As long as people do not have any confidence in the economy/credit markets, there will be no recovery.

Because I was an expert in that one thing, I instilled confidence in my potential lender.It got to a point where I did a trial "close" where the potential lender committed to lending with me on my "next" deal.

They have so much cash and such a long investing time-horizon that they are confident that the investment will pay off long-term; and/or 3.

Things that you can touch like real estate, gold, food, water, ammo, etc will still have value - it just won't be valued in dollars.Unless your positive that the Euro is going to collapse faster than the dollar (which you've never indicated you believe), the only reason not to move your money into Euros at this point is if you don't believe what you're saying or if you're not a good investor.I'm quite confident that I'm right, but I don't believe what you're saying about the Euro being a good investment.

Nothing replaces confidence and posture when you are working with sellers.

Will have dire consequences to real estate investors... only if they get overly confident regarding what is happening in the market as overpay... regardless of whether they are wholesale, rehabbing and selling or holding.If you don't make your money on the buy side... which includes compensating for a double-dip scenario, your risk position is going to go up exponetially.Thanx for the post...

I feel much more confident about being able to bring agents to my team now.

After you do one or two, the anxiety will lessen and you will be able find the good deals with confidence because you aren't beating down doors to find a deal.

The inexperience is a factor, and so on.I am to the point that I am going back over my old study material for the exam, because my once-confident stature has been hammered back to reality and I feel like "what am I doing here?

Carl, Build your knowledge and then you will have the confidence to talk to professionals and let them know what you have to offer.