The Soccer World Cup kicks off today in South Africa and we in real estate investing could care less. The Locally, the MLS has yet to reach the rank of NFL or NBA. But whether you like soccer (called football in most parts of the world) or not, you better learn some REI stuff from the national soccer team.

Team USA players, with some divine assistance, and if they defy odds to win the World Cup, will pocket $20.6 million of the $31 million prize. That’s around $895,000 for each of the 23 players in the squad! Even leading teams like Spain and Brazil don’t plan to give that much to their players. But hey, it’s this country’s way giving incentives. While you can’t give away that much as incentive in real estate investing, you can borrow the idea and tweak it a bit.

And the idea is: a lot of money is worth giving away if it will lead to more money coming your way. On the part of soccer officials, they believe that that the much money given to players is worth it if the team wins the Cup. A world title will surely lift the profile of the sport in the country. From the perspective of a real estate investor, a vacation tour is worth giving away to his REI team if they are performing above his expectations.

Admit it, $1,000 is some money. But what’s spending $1,000 on your team if you closed $100,000 worth of deals because of their hard work? In a high-paying field like real estate investing, giving incentives is never a crime.

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