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6 October 2018 | 4 replies
It would distract me from more core competency of being a real estate investor.
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3 July 2018 | 18 replies
And don’t forget that all the medical training hoop jumping is far from over- if you’re distracted during residency, your long term job placement and income can get hit hard with a single bad review (eye roll here- we all know how dumb that is).
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24 July 2018 | 8 replies
My personal opinion is that it’s easy to get bored or distracted and jump from one form of investing to another without makIng much real progress.As a property manager, your network should provide you a lot of opportunities to solve other investors problems.
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5 December 2018 | 6 replies
., to support being organized, distraction, social media, chaos, marketing, follow up, etc.. etc...- a shared admin
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27 July 2018 | 3 replies
As a side note - THIS is what gets me pumped about going to work every day and what I hoped for from writing Set for Life - I love that folks like you can develop strategies to aggressively knock out financial worries and then pursue their creative passions in life distraction free.
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13 June 2018 | 16 replies
This is a shiny object of distraction, rationalized to look better than lipstick on a pig.
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18 June 2018 | 11 replies
I highly recommend you look into that.Something you might want to look into before you get started1) Soak up as much info as you can so that you know what you're doing.2) Pick a niche and try not to get distracted by various means of investing.3) Build your team before hand - insurance agent, local community banks, lawyer, realtor, property manager and handymen.4) Run numbers on a LOT of properties just to get familiar with the process.5) Research on neighborhoods that work out for you.6) Network.
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21 June 2018 | 5 replies
You are distracted by other peoples money and the seller financing.
26 June 2018 | 6 replies
It will drive you to distraction!
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4 July 2018 | 1 reply
Will that not distract you from your real business / work?