Originally posted by J Scott:
When someone shoots someone else an unsolicited email asking for mentorship, the mentor doesn't have any vested interest (i.e., no relationship) in the person asking.
This..
I actually learned this lesson rather quickly after taking off the blinders and looking at it objectively. Simply put, why should they hold anyone's hand through anything?
First of all they are creating competition for themselves, albeit maybe on a very minute scale but still, and the compensation just isn't there in retrospect. Their time is far more valuable, they have duplicated another them to cut into their marketplace and take their deals, and as J Scott stated, who are you to them?
Secondly, like anyone in business now, they had to jump through plenty of hoops to get there. They made their share of mistakes, but they made it. Why? Because they really wanted it bad enough. Thomas Edison failed 10,000 times before creating the incandescant lightbulb and Abraham Lincoln lost 7 elections for multiple offices before winning presidency. Why didn't they give up? Because they really wanted it.
There are 2nd and 3rd generation investors here, but not all of them are. Not all of the 1st generations were mentored either. They embraced their mistakes and failures like Lincoln and Edison did and made it because they wanted it.
This is the internet. There's hundreds and thousands of articles and how to's and every resource you need to succeed. Every contract you will need and how to fill them out is also on the internet. Basically just comes down to how bad you want it.
I came here May 24th and knew pretty much nothing and had nothing. Well now I have my LLC, logos and web squeeze page, list of buyers, all my contracts, I know how to do every step of the wholesaling process to get myself through and how to market for sellers. All this from asking relatively few questions and mostly from reading massive amounts of information and videos. I set my launch date for January 1st and that's only because I have a marketing approach I'd like to try that's going to cost some and I am still building my list, but I have the date firm. I want it bad, and I have taken the steps to get it. I haven't done a deal but you know what, I'm a real estate investor. To say anything else means I have no confidence in myself, and that leads to failure. Positive visualization.
If you want anything in this life you have to go get it. I live by the mentality of expecting nothing from anyone, even family. It serves me quite well. However, I have had great experience with the BP community here. They have helped me on pretty much every question I have asked. They won't hold my hand, as they shouldn't, but they always point me in the right direction. Hope you find what you are looking for buddy. Good Luck.
Michael
