Four of five years ago I created a vision board as I was following the advice of several motivational speakers and authors.

I have been dealing with paralysis/analysis for this whole time and plan to take action.I attended my first REI convention in march and a speaker stated that "if your why is strong enough, then you will find out how."

Seminar attendees - this is especially true if you live in a city like Orlando where every know speaker comes and gives presentations.

Waiting for the speaker list

I heard on a podcast to try to get a new real estate agent as opposed to a seasoned pro The speaker feeling was it's very hard to teach an old dog new tricks Not saying that you shouldnt try But some agents are so used to doing things one way and one way only

As a public speaker and trainer for Real Estate Investing my two faviorite ones are:Zig Ziglar I will see you at the topMine Real Estate Investors are NOT born.

They usually start with some announcements, then they bring in a speaker (Banks, Contractors, Property Managers, Eviction companies, etc.) to tell you what they do. 

We are buy and hold focused off the bat and want to someday have that dream portfolio of as many doors (I'll use doors rather than houses as we hope to get some multifamily going), so when I hear that most of the podcast speakers focus on 15% cash on cash returns to their equity (or down payment) I then seem to turn around and have people discussing that it may not be that easy.

They flitter from one thing to the next and are too busy texting to really hear but a fraction of what a speaker is saying or to buy and complete reading a book on a given real estate topic to get much out if that.

It's a great group with excellent speakers/events and it is a good way to network with other investors and find out what works well here and what doesn't.Pat