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Updated almost 14 years ago on . Most recent reply
Who has been your most positive influence in Real Estate?
Would just like to hear everyones opinion on this. I have covered a lot of material in 13yrs and have invested myself and just figured it would be a good topic!!
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I've honestly learned a lot more from the members of this board than any book or course I've read.
From the top of my head, in no particular order:
J Scott, Vikram, Wheelhouse, Rich W, MikeOH
I also had some educational phone conversations a while back with Tim W, who helped me get through some struggles early on.
I guess I've decided it's better to learn from those doing real estate as a career rather than those making a career out of teaching real estate.