your advertising, marketing, and other overhead might be.

In real estate, it’s easy to find and easy to estimate in the absence of actual numbers. My point is, there is no reason why your financials section shouldn’t be amazing . It should be spot on so you can impress whoever your lender will be.

Since the financial section should be easy to figure out, it’s what I like to work on second.

2) Create an Amazing Financial Forecast

The financial forecast should be pretty boring and not hard for you to determine.

There is nothing terribly exciting about the financial section of a business plan. There is even less excitement with real estate financials. If you aren’t actively buying more property, then your revenue and expenses should literally never change.

And in this example, you can see how I plan for absolutely no change throughout most of 2016 for this made-up company.

But then something happens – I plan to buy more property!

But then it flatlines again.

Your banker, financier, or private lender will know real estate inside and out. They will know how much people spend on maintenance, collections, etc.

So, if the numbers in your plan are out of line, they will see it.

If you’re lucky, they will assume it’s a simple mistake, let you amend the numbers and move on… or they may think you’re a novice and it could jeopardize your financing. So spend more time on this section than any other

Honestly, I probably spend 3 or 4 hours just making up numbers for this example. It would take me a few days to get everything perfect if I were using this for funding.

3) The Rest of the Business Plan

Maybe it seems weird that I just throw it all together at the end, but in real estate, it’s pretty true. If you’ve created a solid plan utilizing the backward planning method, then created a pitch and did a solid job on your financials, the rest of the plan will fill itself in.

Sure, there may be a few areas that you haven’t put thought into yet, but that’s the purpose of the business plan.

The great thing is, the pitch uses these categories as well, so it gives you a great starting place.

Here is a quick breakdown of the real estate business plan categories

Executive Summary

The Executive Summary is a brief outline of the company’s purpose and goals and should include:

A brief description of products and services. For real estate, this could mean single family vs multi-family, self-storage, commercial, etc.
A summary of objectives.
A solid description of the market. How is your niche growing and what does the future look like in your particular market?
Financial justification. What your profit margins look like and how you plan to make money. Include growth potential
An overview of funding requirements.

Find your Business Opportunity

Every business finds an Opportunity to exploit. Essentially, opportunities are created by problems which you will solve. There may be a lack of low-income housing, or on the opposite side, a lack of luxury apartments. Other problems may be poor management, high eviction rates, or a lack/excess of a particular type of real estate.

It may be helpful to answer these four questions to help you define your opportunity:

Where do you make your money? – What niche of the market will you operate in?
How do you spend your time? – Will you focus on management, maintenance, finding investments, etc.
Who do you sell? – Are your target tenants businesses, low-income, high-income, students, or something else.
What do you sell them? – Are you selling tiny (green) homes to high-income individuals or large homes to middle-income people with families?

Execution of your Business Plan

Writing the execution part of your business plan isn’t always easy because it includes some big sections. In the execution section, you will have Operations, Marketing & Sales, Milestones, Metrics, and anything else that will affect your investments on a day-to-day basis.

Operations – This includes technology you may use (property management software), locations, management plan, and anything else that affects the day-to-day operations of your business and investments.

Marketing & Sales – This may include how you plan to stage and rent properties or to sell your real estate. From online listings all the way down to your concept for showings.

Milestones – How fast do you want to grow, when will you raise rents, when do you want to hire your first employee… anything can be a milestone and it’s unique to your particular investing strategy.

Metrics – It’s important to determine how you measure success. There are many ways to measure this, but in real estate, it could be the number of units, yearly income, or net worth among other things.

Company Profile

The company profile section is where you “sell” the management team and history of the company. If you have a lot of experience in real estate, then really highlight it in this section.

If you don’t have a strong real estate background (a lot of new investors have very little experience) then focus on talking about your “team” such as your real estate agent, accountant, attorney, contractors, and other professionals

Remember all the numbers you worked on before? Well, this is the where they go.

Try not to create pages and pages of useless graphs, charts, or spreadsheets. Try to put the important information up front, and tuck supporting spreadsheets in the back as a reference.

Another note – profit is really important in business, but cash-flow is more important. In real estate, it’s quite possible that a company can be profitable but cash-flow negative. It’s also possible to exhaust cash reserves and fail to meet debt obligations, even if you planned on earning a fortune in just a few months.

Your financial section should show your solid cash-flow management plan.

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Wrapping up Your Real Estate Investment Business Plan

The design is an important last step. People are more likely to read through your business plan and judge it’s content if it has a beautiful and easy to read design. Spend plenty of time making it colorful, make the headings pop, and work hard to draw attention to the areas you want to highlight.

With that last piece of advice, I hope I’ve been able to give you some specific advice about real estate investing and your business plan.

Check out LivePlan and give it a shot. It’s an amazing product!

And if you haven’t already yet, get a copy of the free business plan for real estate investors

Eric Bowlin has 15 years of experience in the real estate industry and is a real estate investor, author, speaker, real estate agent, and coach. He focuses on multifamily, house flipping. and wholesaling and has owned over 470 units of multifamily.

Eric spends his time with his family, growing his businesses, diversifying his income, and teaching others how to achieve financial independence through real estate.

You may have seen Eric on Forbes, Bigger Pockets, Trulia, WiseBread, TheStreet, Inc, The Texan, Dallas Morning News, dozens of podcasts, and many others.

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People would always need to find places. Be it for offices, homes, and whatnot.

Finding the ideal place irrespective of your needs and requirements is never a cakewalk, to begin with.

You can go through a number of real estates business plan templates before you write your plan.

Industry Overview

The market size, measured by revenue, of the Real Estate Sales and brokerage industry, is $156.2bn in 2021, and the industry is expected to increase by 0.4% in 2021.

Also, the market is changing at a rapid rate and the way people use spaces is changing at a rapid rate too.

Hence, to get on or stay on the higher end of the spectrum you’ll need to upskill and change the way you do business constantly.

But that is a fair trade for the amount of growth and profitability this industry has to offer.

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Things to Consider Before Writing a Real Estate Business Plan

Be specific.

The real estate industry is broad when it comes to work and what you can do. It can either be a source of primary or passive income. At the same time, you might be involved in the industry as an investor, agent, or builder. Decide what you want to do and plan on that basis.

Do your research

The trends of the real estate business change constantly, hence doing your research and updating it constantly is a crucial part of your profession.

As your knowledge and expertise is your greatest asset in this industry, keep expanding it to stay at the top of things.

Build a team of skilled professionals

Having a team you can build your real estate business with is essential.

Select a group of individuals with a diverse set of talents ranging from good communication skills to brilliant analytical skills. Given the dynamics of the real estate business, you never know what skills might come in handy in your business journey.

Be ready for change

As we have constantly discussed, real estate is a dynamic industry. Change is the only constant you’ll have in this business.

Thus, it is important for everything from your plan and way of doing business to be change-friendly.

Sources of Funding for a Real Estate Business

Gaining funds is one of the major reasons for writing a business plan. And here are a few good funding options for your real estate business:

A traditional loan is one of the most basic options for getting funded. You can opt for this if you have a good credit score.

Non-bank mortgage lending

This is a good option if you don’t want to go through a lot of paperwork.

The asset-based mortgage

For this, the lenders look at the rental value of your property and provide a loan on that basis. It is a good option if you don’t want or can’t get a loan based on your personal assets or income.

Above all, it is essential to plan your business to figure out your funding requirements and the right way to fulfill the same.

Write Your Business Plan

If you have enough connections, and the ability to find places for people that have attributes they want and need then a real estate business can be a profitable one for you.

A business plan helps you get funded, explain your ideas to the stakeholders of your business, and make better decisions.

Hence, planning is an important aspect of starting or growing your business.

It has been created using Upmetrics online business plan software that helps you create dynamic and customizable plans anywhere and at any time.

Our sample real estate business plan can help you with writing a well-rounded business plan for your business. It can act as a guide and prevent you from getting stuck in a certain section for too long.

Real Estate Business Plan Outline

This is the standard real estate business plan outline which will cover all important sections that you should include in your business plan.

Market Opportunity
Demand for Housing
Financing & Investment Forecast
Introducing Kegan
Business Model
Short Term Goals
Long Term Strategies
Keys to Success
Contemporary Living for the 21″ Century
The Complete Package
Pricing Strategy
Implementation Strategy – Action Plan
Target Market Overview
Housing Shortage Overview in Saudi Arabia
Housing Shortage Overview in Riyadh
Housing Prices
Kegan Home Prices
Market Positioning & Brand
Marketing Strategies
Sales Strategies
Sales Process
Competitive Landscape
Competitive Advantages
Rashid Bin Said
Director of Construction
Member name
Chief Accountant
Director of Marketing & Sales
Other Staff
Independent Directors
Solid Balance Sheet
Impressive Cashflow
Financial Summary
Financial Assumptions
Income Statement (Five-Year Projections)
Balance Sheet (Five-Year Projections)
Cash Flow Statement (Five-Year Projection)

After getting started with Upmetrics , you can copy this sample real estate business plan into your business plan and modify the required information and download your real estate business plan pdf or doc file.

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10 Real Estate Investing Tips For Beginners & Pros

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June 5, 2024

When you’re investing in real estate, it can feel like you’re walking on a tightrope at times.

Especially if you’re a landlord with a smaller portfolio.

Balancing the highs of generating passive income with the lows of market swings, tenant problems, growing expenses, and the natural learning curve can feel overwhelming.

And if you’re investing in fix & flips or building an AirBnB portfolio, it can get even more hectic.

But what if there were ways to minimize the chaos and gain more traction as you do it?

In this guide, that’s what we aim to help you with. We’re going to break down 10 real estate investing tips that will help you adopt the right mindset, approach common problems the right way, and make the shift from beginner to seasoned professional.

Tip #1 – It’s All About The Risk

Successful investors know this more than anything — it’s all about the risk.

From the properties you’re looking at, to the renovations you make, the tenants you sign, risk is involved with every decision you’re going to be making.

The key, though, is to understand what those risks look like so you can make calculated, educated decisions.

As an example, not every tenant that applies is going to treat your property the way you do. They may terminate the lease early or even cause property damage. Expecting this can save you a ton of heartache.

Or a flip could look profitable in the beginning but once you start taking it down to its bones you could run into major repairs that need to be completed before the house is ready to sell.

For most investors, you’ll need to experience these frustrations in order to learn from them. It’s the nature of real estate investing .

But when you understand the risks, you can learn to embrace them — and make decisions to mitigate as much of that risk as possible.

Tip #2 – Your Network > Everything Else

If you’re trying to hide away in your office while you build a successful real estate company, it’s going to be a lot harder for you to build momentum.

Real estate is essentially a people-based business — which means you need to connect with other people.

Especially other real estate investors and industry professionals.

You never know when a relationship you’re building could turn into new deals, lessons you don’t have to learn on your own, or a new partnership.

While most new investors see other investors as competition, smart investors know that there’s a wealth of information to be shared.

A lot of times, that information is focused on how to avoid mistakes, how to shorten the learning curve, and how to find deals before they become available to the public.

If you’re early on in your career, get involved in your local real estate market. Join meetups. Connect with investors, agents, and other professionals to start building your network.

It will become the foundation of everything you do.

Tip #3 – Dominate Your Niche, Not The Industry

A lot of investors think they’re competing against the entire industry.

That isn’t the case, though.

In reality, you’re only competing against yourself and competing against other investors in your niche.

Real estate, like any other business, is really just a mental game. There’s lessons to learn, mindsets to develop, and mistakes to make — while keeping yourself motivated after you make them.

Instead of trying to compete against everyone, or dominate the industry, focus your energy on competing against yourself, being better than you were yesterday, and dominating your niche.

Most of the time, accomplishing that revolves around learning to say “no” to anything that doesn’t fall perfectly in line with the goals you have.

The more often you’re able to say “no” to something that isn’t in your niche, or isn’t aligned with your goals, the more time and energy you have to say “yes” to projects and properties that are in alignment.

And that’s how you dominate your specific niche, instead of worrying about the rest of the industry.

Tip #4 – Trust Your Gut Instincts

Savvy real estate investors have developed a strong intuition when something is right — and when it’s off.

This is something that only comes with experience but, as you’re getting started, pay attention to that gut instinct and make a decision based off of it, as well as input from other more established investors around you.

What this is going to do is help you develop your own instincts and dig deeper when something feels off.

It will also help you move quicker and make better decisions when everything lines up and feels right.

Keep in mind, though, you’re going to make mistakes.

But those mistakes are lessons that will help keep you from making them again in the future, if you’re able to learn from them.

Savvy and seasoned investors have already made the mistakes and developed their gut instinct.

(Which is another reason you need to be networking with them — they’re usually happy to share what they’ve learned if it can help someone else not make the same mistake.)

Tip #5 – Learn How To Maximize The Value

To make it as a real estate investor, you need to understand value.

That doesn’t necessarily mean what you can sell a house for, either. Recognizing value starts early on in the process, before you’ve ever gotten a contract on the property.

Getting the property for a great price is only half the battle.

The other half revolves around what you do to the property to make it as attractive as possible to tenants or homebuyers.

Some renovations, like a bathroom or primary bedroom remodel, can return a higher ROI than going all out on building a detached garage, for instance.

It’s worth understanding which of these renovations are going to give you an ROI and which ones are only happening because you FEEL like they’ll attract buyers.

Maximizing the value in the properties you’re flipping or holding is what separates average investors from the seasoned investors who have a business that scales.

Tip #6 – Build A Plan – Then Stick To It

Everything you do in your business should revolve around your goals. Both short-term and long-term.

If you don’t have clear cut goals in place, you’re going to end up saying “yes” to things that aren’t in your wheelhouse.

The business plan you create when you start building your real estate business is a good foundation that will help you stay focused on the big picture instead of getting buried in minor setbacks.

If you’ve chosen to pursue the rental path, say yes to deals that would make great rentals.

On the flipside, if you’re choosing to fix and flip, focus on deals that you know you’re going to flip.

Don’t let shiny object syndrome or distractions or people who seem successful deter you from the plan you put in place for yourself early on.

Stick with the plan you’ve given yourself and become the master of it — instead of a jack of all trades — and you’ll find success far faster than you would if you end up spreading yourself too thin.

Tip #7 – Focus On The Foundations First

Investing in real estate is a lot like building a house.

If the concrete foundation isn’t laid properly, the rest of the house is at risk.

In your investing business, the foundations are your business plan, your accounting, your operations, your niche, and the deals that you search for & try to get locked down.

The data that you’re collecting from the foundation you’ve built is what will help you make decisions.

Instead of relying on emotion to guide your way, you can look at the data, learn how to interpret it, and use it to keep you focused on your goals.

Then, if you ever start getting off track, you can revert back to those foundations, figure out what may be off, and re-align yourself with the goals you had when you first started.

Tip #8 – Protect Your Finances

Having a solid financial blueprint in place for your business is absolutely critical.

In it, you want to include everything from marketing and acquisition costs, to holding costs, fees for things like permits, administrative costs, you name it.

These expenses can catch you off-guard and put you into desperate situations where your emotions start dictating the decisions you make — instead of the data.

And laying out this plan isn’t just about staying organized in your business.

It’s about ensuring a smooth journey as you start building, growing, and then eventually scaling your business in a predictable (and ultimately successful) way.

As you start generating income, pay yourself the minimum and keep pouring those finances back into the growth of your business.

Too many investors have fallen victim to unexpected financial setbacks that could have been avoided with proper planning from the get-go.

Tip #9 – Get Help

Trying to wear all of the hats in your business is a bit of a requirement in the beginning.

As time goes on, though, ask for help.

Whether that’s an accountant to keep your finances in check, or an assistant to quickly respond to incoming calls and texts, you want to find your zone of genius as early as possible — then live in it.

Other people will be able to do the rest of what your business requires far better than you’ll be able to.

And when you adopt this mindset, you’ll realize that the more time you spend in your own zone of genius, the more money your business is going to generate.

The sooner you can do that, the sooner you’ll find real success as a real estate investor.

Bonus Real Estate Investing Tip: Get Control Over Your Deal Flow

As you’re networking with seasoned investors, one of the biggest things you’re going to notice is that they’re successful because they have control over their deal flow.

They know that new leads will be coming in on a consistent basis.

And they have systems in place to capitalize on those leads — and follow up with the leads that need to be followed up with.

The key there, though, is having new leads coming in on a consistent, predictable basis.

When it comes to accomplishing that goal, direct mail is one of THE most proven marketing strategies you can use to have sellers reaching out to you before other investors.

Like any other strategy, though, the key to success with it is consistency and following up.

Which is where Ballpoint Marketing can help.

We’ve tested and tweaked campaigns to the tune of sending millions of pieces of direct mail for ourselves and our clients.

The sequences you see on this page have been proven to drive inbound leads and more deals for investors around the country.

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An affiliate of hp village management plans to spend well over $100 million restoring the more than 100-year-old country club plaza in kansas city..

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At four times the size of Highland Park Village , there’s nothing small about the idea of turning around and tuning up Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza.

As of Friday morning, Ray Washburne , president of HP Village Management, planned to have power washers cleaning the grounds of the shopping and office center built more than 100 years ago.

An affiliate of HP Village Management officially closed on the Kansas City property with 970,000 square feet of commercial space spread across 15 blocks on June 28.

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Country Club Plaza’s notoriety in the real estate community is that it was one of the first planned suburban shopping centers to accommodate shoppers arriving by car.

In the Midwest, it has served as a destination for out-of-town and out-of-state shoppers, much like Highland Park Village has, through the years, according to Washburne.

The opportunity to purchase the aging property was first brought to Washburne when he was speaking at an Urban Land Institute conference last May. Someone from investment manager Nuveen, coincidentally the lender on Highland Park Village, asked him if he’d be interested in another big project.

More than $100 million was spent on the updates to Highland Park Village. Washburne said that much more than $100 million will be spent on the Missouri complex, with Nuveen remaining involved.

Given Country Club Plaza’s size, it’s been envisaged into separate districts with a contemporary fashion district, a food and beverage district, and a luxury and designer district.

It’s similar to the retail balance that’s been struck between Dallas’ Knox Street , with which an affiliate of HP Village Management has also been involved, and Highland Park Village, Washburne said.

Currently, there are Tiffany & Co. and Coach stores at Country Club Plaza, but Washburne said there have been conversations with a lot of luxury retailers.

“They’ve seen what we’ve done [with Highland Park Village], and that’s very important,” he said. “There’s a trust factor with the tenants as there is a trust factor that they come in and they’re going to be in with someone who’s taking a long-term approach. We’re not going to put lipstick on it, paint a few storefronts, put a couple tenants in and sell it.”

Washburne said the first priority is security.

“We spend four times as much on security in the Village than they do, and they’re four times the size we are,” said Washburne.

Kansas City, like the Dallas area, has been tapped as a site for FIFA World Cup games in 2026, including a quarterfinal.

It’s a milestone that makes improvements at Country Club Plaza all-the-more critical without forgoing a sense of place.

“The pixie dust on this stuff is really creating an authenticity and uniqueness to the center. What we did at the Village is lead with a food and beverage scene that’s local. Second, you also have to have a number of local retailers,” said Washburne.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Multiple Kansas City architects have been engaged to help with an updated master plan for the Edward Delk-design buildings. Baroque revival and Moorish revival styles were utilized to mimic the architecture of one of Kansas City’s sister cities, Seville, Spain.

Leasing efforts are being led by Stephen Summers, whose family co-owns HP Village Management. Eastdil Secured advised Nuveen on the sale of its loan.

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18% of HNW investors plan to increase their current real estate risk tolerance but 17% plan to decrease it.

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Close to three in five (58%) HNW investors intend to significantly increase their overall investment in real estate over the next 12 months.

In addition, 18% of HNW investors plan to increase their current real estate risk tolerance but 17% plan to decrease it.

This is according to property lender ASK Partners, which also reported that respondents believed life sciences, warehouses & logistics and co-living as the real estate sectors that they believe are likely to generate the best returns over the next 12 months.

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Furthermore, respondents felt that the biggest challenges facing the real estate market according to HNW investors in the next 12 months include higher interest rates, changes in political leadership, increased regulation and changes to the tax system.

Also, 13% felt housing should be the number one top priority for an incoming government.

Daniel Austin, CEO and co-founder at ASK Partners, said: “Our research shows that investors plan to significantly boost their real estate investments in the next 12 months which is a really positive sign for capital investing in the sector and shows the strength of real estate debt as an asset class. The positive sentiment towards the life sciences, warehouses & logistics, and co-living sectors, is certainly a reflection on the investment prospects we are anticipating due to market demand. However, higher interest rates, political changes, increased regulation, and tax adjustments are seen as key challenges. To enhance investment, investors want to see the government focus on alleviating restrictions on conversions and brownfield sites, revising zoning and land use policies, and incentivising affordable housing. Addressing these issues could help overcome planning restrictions, affordability challenges, and the shortage of a construction workforce, thus strengthening the UK’s real estate market.

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Moscow residents are choosing to buy smaller apartments, Director of the Etalon Group real estate developer’s Moscow office Vasily Fetisov said addressing PROESTATE International Real Estate Investment Forum on September 18.

“The first trend in Moscow’s residential real estate market is purchasing apartments of a smaller area. This is more profitable for clients as now they can pay less for an apartment that has the same range of amenities,” the expert noted .

According to Fetisov, the second trend is clients’ interest in apartments with combined kitchen and living room interior design and a separate bedroom.

“This way customers receive a large space for communication with the family and a separate room for sleep,” Vasily Fetisov emphasized.

The third trend, the expert said, is a greater range of apartments offered for sale. “Normally, today one block of buildings has at least 20 different apartment layouts, ranging from studios to multi-room apartments – although it should be noted that studios are becoming less popular.”

“The fourth trend is an increasing number of turnkey apartments offered for sale. In newly constructed residential buildings, the white box type of finish is becoming increasingly popular. A white box construction space includes walls prepared for covering, as well as basic finished ceiling, plumbing fixtures and interior doors.”

Finally, the fifth trend is a longer period of time required for the sale and purchase. Previously, the process took about 30-40 days in the mass market for economy class and high-end apartments, while now it takes 60 days.

“Before making a purchase, clients thoroughly examine offers in the market and analyze what competitors can offer, and often address qualified experts for help,” Fetisov concluded.

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What is a real estate investing business plan?

View your plan as an evolving document rather than a rigid static rulebook collecting dust. It should provide goalposts and guardrails as markets shift over time and new opportunities appear. You’ll be able to refer back to the plan to confirm that these new opportunities align with proven tactics that yield predictable returns.

So, it’s worth it to take the time and develop a customized plan aligned to your niche, resources, and risk tolerance. While initially tedious, the practice of putting together your strategic real estate business plan ultimately provides clarity and confidence moving forward.

Importance of having a business plan

Now that we’ve defined what a business plan is, let’s explore why having one matters — especially if you want to grow a successful real estate investment company.

Reasons every real estate investor should prioritize planning are:

Goals and vision : You might be wanting to quit your day job and focus on real estate full time, or you might simply want to generate some extra income on the side. Either way, a business plan forces you to define what success looks like for you.
Due diligence : Creating a plan forces you to research the real estate markets you want to invest in — analyzing sales, rents, permits, zoning, demographics, and growth projections. This helps you objectively identify high-potential neighborhoods and properties rather than relying on hearsay or intuition.
Funding and financing : Lenders and potential investors will want to review your business plan to evaluate the viability and profitability of your real estate investment business before offering any financing. A complete plan builds credibility and confidence with stakeholders.
Guide decision-making : It’s easy to get distracted by the latest real estate seminar or shiny new construction techniques. But sticking to the parameters and strategies laid out in your plan prevents you from making hasty changes or going down rabbit holes.
Identify potential risks : There are always things that can unexpectedly go wrong: what if interest rates spike and make your loans unaffordable, or your best tenants move out and unreliable folks move in? Brainstorming these scenarios in advance allows you to minimize risks and have contingency plans.
Systemize operations : As you grow, how will you scale operations? A business plan helps you identify areas that will require attention as your business evolves, like creating maintenance checklists for rentals, standardizing lease agreements, or automating accounting procedures.
Build the right team : Your business plan provides guidance on the team you’ll need for your business. Know if you require a real estate agent to help you find deals or a property manager to handle tenant complaints at 2 AM.
Track progress : Your plan helps you compare things like actual rehab costs, rental occupancy rates, cash flow, etc. to your initial projections and determine whether you’re on track. You can then adjust as needed.
Maintain strategy : As you scale your operations with new hires or partnerships, you’ll want to maintain direction in alignment with your original business plan. For example, if you are considering new verticals like commercial real estate, does evaluation criteria match your proven risk metrics and return hurdles? A real estate business plan keeps everyone focused on the same goals as your business grows.

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What to include in a real estate investment business plan

A good real estate investing business plan covers everything from business goals to financing strategy. Here are the ten key elements you should include:

1. Executive summary

Think of it as the elevator pitch for your business plan and write it last after you have completed the full plan. Limit it to 1-2 pages at most.

Make your executive summary compelling and motivate investors or lenders to learn more. Be sure to also summarize your past successes and experiences to build credibility.

2. Company description

The company description section provides background details on your real estate investment company. Keep this section brief but use it to legitimize your business and team.

Business model : Explain your core business model and investment strategies. Will you primarily flip properties, buy and hold rentals, conduct wholesale deals, or use another approach?
Company history and achievements : Provide a brief timeline of your company’s history, including its formation, past projects, key milestones, and achievements.
Legal business structure : Identify your corporate structure, GP/LP or sole proprietorship.
Office location : Provide your company’s office address, which lends you credibility. If you are initially working from home, consider establishing a local PO Box or virtual address.
Founders and key team members : Introduce your founders and key team members. Highlight relevant real estate, finance, management expertise, and credentials.
Past projects : Provide an overview of any successful prior real estate projects your company or founders have executed.
Competitive advantages : Explain unique resources, systems, or other strengths that give your company an edge over competitors. These could be proprietary analytic models, contractor relationships, deal access, or specialized expertise.
Technologies and tools : Discuss technologies, software programs, or tools your company uses to streamline processes and optimize operations.

3. Market analysis

The market analysis section validates whether your real estate investment strategy makes sense in a given area.

Conduct detailed research from multiple sources to create realistic real estate investment market projections and identify potentially profitable opportunities.

Outline why certain neighborhoods, property types, or price points pique your interest more than others.

Your market analysis should dig deep into factors like:

Local sales and rental price trends : Analyze pricing history and current trends for both sales and rents. Look at different property types, sizes, and neighborhoods.
Housing inventory and demand analysis : Research the balance of supply and demand and how that impacts prices. Is the market undersupplied or oversupplied?
Market growth projections : Review forecasts from real estate analysts on expected market growth or decline in coming years. Incorporate these projections into your analysis.
Competitor analysis : Identify other real estate investors actively acquiring or managing properties in your target areas. Look at their business models and strategies.
Target neighborhood and property analysis : Provide an in-depth analysis of your chosen neighborhoods and target property types. Outline positive attributes, risks, and opportunities.
Demographic analysis : Analyze the demographics of potential tenants or homebuyers for your target properties. Factors like income, age, and family size impact demand.
Local construction and renovation costs : Research materials and labor costs for accurate budgets and understand the permitting process and timelines.
Regional economic outlook : Factor in projections for job growth, new employers, infrastructure projects, and how they may impact the real estate market.

4. SWOT analysis

The SWOT analysis highlights strengths to double down on and risks to mitigate in the real estate market.

5. Financial projections

The financial plan helps for both internal preparation and attracting investors. For real estate companies, the financial plan section should cover:

Startup costs : Include the expected startup costs involved to start your investment project, such as getting licenses and permits or paying for legal fees.
Profit and loss forecasts : Create projected profit and loss statements that outline what you think your revenues and expenses will be over the next 3-5 years.
Cash flow projections : Put together projected cash flow statements that show expected cash flow for each month.
Return on investment projections : Project your company’s expected ROI over time under the different investment scenarios.
Funding requirements : Based on your forecasts, detail exactly how much capital you will need to start and operate your business until it is profitable. Specify whether you plan to use debt or equity financing.

6. Investment strategy

The investment strategy outlines your niche — will you focus on flipping, buying rentals, commercial properties, or a blend? Define any geographic targets like certain cities or Postal/ZIP codes backed by your research on growth potential.

Specify your criteria for ideal investment properties based on your goals. Decide which factors — age, size, layout, condition, or price point — matter most to you.

You can also use this section to explain how you plan to find deals, whether that’s by scouting listed properties, attending foreclosure auctions, or networking to create off-market opportunities.

7. Marketing plan

Real estate marketing can’t just be an afterthought; it helps attract profitable deals, financing, and tenants to your business, making it a necessary component of your business plan to prioritize.

Components of your marketing plan can include:

Networking: Actively networking at local real estate meetups puts you directly in front of promising off-market opportunities and partnerships with motivated sellers, lenders and contractors in your community.
Social media: Consistently nurturing your social media presence can also pay off to help you find opportunities or potential investors.
Direct marketing: Never underestimate old school direct marketing — sending postcards to addresses with outdated “We Buy Houses” signs or calling the For Sale by Owners numbers from public listings can help you reach motivated sellers.
Listings management: Note that marketing does not end once you own property. To keep rental vacancies filled, leverage listing sites that can publish your units to a wide audience of prospective tenants.

8. Operations plan

Without systems, real estate investors struggle through renovations plagued by cost overruns, shoddy contractors who never call back, and frustrating tenants who always pay late. The operations component of your plan should consider aspects like:

Renovations: Ever lined up a contractor who juggles too many clients and leaves your projects languishing? Create standardized processes for accurate scoping, vetting subs, enforcing deadlines contractually, and maintaining contingency funds.
Business technologies: As your portfolio grows, tasks like tracking income, expenses, assets, and communicating with tenants can quickly overwhelm. Identify technologies early on that help centralize details to avoid getting swamped. Look into property management platforms that automate listings, tenant screening, digitized lease agreements, maintenance work order flows, and communications.
Insurance: Tenants or contractors can sometimes damage assets. Discuss landlord insurance policies to protect you against lawsuits, natural disasters, and major property repairs as you scale up.

9. Team structure

If you plan to grow your team beyond just yourself or a few partners, your business plan should outline your organization’s key roles and responsibilities. This helps you consider what positions you may need to fill as your company scales.

Partners or co-founders: These are the main decision-makers and equity holders. Outline their background, skills, and the value they bring.
Property manager: This person handles day-to-day management of properties, tenants and maintenance issues.
Bookkeeper: You may need daily help managing bank accounts, invoices, taxes, and financial reporting.
Contractors and project managers : You’ll need trusted renovations, repairs, and landscaping contractors. Dedicated project managers help oversee large jobs.
Leasing agents : As you grow and add more properties, leasing agents handle showings, applications, and signing new tenants.
Real estate lawyers : Real estate investing requires proper legal filings and compliance. Lawyers can help you manage this risk.

10. Exit strategies

Also include plans for strategies after a property sale, like possibly reinvest in another property. You may want to use sale proceeds to reduce or clear outstanding debts, enhancing cash flow and financial standing.

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Tips for your real estate business plan

Now that you know what to include, consider the following four tips to help your real estate investment business plan stand out.

1. Be detailed and specific

Resist the urge to gloss over details as you put together your plan. Drill down on the specifics for parameters like:

Target purchase and rehab costs.
Timelines for completing projects.
Minimum profit margins.
Maximum allowable vacancy rates.
Minimum cash reserves.

2. Refine and update regularly

Markets change, so don’t create your business plan and file it away. Review your plan regularly to see how market conditions and your actual results compare to projections.

Make adjustments as needed. Tweak your approach if your rehabs are going over budget or your properties aren’t selling as quickly as expected.

Aim to update your full plan annually at a minimum. Even if your overall strategy remains consistent, refresh the details around market factors, financials, tactics, risks, and projections.

3. Seek expert feedback

Before implementing your new real estate investment business plan, seek feedback from advisors who can identify potential issues or weaknesses.

Ask experienced real estate investors in your area to review your plan and provide constructive input. It’s also a good idea to share your plan and numbers with your CPA and legal counsel as well.

4. Keep it simple

While specificity is good, don’t over complicate your business plan to the point where it becomes difficult to follow. You want to inform readers without confusing them.

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During the darkest days of the Cold War, in the 1950s, the West worried that the Soviet Union and China had joined forces to form a massive communist bloc.

But those fears proved overblown, as Beijing and Moscow soon went from allies to bitter enemies that clashed over their long border. Fast-forward to today, and growing military ties have again raised the specter of a Sino-Russian alliance that unites two of the most powerful nations in the world.

But this partnership is not a solid alliance like NATO that's built on mutual defense and interoperability of its forces. "The Sino-Russian relationship is probably best characterized as a marriage of two imperfect partners who share a deeply cynical view of the U.S.-led international order but often hold divergent visions of the order that they believe should replace it," a report on Sino-Russian cooperation by the RAND Corp. think tank said.

"These two imperfect partners realize some level of shared, albeit unequal, dependency while simultaneously harboring deep suspicions about whether they can trust or rely on the other," the study said.

This may be scant comfort to Western leaders who fear a scenario where Russian aggression in Europe is simultaneous with a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, which would overstretch US resources and allow America's allies to be overwhelmed.

Already, Russia's military and China's People's Liberation Army have held about 25 joint exercises since 2005, involving ships, aircraft, and ground troops. Beijing and Moscow have teamed up to fly joint patrols, including a 2023 incident where they flew near South Korean airspace .

Equally important is that China has become a key enabler of Russia's war in Ukraine. With Western sanctions depriving Russia of key components such as electronics, China and its vast manufacturing base have emerged as a major supplier of microelectronics, drone parts, and other components.

But these don't equate to the sort of integrated operations practiced by the US and Britain in World War II, where American troops served under British commanders and vice versa, or by NATO today.

"Policymakers and planners should avoid overestimating the state of military cooperation and operational integration that exists between Russia and China," RAND said.

Exercises involving Russian and Chinese forces have been "described as more 'parallel' than 'joint,' meaning that Russia's military and the PLA are given set tasks and timelines, perform them in synchronized yet independent fashion, and overall have limited interaction in such areas as planning and C2," RAND said, referring to command and control. "For this reason, these exercises have in reality done relatively little to promote interoperability at either the operational or the tactical level."

The result is military cooperation that is more symbolic than practical. "China's commitment to the exercises is relatively low," RAND said. "The PLA sent around 3,200 soldiers to Russia's 300,000-strong Vostok 2018 exercise and just 1,600 to Russia's Tsentr-2019 exercise (in which the Russian side fielded almost 130,000 soldiers). It appears that the PLA is more interested in learning from Russia than in sharing insights into its own military capabilities or training as equal partners, whereas, for Russia, the goal is to present an image of joint cooperation with China to the West to counter an impression that Moscow is isolated and vulnerable."

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