Real Estate Investing ? Are You Listening To The Right People?

September 3, 2011 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

Everywhere you go, you hear the same sad things: ?The rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer.? ?There just isn’t enough to go around.? ?It takes money to make money.? This can lead you to believe that there is some mystical force out there that regular people like you and me just can’t tap into. If you subscribe to this way of thinking long enough, you may be tempted to say, ?Since it takes money to make money and I have no money, then what hope is there for me?? There is plenty of hope, as long as you don’t listen to the wrong people. Media naysayers are definitely the wrong people.

Press about the declining value of real estate as an investment or about skyrocketing housing prices that keep regular people out of the market altogether can make the prospect of making money through real estate investment seem almost ludicrous. Yet people are doing it ? real people like you and me. And you can do it too. All you have to do is listen to the right people.

Sounds easy doesn’t it? Yes it does. That’s because it is. It is very easy to find a person who knows how to make money by investing in real estate, find out what has worked for them, and apply it to your own life. If it’s so easy, you might be tempted to say, then why isn’t everyone doing it? And that, my friend, is the meat of the matter. Everyone isn’t doing it for two reasons. The first reason is that they’ve simply been told all their lives that success is very, very difficult. In fact, they’ve been told, because of the scarcity of money, success is almost impossible.

They are paralyzed because they have been listening to the wrong people.

The second reason everyone isn’t investing as they should is, it’s just too easy. If you look at the lives of successful people, those people have followed a systematic plan to increase their wealth. Well, systematic plans aren’t sexy. They aren’t interesting. They’re boring, and that’s why people don’t like them. Most people would rather have the adrenaline rush of a get-rich-quick scheme than settle into a proven systematic plan to let their wealth increase for them in the background of their lives.

Because most people think like that, those are the ideas that the media are catering to. That is why murder and mayhem is front-page news and happy things are not. That is why people slow down when they see an automobile accident and not when they see a couple holding hands. Tragedy is far more interesting. Just check out the plot line of any major motion picture. People like to believe that life is tough.

The good news is, it doesn’t have to be.

If you can break the habit of thinking of life in tragic terms, of convincing yourself that there is simply not enough money to go around, then you will learn to start listening to the right people so you can develop your systematic plan for investing. And what does a systematic plan lead to? Financial success. We’ve established that the media and the majority of their audience are the wrong people to listen to, but who are the right people? The right people are those who have invested in property and profited significantly from those investments.

Wouldn’t you rather listen to someone who can tell you how you can make money, rather than to people who insist on telling you how to stay poor?

About the Author:

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BABY STEPS LEAD TO AVALANCHES

June 24, 2011 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Quotes

“Most people have attained their great success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” ~ Napoleon Hill

The Key to the Real Estate Investing Vault

February 26, 2010 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

Why do so many people struggle to get going in real estate investing? Many creative real estate investors get burned out because investing just eats up their time and energy. It drains them to be constantly making cold calls, driving neighborhoods and knocking doors. They cling to every little lead that comes along, whether it is a motivated seller or not.

I imagine you are attracted to real estate investing to enjoy success. You want to be in control of your time and your income. So what is the secret?

***A Continuous Stream of Motivated Sellers Who Contact You***

To make money in real estate investing you have to close deals. To close deals you need to find deals. Creative real estate investing deals come from finding motivated sellers with a problem that you can solve.

There are two ways to find motivated sellers, you can chase after them or you can get them to come to you. Which do you prefer?

If you fill the pipeline with a stream of motivated sellers who CALL YOU, then you will not have a problem closing real estate investing deals on a regular basis. Let me outline the benefits to having the motivated sellers contact you.

1. The Motivated Seller Will Have an Open Mind Making Your Job Easier

When you go to the store and a salesperson approaches you, what is your response? Usually you put up a wall and try to get rid of them, right? No one likes a sales pitch. (Well, except for me because I am looking to learn from it, but I am a geek like that.) But when you go looking for something your mind is open. The motivated sellers you work with are the same. If they come to you, they will be predisposed to do business.

2. Negotiations on Your Real Estate Investing Deals Will be Easier

When a motivated seller comes to you first, you are in a stronger negotiating position.

Also, if you are producing a regular stream of leads you can pick and choose your real estate investing deals. You wont desperately cling to each lead. When you are in a position to say no and walk away with confidence, you will have the upper hand in negotiations.

3. You Will Save Loads of Time and Energy

Talking to a seller who is not really motivated is draining! You have probably experienced this a time or two or even a hundred. It is like pulling teeth to get the information you need and it usually leads nowhere but to discouragement.

When the sellers come to you, they already have a certain degree of motivation. You automatically weed out the time-wasters in your marketing.

To ultimately succeed in creative real estate investing without burning out, you need to get the motivated sellers to come to you on a consistent basis. This is done using marketing campaigns that are response-driven.

When I realized this, creative real estate investing became more enjoyable. My job got tons easier. It was exciting to try different marketing campaigns and to watch the motivated seller leads come in. This one little change in your real estate investing mindset can make all the difference in your success.

About the author:
Jason Van Orden has published many articles and courses on finding motivated sellers and succeeding in creative real estate investing. For more tips and a free course, visit http://www.Find-Real-Estate-Investing-Deals.com

The Key to the Real Estate Investing Vault

October 24, 2009 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

Why do so many people struggle to get going in real estate investing? Many creative real estate investors get burned out because investing just eats up their time and energy. It drains them to be constantly making cold calls, driving neighborhoods and knocking doors. They cling to every little lead that comes along, whether it is a motivated seller or not.

I imagine you are attracted to real estate investing to enjoy success. You want to be in control of your time and your income. So what is the secret?

***A Continuous Stream of Motivated Sellers Who Contact You***

To make money in real estate investing you have to close deals. To close deals you need to find deals. Creative real estate investing deals come from finding motivated sellers with a problem that you can solve.

There are two ways to find motivated sellers, you can chase after them or you can get them to come to you. Which do you prefer?

If you fill the pipeline with a stream of motivated sellers who CALL YOU, then you will not have a problem closing real estate investing deals on a regular basis. Let me outline the benefits to having the motivated sellers contact you.

1. The Motivated Seller Will Have an Open Mind Making Your Job Easier

When you go to the store and a salesperson approaches you, what is your response? Usually you put up a wall and try to get rid of them, right? No one likes a sales pitch. (Well, except for me because I am looking to learn from it, but I am a geek like that.) But when you go looking for something your mind is open. The motivated sellers you work with are the same. If they come to you, they will be predisposed to do business.

2. Negotiations on Your Real Estate Investing Deals Will be Easier

When a motivated seller comes to you first, you are in a stronger negotiating position.

Also, if you are producing a regular stream of leads you can pick and choose your real estate investing deals. You wont desperately cling to each lead. When you are in a position to say no and walk away with confidence, you will have the upper hand in negotiations.

3. You Will Save Loads of Time and Energy

Talking to a seller who is not really motivated is draining! You have probably experienced this a time or two or even a hundred. It is like pulling teeth to get the information you need and it usually leads nowhere but to discouragement.

When the sellers come to you, they already have a certain degree of motivation. You automatically weed out the time-wasters in your marketing.

To ultimately succeed in creative real estate investing without burning out, you need to get the motivated sellers to come to you on a consistent basis. This is done using marketing campaigns that are response-driven.

When I realized this, creative real estate investing became more enjoyable. My job got tons easier. It was exciting to try different marketing campaigns and to watch the motivated seller leads come in. This one little change in your real estate investing mindset can make all the difference in your success.

About the author:
Jason Van Orden has published many articles and courses on finding motivated sellers and succeeding in creative real estate investing. For more tips and a free course, visit http://www.Find-Real-Estate-Investing-Deals.com