If there's anyone here that's dealt with a situation similar to regaining confidence and/or credibility after losing investor's money in the past, I'd like to hear what actions assisted you back into full fledged investing without the timidity after leading previous investors to disappointment.

If they had to mark their losses to market I am confident that MOST of the banks would have had to close.

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I purchased my first property two years ago, and am confident and comfortable with what I have accomplished thus far; however I still feel new to investing.

He obviously instilled a lot of confidence from others at an early age, including Benjamin Graham.

Foster,I did work for the "lazy giant" (I wonder If I can coin that term :D ).

In fact, one of the boring aspects of our real estate business is we need to travel, move from one place to an other, no stability :crying: But, lately I have discovered an effective system that allows me to turn a dirty cheap land, let's say about ($100 to $1000 land) to several thousands of dollars.I was chocked how things turn over quickly :shock: First, I was not totally self-confident, but with the success of a friend of mine, the training and coaching program and the benefits of this system, I finally decided to give it a try.And YES it works perfectly for me.

I needed 100% hand-held training from my coaches and mentors so that I can have more confidence to invest right.I was so much in debt that I couldn't access any more credit lines and I couldn't affort to fail another time.

I have done a google search but am not confident with results.

Obama seems like he might inspire more confidence, but then again he wants a 28% capital gains tax...