I still hold to the belief that these reits will have no idea what they are doing and will pay too much, causing them too lose money (or just not make much) and eventually need to sell them all off - which will be great for investors.

My belief, however, is that if someone is looking for one, and only needs to find one every year or two, anywhere in the US, that should be feasible.

I'm not promoting this site but I read this recently and it made me think a little more about my business and my personal life.http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/9-beliefs-of-remarkably-successful-people.html

People with major hobbies, intact families, religious affiliation and other non-money-centered things in their life I tend to trust more.

I'm interested in the opinions of BP members:As far as CALIFORNIA FIRST TRUST DEEDS (not Texas loans, not 2nd trust deeds) what have you experienced, heard, what are your opinions, and what do you believe the general beliefs are?

But I stand by my belief that redundancy in training is unnecessary.I think we can agree on that...again, I'm not for regulation for regulation sake.I actually don't think we're too far apart in our beliefs...

And the answer can only be a number of questions, about their plans, their overall belief about the market, their goals, their investable dollars, their tolerance for risk, and most important, their big, long term plan - and unfortunately many of them are like I was - they have no master plan.Does this help at all?

My firm belief is that Rob and others dont actually wish to be sold.

(LOL, I am not religious).

@Derron Taqee ,My take on it was that he was suggesting people the change the paradigm of their belief system to pay themselves first before anything else.