All Forum Posts by: Joseph Ziolkowski

Good advice Steph and Ryan. I know this is an old thread, but as far as negotiating goes, Vena Jones-Cox's wholesaling course has about 50 solid pages devoted to it, and has a whole seperate course for it as well. It'll cost a little money, but it would be well spent imo.

Yes...In IRAQ...

Right on! If you guys could create such a set of webinars, I'd be all over it :)

Nice Jim. Can't say I disagree. And that scares me.

But, you're also not a bad investor just because you take a cash advance on a credit card. The question is whether you can use that cash to generate a greater return than the debt you are accruing from that leverage.

If you can, that cash advance was a brilliant move. If you can't, that cash advance was an idiotic move
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J Scott, this could be the one thing on which we agree in this particular thread. That's a big if. And if the market would have corrected itself without taking on all of this debt (and it would have if history and free market economics is any indication...and it is) that puts that right out the window, doesn't it? And are we really being intellectually honest with ourselves if we compare anything that's going on now with anything that Regean or either Bush did? I agree that much money was spent by all three, much of it on war, and some of it even necessary. But the numbers, even adjusted for inflation don't come anywhere close. That's where that argument falls to pieces, and also where the people making it like to change the subject. It isn't the same thing. Plain and simple. There are no "maybes and what-ifs" when dealing with numbers. It is what it is, and I'm sorry if that makes anyone uncomfortable. I get sick to death of hearing that comparison. Even if it were true (and it isn't) it still wouldn't detract from the evil and destruction that this man's irresponsible actions will rain down on this country. No disprespect by the way, I know these things get heated :)

gotta give credit where credit is due. It's not a scenario I'm particularly worried about though. Even if a short term, or a long term recovery did happen that would what, put us back where we were before, when times were good? Well that's great, except for one sticky little detail. We're still a few trillion in the hole. And it doesn't help a whole bunch to have a j-o-b, or even a business, when they're then going to have no choice but to tax the heck out of you. And your children. And your grandchildren. And so on... you get the picture. The taxes alone will ruin us all over again even in the best case scenario. Which is unlikely to begin with. And for those that think that he is just uninformed or wrong, but he's really a good guy, riddle me this. Why is it that it's been proven by now that government actually takes in more money when taxes are lower, but they still insist on increasing debt and increasing taxes. With that little tidbit of information right there on paper, if all they wanted was money, what could possibly be their motivation to put us in a position where they would have to raise taxes? Money? I think not. Somethin to chew on. IMO...

Amen to that Mike! No administrative experience AT ALL! He's only been in the business of politics for 3 YEARS!!! And he spent 2 of those three running for the office of president of the United States of America of all things! For goodness sake what the he!! is wrong with people!! So easily swayed by smooth talk. He posed as a moderate when he was running. Ya know what that was? A pile of "bovine excrement" (I like that one). It was a flat out, bonified lie. He is about the farthest left politician there ever was. He lied and he knew it. While the right is far from perfect, the left scares the pants off of me. Because they live and breath their ivory tower, useless ideals, they feel that the end always justifies the means. Because they know better, right? They know better than you or I what's best for us. I'd bet that in a forum like this, full of "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" entrepeneurs, that that particular world view will get no love. Whew!...Great thread.. :)

Wow, this thread is priceless. And refreshing too. It's nice to come to a place where so many people feel the same way that I do about this. Being from the Chicagoland area (home of Obama) and disagreeing with his policies is frustrating. Because on the one hand, almost everyone I talk to holds this guy up on a pedestal, and on the other hand, I have a front row seat to the Chicago-esque political machine from which he was spawned. And it makes me wonder how people who are so close to the mouth of the beast, and are so affected by it at the same time, can be such sheep as to think that this guy or any of his policies was really a good idea...

P.S. Tim, that was a good one. Zing! :)

This is a great post. I was just kicking around the idea of using CL to build my buyers list. To Jeff Z, have you had a lot of success without a real house to offer at the time of writing? I'm only asking because I have the same concerns as you about the importance of honesty when starting a business relationship. Thanks!

I hear ya Will. I thought that courses/books were at least part of what Josh was looking for. Affiliate deals like that would be a good way for the site to make some money, you think? But I love your idea about the webinars and such. As long as they can be very inclusive, like beginning to end teach you a particular skill and take all of the guesswork out of whatever the subject matter is. Otherwise, there are a ton of free videos and webinars out there that offer helpful hints and ideas without revealing the whole picture. Thoughts?