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How many of you SUCCESSFUL investors..
I'm curious as to how many of you SUCCESSFUL investors attend college (how many years) and what did you study? are you doing both what you studied and real estate? or only real estate?
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Originally posted by Dale Osborn:
In several of the Robert Kiyosaki books it mentions his first book published in 1984 called: "If you want to be rich & happy - don't go to school." Have searched for a copy to read, but there seems to be none available.
Consider who his target audience is and why it might be financially valuable to him to espouse this view...everything he says and does is for money, why should this be any different?