He's not the smartest guy in the world, but I sure as hell would like to hang out and drink a beer with the guy.

If that's the case, maybe we should verify his credibility...I believe he is an alcoholic and drug addict.

They all rented.I pointed out that they ate out 2 nights a week, they bought lunches every day, their wives had lots of expensive clothes and had their hair and nails professionally done, they went out drinking in bars, and they owned at least two nice new cars.They never did get it.

This kind of ranting is the cause of drinking two Monster energy drinks instead of just one in the morning :)

He is right in that you need to be careful who you trust, however, countless times I have formed great relationships with top REO brokers (which is a necessity in the REO biz) and although they represent the banks as the sellers, there is somehwat of a non-personal attachment as banks are just big corporate entities and I am a real person in their office whom they like, whom they drink beers with, whom they joke and laugh with on occasion.These relationships produce great deals.

In this shop, you have to pay for the coffee whether you drink it or not.

The putrid smell of metabolized alcohol, stale beer, and sweat should overwhelm the agent's senses.

The Thanksgiving week is a perfect time to do this as you are likely around friends and family having a good time, instead of New Years Eve where alcohol and parties rule the day (not to mention that New Years kiss from the someone special).We chose real estate investing for the lifestyle it can provide and thus lets set some goals to accomplish over the next 13 months.I’ll start.

I'll drink to that later today!

Here in Chicago we have a group of fund managers that I hang out with a couple times a month (its a "braintrust" kindof thing we all shoot the shi* and have drinks) - its kindof like a support group.