— Submitted by Kelly Ritchie —

I think an infinite return on money invested is just errant nonsense. I would go so far as to say it is gamblers bullshit to him/herself or as Fuller would say, marketer’s fool’s gold.

Reasoning…..I go to the casino I have $100.00 when I start and I win a $900.00 I have an increase my money by $900.00.(I now have $1000.00) I put my $100.00 in my pocket and now I play with the $900.00 dollars I won. People say, “I not playing with my money. I’m playing with the Casino’s money” (The casino wouldn’t let you play with their money!).

In the winning time, I have a huge return on my money over the time it took to increase my money…..make no mistake… it is my money after I win it.
I have a great R.O.I . When I put my money up at the Casino, in less than an hour I have a 900% return on my money. So in that time frame, I have a huge return on my money.

R.O.I. in most case is taking over a year as a time frame and if I get 30% pa, is it considered a good investment?
Let’s compare 900% over an hour or if I could maintain the same R.O.I. for a year, what is my R.O.I.?
788, 400, 000%…. Great R.O.I. Is this infinite? No!

However, time is always the main factor in the R.O.I. and Volume is always the limiting factor on the return.

Ownership is the sleight of hand.

To own or not to own is the real question.

When I reinvest, I’m always reinvesting money I own or control at that point in time. The R.O.I. is always calculated over time and volume.
When I have played the CASHFLOW game and I talk to people on their return on investment, there is always confusion on a very simple matter.

It is always the sales pitch that confuses. “If I get my all my money back”…from that point in time it is an infinite return on the money. Right?

It is always my money that is at risk !!!!!

It doesn’t matter whether it is a casino or an apartment block. It is always measured by time, volume and ownership over time. The concept of R.O.I. being “Infinite” is nonsense. Good returns are possible, and yet highly improbable.

Great returns are BLACK SWANS. Possible,(they happen) but not probable.

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