Wannabies

[Will Barnard]

Recently, I have noticed this word "wannabie" being tossed around inside forum posts. I personally do not like it and the guilty party throwing that word out to people he/she does not even know is no different than calling them any other bad name which is a forum violation. Persoanl name calling and or attacks is certainly not allowed and these comments should always be removed once found/noticed.

That said, I would like to make it known that I feel we need to generate and keep a positive and welcoming environment for the new members and the people who come here looking to get some kind of start in RE investing. Degrading them with name calling certainly does not create a welcome environment!

I am certainly not talking about throwing out a bunch of bull sh!^ hype like the gurus do, but stating that we should be encouraging and helpful to the newbies. We all started out not knowing a thing about RE investing at one point in time (that goes for each and every successfull member here) and through our hard work and determination (and help from others) we have become successfull.

As mentioned, this biz does require the effort and if you are lazy or expect money to just land in your lap, you are sadly mistaken. Those who come here and make a few posts and do not come back, are those who certainly will not be successfull in this biz. Those that do, we certainly want to help them in any way we can and that includes not degrading them with names like wannabies.

[Nick J.]

I personally don't give a sh1t what term is given to anyone. Are 'they' any different than 'us'?

Why is this even a topic of discussion?

'These people' are being classified into a separate category for reasons that 'experienced' investors deemed necessary! how retarded is that to begin with?

Does anyone NOT have anything better to do than to waste time discussing what term a person should be obligated to be labeled as by his peers?

I spoken my peace.