Words of Encouragement for People Just Starting Out

[Lisa Holloway]

I have been interested in real estate investing for over 20 years, bought the Carleton Sheets program from a late night infomercial as a single parent living with my parents, had a rental property, but lost it to doing it alone, not having any support, connections, or networking group and making poor decisions.

It has been a bit fearful to want to try this endeavor again, but I must say that getting involved with the local real estate investor association and attending MeetUps has made this "dream" more real.

I joined BP for free to learn what I could. When I attended my first MeetUp, I was told to take my time and figure out my niche. This advice was coming from an 84 year old real estate agent/property manager.  BP is where I first learned about finding a niche. But if an 84 year old man could do it, what's keeping me from getting involved.

I still have not actually bought an investment property as of yet, but it looks as though it's going to happen very soon.  It was brought up in a meeting one time about the chairman needing help with taking loan applications for their new lending program... I raised my hand, and got involved, learning the ropes, felt the fear, but just started doing it anyway!!

Ask questions, do a keyword search here on BP, do a google search on a subject...Just start doing something...Please before you get hooked into a guru's program, research it and make sure it's something you think will add value to your education/business.

Thanks and Good Luck!