Conversation on mentorship

[Jessica Coulter]

!!! (NOT asking/searching for mentorship through this post. Just looking for information ABOUT your experience with mentorship) !!!

Looking into mentorship to help along this journey as I'm fairly new to Real Estate Investing. My goal is to have REI as my career as it has always been an interest of mine. I have bought and read many books from this website, attended webinars, watch youtube videos, and continue to educate myself about investing. But, I still feel kind of stuck on getting things rolling. Not sure if I'm underestimating myself or could really benefit from a mentor. My question for everyone is..... Do you have a mentor? And if so, how have they helped with your journey in investing? Thank you!

[Corey Frank]

@Jessica Coulter Hello Jessica! I feel your dilemma. I listened to a bp podcast a few weeks ago that talked about mentors. This specific podcast was being told by the "mentors" perspective. He talked about how a young kid approached him who was also very unsure about his next steps. This particular mentor told the kid to go out and do particular research and when he was done researching, to come back with anything the kid did not understand, to had to ask the mentor. After doing this, the kid was able to identify the next step and the next step after that. It also allowed him to "practice and ask stupid questions" with the mentor that would be very big problems if they were put off until he tried to buy a property. 

What I took away from this podcast was, at least have some type of plan identified that you want to do (multifamily, sfh, short term rentals ect) then you can study yourself. Once you have a basic understanding, you will have questions. Being able to connect with someone (a mentor) that has done it before will give you something to talk about (your questions) and will show that person you are willing to do the work to learn.  I looked for the podcast that comes to mind but am unable to find it. 😬 Hope this helps! 😁