Real estate investing hacks, as the phrase would lead many to believe, are nothing more than simple ways to improve the daily operations of one’s investing business. By definition, hacks need to be simple enough to carry out immediately, but well-worth the investment of implementing them. In other words, their return on investment needs to be obvious. The best real estate investing hacks, for that matter, will witness investors dedicate little time and effort to realize impressive results. There really isn’t a residential redeveloper that couldn’t stand to benefit from some impressive hacks of their own.

It is worth noting, however, that not all real estate investing hacks are created equal; there are those that are unequivocally invaluable, and there are those that are utterly worthless — destructive even. Those investors that cannot only differentiate between the two, but also implement the most important real estate investing hacks for their particular situation will find the “going” to be a lot easier. If for nothing else, it’s those investors that have managed to optimize results the best who will realize success easier and more predictably.

If you want to give yourself the best odds of achieving your goals in 2018, here are three of the best real estate investing hacks that have helped me get to where I am today.

3 Game-Changing Real Estate Hacks

Real estate hacks are designed to make your daily operations easier, without sacrificing results. As such, hacks must be simple in nature, but also remain well worth the effort of implementing them. If that sounds like something you could get behind, may I recommend using the following hacks for your own real estate business?

1. Systems

There isn’t a real estate investing hack — at least not one that can simultaneously contribute to efficiency and productivity so easily — that residential redevelopers will benefit more from in 2018 than optimizing the systems they already have in place. Otherwise known as small business processes, systems are essentially the ways everyday tasks are carried out. In fact, it might be easier to think of your systems as individual checklists, as they offer step-by-step directions for completing tasks successfully. And therein lies the reason everyone should consider optimizing their systems at this time: doing so makes success habitual, regardless of who carries them out. As such, I want to urge real estate investors to optimize their systems as soon as possible.