Playing them in your car is not to big a distraction.

But my thought is that I see so many new investors spend so much time thinking about branding and making logos and building websites, etc. and that's all fine but sometimes it just seems like a distraction from the actual goal which is to get motivated sellers to trust and contact YOU.How to brand your business and use your logo are just a couple of the marketing questions you'll face.

It can be a distraction and a curse or a very effective tool.

Hi Kris,To help speed up your connections it might be great to list what type of investing you are going after.It can be easy to get distracted by all the different types of real estate investing.If you stand in a circle and have 10 roads to go down if you keep going down each road a little and turning back you will have wasted time and end up back at the circle again.If you research before taking that first step and really define what path you want to go down and do it with LASER focus you will greatly increase your chances of success.

I'm not sure if my license has improved my REI but: *found my own deal, direct assess to mkt *saved only my cut in commission and did all the work ;) *met exponentially new contacts (good/bad) The bad: * need to be realtor (distract from my original goal as investor (good/bad) * disclosure and regulations (good/bad) 2.

I don't mean to cast all agents in a negative light (because that would be a gross misconception) - but I bring this up because I've worked with a few who have had a tendency to sugarcoat the facts, distract from the real areas of concern, and are constantly pushing me into a buying now decision (rather than being patient and looking for the right deal).

It would be fun to list them here and comment on each one, but unproductive.I largely changed my marketing model about twenty years ago based, in part, on the distraction caused by an emotional caller reacting to my letter and channeling their life problems in my direction at all hours.

Kamal Farhat , I agree tools are important but when just starting out they can be more a distraction than anything else.

Thanks so much all for the great advice....lessons learned....don't necessarily rely on agents to watch out for your own interests....finding a good agent is a process....don't get distracted by everyday stuff in real estate.....and it's good to come on here and get objective advice about situations!

Instead, I use it as a distraction in order to prevent myself from messing around with my "real" portfolio.