To all the "I Need A Mentor" people...

[Mike Lindsey]

As I surf the wealth of these forums and learn the tidbits of information one thing remains the same "I Need a mentor", "Help I Need a Mentor", "Mentor needed in the NY area", etc, etc, etc....Another thing remains constant.... "0 replies , 6 views", "0 replies 13 views", etc....Now for those of you who keep posting this let me start out by reminding you the definition of insanity...insanity- doing the same thing repeatedly with the expectation of different results..... Now I'm no genius or mind reader but I can probably give you 2 reasons why you can never seem to get a reply. 1) First of all these investors probably don't want to risk giving up a lot of their time out of their busy schedules to risk teaching someone who will probably give every excuse in the book for never actually starting when it comes time and 2) Any real education cost...... It costs money, it costs time, it costs dilligence, it cost determination. There are plenty of ways to get started in this biz with no money. Birddogging is one way...It allows you the chance to earn the capital needed while learning the business, the hot spots/locations, the properties other investors are looking for. You can go to your local public library and check out every real estate book you can get your hands on. You can read up in the archives and forums and post individual questions. Invest in seminars and educational audiotape cd's such as the ones listed on here. Join your local real estate investor group. If you really want them to walk you through a whole deal on here then you need to offer up some sort of commission that is acceptable with both parties. But don't expect to get something for nothing in life. If you are not willing to do one or more of these things to attain a foot into this industry then this is not the industry for you and you are not truly serious about being in it because if you were then you would sacrifice to get there as I am sure 95+% of these people have. Since I joined this forum in the last 2 1/2 weeks I have been in contact with different investors to bird dog for them, I have bought different marketing tools to be successful in birddogging for them, I have checked out and been reading books from the public library, I have bought multiple audiotapes from ebay as r2d2 suggested in his post, I read and ask questions in the forums and archives, and I have filed a DBA for sole proprietorship with the county for my business. If you are really serious about this business then you have to prove it not only to the people in this community but to yourself.

John Lindsey :beer: