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14 September 2021 | 1 reply
All of them are fantastic teachers and none of them are "gurus" trying to sell you expensive boot camps or personal coaching programs or any of the other inflated stuff out there in the REI industry.
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15 September 2021 | 1 reply
I am a high school teacher in Colorado and I am always looking to help young people get started in real estate investing or help in any way I can.
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29 September 2021 | 16 replies
I was a public school teacher, but got tired of being broke.
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16 September 2021 | 2 replies
I’m super excited to get started even though I’m a full time teacher.
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20 September 2021 | 6 replies
Hi James,15 hours and not so many questions.Maybe if you talked like a teacher about [1] ways to control projects, [2] how to keep costs down, and [3] how to keep quality high, it might start this thread out more powerfully vs asking what they want to know (because a blind man cannot see, but he can be led--Confusious)Because this can be a GREAT thread.https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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17 September 2021 | 2 replies
Get names, addresses, phone numbers, emails....ask your mentors who would do business with you...your parents, grandparents, relatives, teachers, etc.Think about what niches or niches you want to focus.Read everything you can about real estate between now and then.Find the most successful real estate investors, agents, brokers, etc in your area between now and then and take them to lunch.
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28 September 2021 | 6 replies
Even though I was surrounded by amazing teachers, had a great and supportive family, but I didn't really know anyone in this REI world.
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20 September 2021 | 5 replies
I am a high school teacher in Colorado and I am always looking to help young people get started in real estate investing or help in any way I can.
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27 November 2021 | 2 replies
No one ever trained me in sales, marketing, etc, and good customer service is just "being a decent person and treating people well," IMO, which you don't need training or a class for, just do what your 3rd grade teacher told you to do and you will be all set.
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7 December 2021 | 86 replies
@CJ M.have the police take the video to the school and see if the principal or teachers recognize the kids.