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Nothing can make an investment deal go wrong like relying on information that turns out to be incorrect or misguided. Unfortunately, many new real estate investors take the word of other people when it comes to things like getting the proper permits for construction, or getting an assessment of the condition of the house, or crunching the numbers for the purchase of the property. New investors often don’t trust their own knowledge and instincts and will take the word of the people that have advising them without bothering to double check that information themselves.

Not double checking information and figures when it comes to real estate investing can end up costing you hundreds of thousands of dollars. Whenever you are involved in a real estate deal it’s important to have your trusted team of professionals gather all the facts and figures but then it’s just as important for you to double check them and make sure that you understand all the different parts of the actual deal and that you see the property you’re buying and all the paper work related to that property such as a property assessment, permits, and any other paperwork on the house that you can get.

The best way to avoid making this mistake is to get independent verification of all the information related to the deal. If your project manager says that you don’t need a permit for a particular construction project on the property have an assistant call the city officials to double check what the regulations are about permits in that town or city. Get quotes from several different contractors and other construction professionals to make sure that any problems with the property are really problems before you move forward. Have your personal accountant crunch the numbers of the investment after you receive them to make sure that there are no irregularities. Most of the time bad information is a result is of honest mistakes but those mistakes can still cost you a lot of money so it’s better to verify the information before moving ahead with the deal than to lose money on the investment later on.