I responded to the listing agent directly (cc to my agent) for fear of being censored by my agent, that "XXX,Thank you for the opportunity, however I do not participate in bidding wars.

(Not sure if it's ignorance, stupidity, or just plain fear of the unknown.)

My fear is with tenant in there and house needing work they will be a pain and constantly want things fixed and attempt to get reduced rent and then have to deal with trying to get them out in a year Thoughts ?

And there is one that I got in during my first few deals that are an absolute nightmare (cook).The real fear is not that it will take you forever to get them out.

Thus, I'm investing my free time to being a real estate investing sponge, and looking for any opportunity to cull fear and galvanize persistence.  

My fear is, once the homeowners receive the letters and decide to give me a call, what should I say?

By the way securitization works, only 5% of CMO mortgages defaulted for a loss, the reason the CMO market crashed was because of the fear in the market that CMOs would fail, effectively making the demand zero which any economist will tell you makes the value zero.

Well, years later I've been losing this battle to fear, procrastination and "excusitis"!

Wholesaling is such a simple area to pick up in RE but I was only conflicted with fear and making a mistake but you guys have assured me that I can't make too many if I just follow instructions.

The former book gave me three sentences and, I personally feel, could be summed up thusly: Make money work for you (not vice versa), Fear holds you back (learn to control it and act), Educate yourself continuously and find experts to learn from (failure is a form of learning).As someone spending money on investment books and real estate, I feel like I must have missed the point of Rich Dad Poor Dad because it seems to me to have basically boiled down to a pre-game pep talk from coach letting you know that you can do it if you try.