Abundance Mentality - Is RE really abundant?

[Aroldo Villarreal]

I am really new to REI and don't have experience. I joined Lifestyles Unlimited and am reading Stephen Covey's "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and both keep talking about having an "abundance mentality". My question is, with so many real estate investors out there, are real estate investing opportunities really that abundant? I didn't know just how many RE investors were really out there until I joined LU and BP. Did anyone else have this question when first starting out? I am going to go through with my REI goals, just starting to get a little scared with so many experienced people out there doing it full time!

[J Scott]

Short answer -- there are plenty of deals out there and most people aren't really making a serious effort to go after them. Sure, there are lots of people here on BP and lots of people signed up for the guru programs, but most of them won't ever purchase a property.

So, the abundance mentality certainly works for me...