Get the dream stealers out of your head.
Get the dream stealers out of your head.
As any novice real estate investor can confirm. There are people who will feel the need to judge your dreams and try to dissuade your from chasing your goals as a real estate investors. All of these people suck.
The dream stealers will be your friends, your family, and your co-workers. I am here to tell you to ignore each and every freakin one of them.
They will tell you stupid things like, nobody makes money in real estate, or it can’t be done in this market, or you can’t risk your family future on such a wild scheme. The negative comments alone could make a decent sized novel. Little do those fools know that real estate has created more millionaires than anything else in American history. They have no idea that a job is the ticket to 40+ years of slavery. They have no idea how little value really exists in their stock portfolio, but they feel the need to offer you advice.
The dream stealers all have one thing in common, they have never been professional real estate investors. If they had been then they wouldn’t give you such ridiculous advice.
The first question to ask a dream stealer is, what exactly makes you a subject manner expert?
After a few moments of unintelligent answers you can deflate their entire argument by saying; “So what you are telling me is that you have an uneducated opinion based on no personal experience and that I should listen to you?” That line will piss the dream stealer off, but in all fairness, they started it with their unsolicited and useless advice.
I leave it up to you to chronicle every dream stealer conversation that you have during the early part of your investing career, and I beg you to seek vengeance. No, I don’t want you to slash their tires, I want you to let each and every one of them in on your success as soon as you have a big fat “shut up” check in your hand. Make sure they know how much you made, and what wonderful joyous things you plan to do with that fat check.
Don’t let the bastards wear you down.
Josh
Comments (5)
I call them vampires. They can suck the life out of you.
Natasha Keck, about 8 years ago
@Natasha Keck I have always thought of them as crabs. If you put two crabs in a bucket, neither can escape because when one tries to escape the other will pull it back down. Humans will try to keep you down at their level because if you build the life of your dreams then you become a glowing neon sign that points to their failure to act in a way that would replicate your success. It is a lot easier for people around you to keep you down than it is for them to admit that their life sucks because they didn't do what they could have done to change their life.
Josh Caldwell, about 8 years ago
@Zane Bradshaw There are a ton of people on this forum who can confirm that those dreams are real. There is no reason to listen to people who have never done what we do, and actually care about their uniformed opinion. That would be like asking a virgin about sex, its not a great idea.
Josh Caldwell, about 8 years ago
Great post man! It's very motivating to see that I'm not the only one feeling this way.. It's a great relief to know that perhaps the ideas could actually be a reality if I go for it. Thanks for that.
Zane Bradshaw, about 8 years ago
awsome, absolutely inspiring. I have 2-3 downers pounding at me relentlessly about how i should be realistic, slow down. The worst one is like you mentioned. Risking your family's stability future, constantly throwing the "what if" missiles my way. Like waves on the beach just eroding. But this post was a great confidence boost. Great read for anyone down in the rut. I read this about 4 times now and each time it makes me smile. Thanks for the great confidence booster.!
Jay Barndt, about 8 years ago