All Forum Posts by: Max M.

Further comments on World of Warcraft toxicity. This is a game, and culture, where if you have even the slightest negativity or insecurity, or emotional vulnerability and lack of poise, and you talk with other people and play with them, you will get chewed up and spit out. Or even worse, you'll become one of the "predators" who does the chewing up and spitting out, where your time is spent DESTROYING people.

For some people, 90% of their social interaction in WoW is spent engaging in verbal or emotional combat. Some of these people are trolls, and some are serious. The serious ones have the biggest problem, because they take it all seriously. Then you have the people who "don't take it seriously" but take not taking it seriously, seriously. Thus they are still easily messed with. Finally you have the trolls or the "well adjusted people with a sense of humor." It's often impossible to tell the difference in such a hostile environment ;)

There are two kinds of trolls: the ones who get sucked in, and the ones who don't. I reckon at least 60-70% of the trolls get sucked in or even 95%+ and end up, in effect, "trolling themselves." Which means that all the stuff involved with them stirring up emotions in other people, lead to them stirring up their own emotional energy as well and getting sucked into the negativity. The second type of troll is what I call a true professional, a master at the art. These people enjoy watching others take things too seriously (getting sucked into ********), and especially like stirring the pot. Some of them are advanced long-game trolls who don't actually try to provoke people to anger in the moment, but instead like to perpetuate "story lines" of interaction that may even span YEARS.

Finally you have the "emotionally well adjusted" people. These people may come off as trolls because they have a sense of humor that appreciates the level of absurdity found in the general behavior of the WoW culture. They somehow manage to maintain emotional poise and enjoy themselves in a predatorial jungle of verbal/emotional warfare. Some of them become YouTube/Twitch sensations and make a living entertaining people with their World of Warcraft activities.

 Hahaha, thanks for the show of support. However, there's no need worry about me :)

I'm a seasoned World of Warcraft veteran. Anything that could happen here is nothing compared to the level of toxicity you'd find in that game, and I learned to be happy there amidst it all! HAHAHAH!

Also, in the past several months I've made YouTube commenting a hobby of mine. I was shocked to discover a place on the internet even more toxic than WoW! I make it a point to every once in a while engage in the most lowest common denominator "discussions" in YouTube comment sections just to keep my troll muscles strong.

I could literally teach a course on how to deal with internet toxicity, and how it works. Learning this one thing can change someone's life.

 Thanks for the compliment. I am pretty damn intelligent, but I actually don't have huge amounts of mental horsepower. When I grew up, I thought I was the smartest guy around because everyone around me seemed incredibly dumb. But as time went on and I was exposed to a bigger and bigger world, I came to find that there is no shortage of people who's mental talent far exceeds mine. However, even the smartest people are not immune to stupidity, the most abundant force in the universe. Especially me ;) We are all caught in its clutches. This is a good thing because it's allowed me to succeed in areas where people much smarter than me failed, because they allowed stupidity to reign supreme. Where did I succeed? Mostly in computer games and a couple tiny business ventures that I lost interest in very quickly. At the end of the day I do a lot of talking, and there are plenty of talkers running around with their verbal shtick.

Considering the headache inducing amounts of real estate info out there, I'm almost reaching a point where I want to just focus on working jobs and finding better jobs just to clear my damn head!! And that's true. It's a big advantage to be able to save 100% of earnings. If I'm sitting on 20K+ all my operating expenses will be trivial and I will have all the tools I need to jump on top of things as quickly as possible with relation to communications and local travel. Not to mention with 40K+ I have all sorts of options. The only downside is spending years continuing to live with my mom (super toxic environment). I'm 30 and while I'm a spring chicken compared to some of you guys, I don't like the idea languishing here for another 2 years of my limited life span! There is another disadvantage to the save first strategy. If I started my first real estate moves with relatively small amounts of money at my disposal, it would force me to make sure my expenses were justifiable and efficient. In addition, there's no logical reason why I should wait 1.5-2 years to do something I could probably start doing in a few months or less. Either way, though, it's nice to know that the work a lot thing is a viable temporary option. Plus trying to find better jobs and get paid more is a great way to get used to negotiating and marketing.

Forum admins... always compensating! ^_-

There seem to be a number of highly successful and adept people in the real estate business who are capable of generating 500+K or even millions of dollars a year in profits, as well as people who can generate six figures with virtually no time spent after mastering their craft.

And yet I sense that you guys are just working harder and harder every day to get even more profit throughput rates, make more contacts, teach more people (often for a hefty upfront price!), etc. Why you guys stressin'?

I know if I succeeded I personally would be fine just throughputting somewhere in the six figure range. If I was bored maybe I'd try increasing it a bit, if I had nothing better to do at the moment.

I don't know about prostitutes, but I believe escorts would be the #1 cashflow generator on a property

@Mark C. what about differences in regulations/laws or mechanics of the deals? Or is that pretty much identical?

@David C.If anything holds me back it won't be my story, because that's what led to me wanting to do this stuff. I expect my own laze and foolishness will be the greatest enemy, as it always has been, but it can be overcome. I've done it before in other respects. But it refuses to back down and retreat. It is a tenacious opponent, and will not be intimidated by the loss of a few battles ;)

For some reason it always seemed to me like this site was just for the U.S. and maybe Canada. What's the real estate business like over in the UAE? Do you have experience in the U.S.? If so, what are the biggest differences, or the most striking similarities?

Of course, but let's keep in mind that this is not the marketplace section. This is a place to hold conversations! Therefore all the irrelevent BS such as my little story becomes a potential discussion topic. For instance one person here mentioned he lived in his car getting started. Phil did the same. It's a big part of his story when he presents who he is on his website and videos. There's a guy who's videos I've been watching lately that explained that when he got started he was working a bunch of extra part time jobs. How people started is one of the most compelling and sought after pieces of info about anyone someone meets in this business, both for people seeking teachers, and for others understanding where a student is at.

For instance someone who's an expert at traditional real estate investing is not going to come over here and start telling me how to invest my 500K portfolio to get a % return over the next 2 decades, because they know that's 100% the opposite of both my situation and goals