Should I give up this dream?

[Stephanie Muhammad]

I feel really stupid because I just learned from this site that the scott yancey real estate investing workshop is a scam. I want to do real estate. I'm 32 years old. I have two children, a worthless two year degree. I work 9 hour shifts, daily but my income doesn't cover basic needs. I make what the minimum wage should be. I don't have savings and I never will at this rate. I don't have credit. I was willing to find a way to get to that three day workshop. It was my one shot. I needed that support. I was willing to work and learn. I don't have 30 years to save pennies in a jar just to not have enough money to do this. Is there anything out there that isn't a scam? Am I wasting my time?

[Troy Fisher]

Originally posted by @Stephanie Muhammad:

I feel really stupid because I just learned from this site that the scott yancey real estate investing workshop is a scam. I want to do real estate. I'm 32 years old. I have two children, a worthless two year degree. I work 9 hour shifts, daily but my income doesn't cover basic needs. I make what the minimum wage should be. I don't have savings and I never will at this rate. I don't have credit. I was willing to find a way to get to that three day workshop. It was my one shot. I needed that support. I was willing to work and learn. I don't have 30 years to save pennies in a jar just to not have enough money to do this. Is there anything out there that isn't a scam? Am I wasting my time?

 So... where to start here.  If you want to succeed you need to remove all the negativity. Let's put a positive spin our introduction:

Dear BP,

Thank you so very much! You just saved me from spending $10k on a worthless guru! I'm a 32 year old mom, working in a job that is keeping me from following my dreams. I want to learn how to make money in real estate.  I work 9 hours a day and have 2 awesome kids, I'm glad to have found a support system where I can learn everything I need to know!

Now we can get started. Real Estate is not easy when you are starting, you aren't going to be rich overnight, you have to work at it as a second job.  What is the price of giving your children the world? is it doing research on BP for an hour after you put the kids down? Is it worth it to sacrifice your day off from work to drive a neighborhood and bird dog?  

It's like that timeless adage; you only get out of it, what you put into it.