First steps..

[Lenny Reddic]

Today is Sunday Nov. 2, 2008. Tomorrow i will begin my journey to wholesaling real estate. I will first go to the county courthouse and get a notice of default list. Does anyone have any ideas on what my next steps should be? I want to utilize my time each and every day.

You guys always give good advice, so i know whatever responses i get will be good ones.

[Ryan Webber]

My business partner (a woman) was a stay at home mom with 2 year old triplets and a husband who was out of town half the time and she got started in wholesaling with very little money. I think she did over 30 houses her first year and was MAYBE working 20 hours a week.

Now let me say that she is a PITBULL. She is a make-it-happen kind of person, which you really need to be to succeed in this business (man or woman). Your sex, race, religion, family, size of your big toe or anything else has quite a bit less to do with the level of your success than does your ambition level and your discipline.

How long have you been "trying" this? Why don't you already have some hard money lenders? Why have you only made 5 offers? Who cares about your mentor or your kids, or if you're a woman, or any other excuse you can think of?

Why aren't you making it happen anyway?

My partner succeeded because she didn't make excuses about being a woman or a mom with TRIPLETS or no support from her spouse. She succeeded because her excuses didn't stop her. They propelled her. She was going to make it happen because she was a woman and because she had 3 babies to take care of with or without a husband to support her.

I know this sounds harsh, but your biggest obstacle right now is your self. Your attitude, your mindset, your perspective on all this is holding you back, and if you don't make some dramatic changes in YOU then you will NOT succeed in life period, forget about real estate.