After your real estate investing business has been born, it’s time to raise that investment into a wealth-generating force! The first steps are often the hardest: getting your first property, replicating your success, and getting a team together to manage a few properties simultaneously. Once you’ve gotten to this level, your business is still not fully realized. However, you do have a solid foundation. To take it to the next level, you have to do a few things differently. Here are some tips that will help you take your Detroit real estate portfolio to new heights.

If your real estate investment business is starting to feel like a circus, it may be because you're spinning too many plates. In a way, it's good to be busy: it means you are preoccupied with managing your income, and that should be celebrated. On the other hand, no matter how smart or hard-working you are, your mind and body are finite resources; you can only juggle so much.

Starting the process of growing your real estate portfolio is a lot like starting a vehicle: You need the power to get going and momentum to keep moving. Once you leave the starting line, Newtonian physics is on your side; it’s a lot easier to keep things moving. Getting the power to overcome your initial inertia is the key! Acquiring the right information will take research—in real estate, knowledge is power.