Thanks Oz.

Ignore the economists, if they could predict anything as accurately as they claim then they wouldn't *BE* economists in the public sphere because they'd be sipping cocktails with Warren Buffet on Wall Street.

Starting from scratch without a sphere of influence and without being known in the community, it took me a while to get the ball rolling and start gaining momentum.I started recruiting for the brokerage company and I recommend people to start part-time unless they are willing to do "active" forms of marketing such as cold-calling and door knocking.

William Brace James Vermillion the wizard of Oz has been exposed and he's not really sitting in escrow!

That's... interesting, and so far well out of my sphere of knowledge. 

In doing so, I not only diversified quite a bit, but got involved in a sphere that isn't going away.

It's basically a proof of concept for you and your sphere of influence (family and friends) so you move on to more and perhaps even better deals.

Figure out who you currently know (your sphere of influence) where they are in thier lives and what they are in the market for.

Moved to off topic forum since this is a broader question than just RE.Gold seem like its already had a huge runup, but then I though the same thing when it was $700 an oz.

Hi Charles looks like I might have something lined up, fingers crossed it works out, you will have a blast in Oz on holiday - if you can get the hang of the driving on the "other" side of the road.......