Its cold, its snow & ice, its dark at 5PM, people are thinking of the holidays, spending money on gifts, and just plain are not interested in buying houses.But its a great time to buy houses because the competition is taking a break.

This struck home!

Michael Q is one heck of a marketeer, he could sell ice to Eskimos in the Arctic. 

I consider the "coaching" to be the icing, Michael has massive experience and it's good to get questions answered because you can always learn more yet I don't need my hand held either.there are a lot of disgustingly over priced coaching programs or franchises offered by people of questionable character.  

I hope you'll quote me correctly in Austin.I certainly apologize if I struck a nerve.How about we allow this thread to get back on topic? 

It just struck me as funny when I read that.While I'm not an expert on Trustee Sales in Texas. 

When a deal is struck you learn contracts, when the deal closes....well, you learn what success feels like.

This seems to break the ice a little and I found sellers are more open if you actually show that you care to help them.

Since one of the ideas that this investor had for starting to invest was to not work for somebody else as in a job, the irony of the situation really struck the investor.So the investor sold some of those properties, and made a concerned effort to pay down and pay off mortgages, not only from the proceeds of the sales, but also from the positive cash flow of the rents.

RE is no different than insurance or boat building or auto repair or running an ice cream shop or anything else in business.