I Guess I Hit A Nerve With My Article!

I received more emails from members than I have ever received before. All in regard to listening to advice from someone with a vested interest in how you invest.

As you may recall, two weeks ago I wrote about the amazing lack of spending on educational products on real estate investing. Some of you were very upset about what I wrote.

There were those who wrote back and said that the only reason why I believe in being an educated investor was because I was a self serving you know what because I sell training and mentoring programs. Others were agents and mortgage brokers who wrote and said that I impugned their professionalism regarding their selling real estate and mortgages to investors.

To answer those statements directly; was it self serving to advise people to get educated? No & Yes. No, I wasn’t self serving because I was not telling people that my training was the only one in the market and they would be fools not to be trained by me. I recommended all training no matter the cost because if you pick up 1 or 2 bits that will make you a better investor then it paid for itself.

Yes, it was self serving because I hope that you will take some of my training on how to invest. Mine works all the time. I am an active real estate investor and know what I do works. I know that my mentoring program is very powerful and very different from others that you may have been a part. And yes it costs money, but it is extremely valuable and will jump start your business.

To address the second point: To all of you Real estate agents and mortgage brokers who wrote me back saying that you would never lead an investor astray I say good. You are the people that they need to work with. But there are plenty of those other professionals who don’t give a rat’s back side about the investor. All they want is a big commission.

It is up to each individual investor to do your own due diligence regarding each investment. If you do not know the area you should not be investing there. Do your research before you spend money somewhere. It is your money! You are responsible for it. If you do not know how to do the due diligence you need to stop what you are doing and get trained. Whether it is reading a book, buying a home study course or attending a bootcamp you need to do that.

Also, you agents and Loan Officers, get over it. There are some bad guys in our ranks that are preying on uninformed investors. You need to determine what their goals really are so you can be a consultant rather than a paper pusher. When you work with an investor they have special needs that need to be addressed. Up front they can be more work but in the long run they can be worth a lot of money to you. Don’t just go for the quick hit, make them successful and they will make you big $$$.