People Asking to be Mentored

[Jacob Maes]

I've had a few people ask me if I would be willing to mentor them in wholesaling when they see my profile or see a sign off the street. I'm curious what you guys do or think when someone does this. To be honest, I won't even give them much time because I hate when people just ask to be coached in anything. I'm a believer in you just do it, then someone will notice your efforts and will help guide you, but no one really mentors when someone asks (unless there is a monetary incentive in it). I'm just curious as what you other experienced wholesalers do when someone asks you for coaching. 

[Joe Splitrock]

I agree with @Jerryll Noorden that most people don't take action. My wife asks why I agree to help people and I told her, because nobody follows through. I get nice guy credit for offering help, but never have to do anything, haha. The secret to success is amazingly simple. Take massive action. I have seen some very average people succeed in business simply because they never quit.

I think part of the problem is people think mentoring = do the hard work for me. It doesn't.

The other thing I get all the time is people asking if they can get coffee to "pick my brain". In other words, we get coffee and I share all my knowledge. Sometimes they offer to pay for coffee and other times not. Please never offer to "pick my brain". If you want to pick my brain, read one of my 9000 posts on BiggerPockets. Some day they will use that to make a robotic version of me called Joe Splitrock 2.0 and Jerryll will write the code.