Their actions, attitude and past history have to tell the story not their mouths.

v=Rwh9c_E3dJkSo the two friends emark on that journey and they do what excited real estate investors would do - they hussle, work like dogs, read and study all night and have a do-whatever-it-takes attitude.

I see the City has a Temp occupancy Tax (TOT) of 10%  for renters less than 31 days...not sure if others have found these type of ordinances "writing on the wall" regarding a change in attitude towards rental properties.   

BUT,  My attitude is "When it gets harder, we must get better at it!"  

I despise note gurus because they sell false hope to those who don't have a clue about real estate or even general business, to the naïve and they do so with such a cavalier attitude and approach, as Dion pointed out.

Now you’re a connector and there’s value in that.If you can adopt an attitude of ‘delivering value’ to others no matter what it is you’re doing, then you’ll be well-positioned to succeed in real estate and any other business for that matter.So don’t wait around until you’ve amassed a small nest egg to start ‘getting involved in real estate.’

the Issue I have with wholesalers by and large is the attitude hey if it does not work I just don't close and am only out 100 bucks.. with little to no regard to the seller.I had more than one instance in PDX market that I bought a foreclosure at court house steps only to show up and the owners were in shock.. the nice guy that was going to wholesale their house had told them it was no problem they had it done its going to close don't worry about it.. those self serving you know whats just lied to these folks and they lost their homes..

Attitude- PMs that act like they are doing me a favor don't last long.

If you keep that attitude and perseverance up in your REI career you would be a very successful investor. 

I saved enough money where the risks were lower for me to jump in, and I have equity built up in my property that helped mitigate risk as well.With that being said, my general attitude towards all this is also that everything is a learning opportunity.