I read someplace that people generally fall in to two categories.
95% have an employee mentality. They need someone to tell them what to do, when to do it, how to do it, and when to start and stop. They are willing to accept the trade- off of the security of a weekly paycheck for the robot life they lead. These people expect someone to hold their hand and are NOT likely to think for themselves. These are people who live paycheck to paycheck. And they usually retire at 65 with little if any savings and will try to live on Social Security(if it is still available)
5% are innovators. They are constantly coming up with new ideas to make life better and to make more money and create more cash flow. They feel like they are in jail in the environment that the 95%ers thrive in. They don’t just “think” about it, they are DOERS! You can point these people in the general direction and they will find a way to make it work. They make things happen and will not settle for living in a box. They re-invest their profits to make their money work for them. They get excited to see cash flow increase or a HUD-1 statement showing their profit. They don’t rely on anyone for their success or their future and realize that the only person you can depend on is yourself.
About a month ago, before I got very sick, I agreed to help 4 people get started in a real estate business.
I gave then my book which is a step-by-step guide for getting started with a wholesale real estate business. Wholesaling means you find old, run down houses, track down the owner, get a below market contract, then either sell your contract or sell the house to an investor who wants to fix it up for resell or to keep as a rental.
The book gives specific instructions about how to do wholesale deals.
Wholesale deals do not require any money, you don’t buy the house, you don’t need good credit, you don’t get loans, you don’t need to hire contractors or deal with any fix up… YET you can make thousands of dollars per deal.
The book has detailed instructions to complete step 1 before you move to step 2. Then complete step 2 before you move to step 3, etc. There are only 7 steps to get to your first deal.
This book has helped many thousands of people get started in their real estate business. The instructions are detailed enough that someone with a true desire to succeed can follow the information and do their first deal within a month or two.
I also gave these 4 people my “secret sauce” for getting a flood of leads coming in right away.
And I set them up for leads to automatically be delivered to their email box daily.
Sadly, not a single person even finished Step 1. Or at least I never heard about it.
Not a single person used the “secret sauce”! I would have seen the leads come in and there were none.
That old saying is true, you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink.
Perhaps they are in the 95% and expect someone to hold their hand and do everything for them.
But to not even get past Step 1?
To not use the ‘secret sauce” when it is given to you on a silver platter to make it easier to succeed?
So, what’s the solution?
If you want something bad enough, then you will be willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. You’ll take action to get the steps completed as fast as possible and not wait for someone to do it for you or tell you what to do and when to do it
Something I’ve discovered over the years is that people have to get to a point in their life where they say THAT’S IT! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH I’m ready to take control of my own financial future instead of relying on a job, the government, my husband/wife’s income to support myself.
Until you get to that point, you won’t put in the time, energy and effort to MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
Perhaps the 4 people are not at that point yet.
Perhaps they didn’t like the idea of wholesale deals and decided to go a different direction even if it meant taking on more risks. Maybe they posted results on the forum and I have not seen them because I've been away from the forum for a month
When you are ready for success...
When, and if you get to the point where you’ve had enough of the 95% life, you must realize that to finally take control of your life and your financial future, it will require drastic changes in your day-to-day life. If you aren’t willing to make then, you will not succeed.
You’ll need to free up time to DO DEALS and take action. You need to turn off the TV, get off the computer and forums so you have time to network, look for deals, talk to sellers, meet more buyers, network, and spend time learning how to make a living without a job.
Some people think they want to succeed. And they think if they pay someone $5,000 to be their coach or mentor it will be magically make it easier. This is still a crutch. It’s like having a boss tell you want to do and when to do it.
Unless, and until, you are willing to take action ON YOUR OWN, you will not succeed.
There are many books, home study courses and online training to help you get started but only YOU can take action. You'll get the basic training then, after doing deals, you'll come up with your own ideas to do more.
When you switch to the 5% kind of thinking, it will be hard to turn off the flood of ideas.
I’m glad to give my book away for free to the people who are READY to take control of your life. But I don’t want to get 100’s of emails or PM’s asking for it. That’s too time consuming.
MJ, If there is some way to post the book on the forum so I can give it away?
The book was too big to add as an attachment to the site
HERE IS A LINK TO THE BOOK
(Moderators, if I need to remove the link, no problem. )
95% have an employee mentality. They need someone to tell them what to do, when to do it, how to do it, and when to start and stop. They are willing to accept the trade- off of the security of a weekly paycheck for the robot life they lead. These people expect someone to hold their hand and are NOT likely to think for themselves. These are people who live paycheck to paycheck. And they usually retire at 65 with little if any savings and will try to live on Social Security(if it is still available)
5% are innovators. They are constantly coming up with new ideas to make life better and to make more money and create more cash flow. They feel like they are in jail in the environment that the 95%ers thrive in. They don’t just “think” about it, they are DOERS! You can point these people in the general direction and they will find a way to make it work. They make things happen and will not settle for living in a box. They re-invest their profits to make their money work for them. They get excited to see cash flow increase or a HUD-1 statement showing their profit. They don’t rely on anyone for their success or their future and realize that the only person you can depend on is yourself.
About a month ago, before I got very sick, I agreed to help 4 people get started in a real estate business.
I gave then my book which is a step-by-step guide for getting started with a wholesale real estate business. Wholesaling means you find old, run down houses, track down the owner, get a below market contract, then either sell your contract or sell the house to an investor who wants to fix it up for resell or to keep as a rental.
The book gives specific instructions about how to do wholesale deals.
Wholesale deals do not require any money, you don’t buy the house, you don’t need good credit, you don’t get loans, you don’t need to hire contractors or deal with any fix up… YET you can make thousands of dollars per deal.
The book has detailed instructions to complete step 1 before you move to step 2. Then complete step 2 before you move to step 3, etc. There are only 7 steps to get to your first deal.
This book has helped many thousands of people get started in their real estate business. The instructions are detailed enough that someone with a true desire to succeed can follow the information and do their first deal within a month or two.
I also gave these 4 people my “secret sauce” for getting a flood of leads coming in right away.
And I set them up for leads to automatically be delivered to their email box daily.
Sadly, not a single person even finished Step 1. Or at least I never heard about it.
Not a single person used the “secret sauce”! I would have seen the leads come in and there were none.
That old saying is true, you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink.
Perhaps they are in the 95% and expect someone to hold their hand and do everything for them.
But to not even get past Step 1?
To not use the ‘secret sauce” when it is given to you on a silver platter to make it easier to succeed?
So, what’s the solution?
If you want something bad enough, then you will be willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. You’ll take action to get the steps completed as fast as possible and not wait for someone to do it for you or tell you what to do and when to do it
Something I’ve discovered over the years is that people have to get to a point in their life where they say THAT’S IT! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH I’m ready to take control of my own financial future instead of relying on a job, the government, my husband/wife’s income to support myself.
Until you get to that point, you won’t put in the time, energy and effort to MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
Perhaps the 4 people are not at that point yet.
Perhaps they didn’t like the idea of wholesale deals and decided to go a different direction even if it meant taking on more risks. Maybe they posted results on the forum and I have not seen them because I've been away from the forum for a month
When you are ready for success...
When, and if you get to the point where you’ve had enough of the 95% life, you must realize that to finally take control of your life and your financial future, it will require drastic changes in your day-to-day life. If you aren’t willing to make then, you will not succeed.
You’ll need to free up time to DO DEALS and take action. You need to turn off the TV, get off the computer and forums so you have time to network, look for deals, talk to sellers, meet more buyers, network, and spend time learning how to make a living without a job.
Some people think they want to succeed. And they think if they pay someone $5,000 to be their coach or mentor it will be magically make it easier. This is still a crutch. It’s like having a boss tell you want to do and when to do it.
Unless, and until, you are willing to take action ON YOUR OWN, you will not succeed.
There are many books, home study courses and online training to help you get started but only YOU can take action. You'll get the basic training then, after doing deals, you'll come up with your own ideas to do more.
When you switch to the 5% kind of thinking, it will be hard to turn off the flood of ideas.
I’m glad to give my book away for free to the people who are READY to take control of your life. But I don’t want to get 100’s of emails or PM’s asking for it. That’s too time consuming.
MJ, If there is some way to post the book on the forum so I can give it away?
The book was too big to add as an attachment to the site
HERE IS A LINK TO THE BOOK
(Moderators, if I need to remove the link, no problem. )
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