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22 February 2016 | 40 replies
Make it clear that you have the upper hand, being the owner and such, but no ego and no emotion.An adopted mentor of mine taught me: "Refuse to be offended."
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4 March 2016 | 14 replies
And in the process usually wipes out junior line holders.
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29 February 2016 | 8 replies
And better yet, I get a lot of contact with mentors, and exposure to deals.
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23 April 2015 | 4 replies
I completed an informal pilot of the mentoring program, which I found very helpful, and subsequently volunteered to coordinate the Developers' Network.
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3 May 2015 | 10 replies
My question is does anyone know an investor, flipper or rehabber that would be willing to mentor a novice such as myself?
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19 January 2014 | 12 replies
What you mentioned would be a valid way of getting a discounted property by having junior liens wiped out at foreclosure sale.
17 March 2014 | 29 replies
I don't mind if there are mentors, lenders, etc there, but don't make that the entire point of the meeting.
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6 January 2015 | 1 reply
An early mentor of mine convinced me to stay away from condo investing.
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4 March 2015 | 15 replies
I do think there is a trade off.If you want a mentor, there has to be trade offs.