When was the last time you regret about investing your money somewhere? And when was the last time when you regret for not investing them? To me the first happens very rare, but the second - every day. Missing good opportunities is not the only mistake that small investors make.

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Keep your eye on any of the following:

1. Investing more than you can afford
Any chance that you have not done that ever? I do this mistake all the time. I see a good investment opportunity and am ready to arrange funds for it even if I am not in the best financial situation at that moment.

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Exactly one month ago I conducted a quick poll with you. Do you remember it - What is the main hurdle on your way to financial success?. If you have missed to vote, the poll is still open, please do it.

As I wrote at the time on posting it, I did not create the poll just for my pleasure. I wanted to understand what really is troubling you the most on your way to achieving your financial goals. On the second place are 33% of the readers who lose money because of bad investment decisions. We are already working hard on this together, don’t we? It’s a long process and I believe we’re all learning and doing better with the time. And don’t forget that making mistakes and losing money is not that bad.

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I don’t often participate in blog carnivals, neither bother you much with them, but this one has some real value. Visit the carnival at USNews and note that my real estate post was also included.

You’ll see some posts of the best personal finance bloggers there, so it’s worth reading. Almost as good as my monthly “link love” selection *grin*.

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Real estate investing is dumb. Really, see what happens after a mortgage crisis. If you just buy real estate because everyone says it’s cool you are making a stupid mistake. Real estate investing is dumb when done in the way everyone does it.

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If you put some thought into it however it might turn into a tool offering one of the best risk/ROI ratios in the investment world. I have two general strategies which work in almost every real estate market and almost independently on the current market conditions. The strategies are simple and not secret and they are quite involved. This is what makes them so good - no matter how many people know them, very few are those who use them well, so there is plenty place for you if you wish to try.

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