IF I had listened to the " internet" well.... 4.

Don’t listen to dooms day people like DAN H (lol just kidding ) but Dan you are so negative in the forums… you know a lot but there is a way! 

So she has been listening to me and leveraging for a while.

Just look back on what the expectations/forecasts were of interest rates at the end of 2023, nobody (even wall street) seemed to be listening to Powell's meetings and were overly optimistic.

They called the office asking for us to buy them new shoes.

Reading how-to investing books, listening to investing podcasts and going to local investor meetups are great ways to learn the ropes. 

The more you can connect with the person you're trying to get to listen to you, the better I believe your results will be. 

I would advise the latter.Do not listen to Andrew B.

I'd probably go back and listen to a year's worth of podcasts and see if you like his style and info. 

We do deals with Kiavi and I was actually just listening to an interview about them this morning.