I find this site to be so complete and informative that I use it exclusively for my education, inspiration, networking and idea creation.I do, however have what may be a personal pet peeve when it comes to colleague requests and to a lesser degree with followings.My issue is that when I receive a colleague request I generally want to accept it even as a matter of courtesy.

Just putting it out there to hopefully inspire discussion!

Try the video lessons by Phil Pustejovsky, they are on his website for free, freedommentor.com or something, they are also on youtube.I really learned A LOT from him.I was given the opportunity to work with real estate, but I was kind of not wanting to get into it, then I found his youtube channel and was really inspired with the way he teaches.

I listened to podcast 34 today and again am inspired to take action via planning and due diligence so I can hit the ground running.  

I'm an inspiring real estate investor , I'm extremely ambitious and is ready to get started.

Account Closed you’ve inspired me to fight for a lower price :)

I would never openly discuss this, but I feel that it was this website that God used to give my life a path, and because of that, I have an obligation to tell my experience so that perhaps if only one other person reads it, it may resonate and be of some small amount of help or inspiration to them.

The podcasts alone have really inspired me to take action.  

Real estatr has been my passion since childhood as i can remember watching the tv show "Americas Castles" and just being in complete awe of the architecture and design and even more fascinated with the contractors who turned these drawings in to real, tangible structures.

You have to be able inspire enthusiasm and belief that the deal will work out as you say and explain what is in it for the investor and how you will protect that investment the best as possible.If you do not understand exactly how the numbers break down, where those numbers come from, why that neighborhood or market is a good choice, how long you expect it to take and explain why, offer proper collateralization of the investment and be able to answer a number of other basic questions that will come up, you'll have a tough time getting someone to invest in you.