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In a sense, MeetUp online is a portal for bringing together people who are interested in certain things.  I want encourage you to use MeetUp Groups to find local influencers and groups.  You can use existing meetup groups or use the Meetup website for that. For real estate groups, you can also use my website. It’s a great tool for this. Traditionally, real estate investors have been able to connect with other investors and influencers through their local Real Estate Investor's Associations.  This is one of the ways that my good friend and business partner, Rick Melero, moves and shakes in areas where he's never been. 

He shows up and people know who he is, and they know who his students are because he has given them specific exercises to do to connect with these influencers.  If there's not already an influential group in your area, there is a lot to be gained by stepping up and starting one—mainly a lot of influence in your local area among real estate investors who are glad to see something of that nature organized. 

So if there isn’t a group in your local area, this is your opportunity. Start one! Use MeetUp to find local influencers. This works not only within the real estate industry but within all industries, whatever your interest or passion is, you can use it.  If you're interested in real estate and you really want to fill that local influence space yourself, it would also benefit you to start a group within our group on Real Deal Community website.  Just start a group within our network and build your own network within ours. Would I be happy if you did that? Sure, I'd be very happy if you did that. That'd be great! 

Some of our network members have been brought into our internal discussions and planning on where we're taking The Real Deal Community social network for real estate investors site, how we're by the end of the year planning for this to be a minimum of 30,000 real estate investors and professionals in the network. Do the math that's a minimum of 600 within every state if you do a simply divide by 50. Those 600 people not only will be in that state but they'll also be in your group. 

For example if you're in North Carolina, start North Carolina Real Group. If you're in Wisconsin, start Wisconsin Real Deal. If you're in Illinois start Real Deal Illinois and so on, do that and we will have every reason to help you grow that in your local area. 

I hope that you see how you can use the Real Deal Community and MeetUp to find local influencers. The real point is to get connected with influencers by getting plugged into an existing group or by starting your own.   

Antonia Martinez needed money quickly. She had only a few days to come up with back rent or risk eviction. Martinez decided to put her holistic studies to the test. "I had been training back then with a spiritual teacher. We had been working on a technique for focusing and harnessing power to help bring the object of thought into manifestation."
Instead of concentrating on the $1600 she needed, Martinez focused her energy on keeping her New York City apartment. She says she did not worry about how or when she would get the cash. Four days later, odd jobs presented themselves and she was able to accumulate enough funds to pay off the menacing landlord.
Martinez, now a doctoral student in metaphysical science, says she was not surprised by her fortunate outcome. In addition to being a scholar, she is a practicing spiritual counselor and founder of HealingSpirit.com (http://www.healingspirit.com), a website that aides people in their spiritual growth, so she knows firsthand the power individuals have in attracting prosperity.
People from many religions -- from evangelical Christians to New Age followers -- believe money is a spiritual force that can be obtained by all who properly seek it. Therefore, many believe that the road to prosperity must traveled in a spiritual manner.
"Money is a medium for the exchange or transformation of energy." Martinez says and adds, "It’s not the source of spiritual, creative power nor is it the ultimate goal." She explains this by saying that most of the time people don’t really desire money, better yet, they wish to attain a lifestyle that they think only money can buy.
Just as magnets attract steel, so too can thoughts lure riches.
In the classic self-improvement manual Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill wrote: "…the subconscious mind will translate into its physical equivalent a thought impulse or a negative or destructive nature just as readily as it will act upon thought impulses of a positive constructive nature."
Essentially, what dynamic thinkers realize is that every individual has the ability to control the distribution of wealth from within. To explain this in a non-spiritual way one must only study the laws of physics: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This vital law of gravity also applies to mental thoughts.
Just as the Bible states that one reaps what they sow (Galatians 6:7), a person can cultivate riches with positive thoughts and actions. The following are spiritual methods a person can use to increase their income and have a more abundant life. Use one or all of these techniques to attract prosperity.
Prayer
Want to finally pay that credit card debt off or replace that old clunker with a brand new car? There is a simple yet effective way to make financial goals materialize: Just ask! It is not selfish or wrong to ask God for monetary blessings, if the money will be used for a good purpose. "Abundance is the natural state of the universe," Martinez says and adds, "It is not wealth that is ungodly, it is selfishness."
Visualization
Imagination is the key to success. If one can imagine themselves being successful, they are already on their way to the top. Martinez advises people not to worry so much about attracting money, it’s more important to focus on creating what one hopes to experience by having money. Martinez says visualizing is important "because it helps you establish clearly in your mind the reality you are trying to create."
Positive Action ( Act As If )
Don’t wait to be a millionaire to give to a favorite charity, do it now! Positive action or acting as if is a very important process in realizing one’s financial goals. By acting as if one has already received their wishes, one is demonstrating faith. "If you act it out, even the smallest part of it, you embody it," Martinez reveals, "If you embody it, you can manifest it." So next time bills are delivered, don’t wait till the last minute to pay them. Write checks happily and confidently, know that money is in abundance.
Affirmation
Inspirational author Shakti Gawain writes that affirmations are one of the most important elements of creating the reality one desires. Most people aren’t aware of the words and ideas that run through their minds, but Gawain writes that those stream of thoughts are "the basis for which we form our experience of reality." By affirming we "make firm" what we say. It is therefore vital to declare positive words about the existence we wish to create. Concentrate on one affirmation daily and repeat it often.
Examples:
"I am being blessed with prosperity now."
"God provides me with everything I need."
"I am growing more financially prosperous daily."
"The universe is abundant, and I shall have what I need and desire."
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Hey Team, here is a great blog post by Theresa Bradley-Banta. 

There’s a million dollar—no, a multi-million dollar—tip in this post. Actually there’s more than one. Get ready. I’m going to talk to you about your mindset.

We’ve been having a little discussion around here lately about coaching. Specifically we’ve been talking about the kind of coaching people want. I’ve been speaking with a lot of colleagues about this too. And surprisingly (to me) it seems most people are looking for a coach who will tell them what to do…step by step.

So, let me throw a little gas on the fire.

And I’ll fly in the face of what most people are saying while I’m at it. Step by step coaching is nice… but it won’t turn you into a millionaire.

How you think will.

I agree that step-by-step coaching can be effective. The idea of “building success, upon success, upon success” as a good friend says, is a powerful motivator. Yet how you think, and what you bring to the table in terms of mindset, will magnify your small successes ten, one hundred, even a thousand fold.

Let’s buy an apartment building.

Think about it this way. What if you wanted to buy an apartment building but you knew your funds were limited?

Say you go ahead and hire a coach to direct you on how to buy an apartment complex. So far so good. (And I will stress that it is important to become educated in any new endeavor before blindly jumping in.)

You start looking for apartment deals with your new found real estate investing knowledge. Your coach helps you learn to run the numbers on deals. She helps you study the market. She suggests some online sites where you can find real estate listings. And ultimately, with the funds at hand, you end up buying a fourplex… a four-unit property rather than the large apartment building you envisioned.

You’re the disappointed owner of a fourplex. You hired a coach that did what you expected. She coached you on how to do everything yourself. By yourself. Step by step.

But there were limitations.

Now let’s really buy an apartment building.

Let’s say you hire a coach who understands that your psychology plays as big a role as your newly acquired fundamental knowledge of deal analysis and real estate acquisition.

This coach has you start looking at big deals immediately. And making offers on those properties. She has you start interviewing and meeting top real estate professionals in your market. Professionals dealing exclusively in multi-family investing.

You start building a team. This is not a do it yourself endeavor.

You connect with mentors in the field. With brokers. With other apartment owners. With vendors. And contractors.

Rather than find a property on LoopNet (the multifamily equivalent of the MLS) you source deals that haven’t been shopped around yet. And through your connections and networking, you find a great off market apartment deal.

But wait a minute! Didn’t I say earlier that you had limited funds? I did. You heard me right. Here’s the beautiful thing about this story. Coach number two had you thinking in terms of abundance. In terms of building a team. Not going solo. She had you connect with professionals that brought very specific knowledge to the table.

She showed you how to believe big. How to surround yourself with other people who had the knowledge you lack. She didn’t expect you to know how to do everything yourself. She didn’t expect you to DO everything yourself. She showed you that you could fund a big deal with other people’s money. The big OPM.

And here’s what a lot of beginner entrepreneurs never realize.

When you find, or create, a great opportunity (business, real estate, you name it) the money will find you. People don’t pass on great deals.

But you’ve got to believe it.

Your awesome coach helped you think in terms of abundance. She didn’t offer do it yourself, step-by-step coaching. She helped you think in terms of building a team. In terms of overcoming great fear. In terms of being more capable than you would have ever believed possible. Of doing bigger deals.

So, ask yourself this. Which coach would you rather hire? The one who is going to show you baby steps to a fourplex? Or the one who’s going to scare the cr*p out of you? And in so doing show you how to operate with a mindset that you can apply to any endeavor you want, any time in the future?

There are several skills that need to be acquired in order to become a successful real estate investor, one of which is funding your real estate investments. This is a skill that needs to be learned early on. It should be practiced and perfected, so you can take advantage of any opportunity that comes your way. Real estate education is more than books and videos; some skills must be learned with a hands-on approach in order to develop and perfect them.

Learn By Doing While learning through book instruction is needed to learn the basics, locating funds is a skill better learned by doing it. There is an art to finding money; contacting people, and asking them to work with you. Many real estate investors fail because they do not have the skill set to locate money, and while they may be able to find every bargain under the sun, if they don’t have the financing to back them up, these bargains are useless to them. Locating Funds The first place to start is the obvious -- local banks, as many locally owned banks have programs for real estate investors. You will need to contact several banks and mortgage companies to inquire about their terms for investors. If you are turned down, move on to the next one. This may be discouraging in the beginning, but persistence will prevail in the end.

Are You Ready For A Loan? Before you even start applying for loans, you have to make sure that you have all of your ducks in a row. Check your credit score and make sure that there are no hidden surprises. When you apply, make certain that you have filled out the paperwork correctly and you have all the necessary documents in order. Sometimes the reason for being rejected is not your credit score, but incorrect document preparation.

Other Loan Sources When banks say no for whatever reason, you have to be creative and start thinking outside the box. Consider other possibilities such as bank lines of credit, owner financing, investor loans, Subject To, Hard Money, etc. Your goal should be to invest without spending your own money. Even if you get a loan from a financial institution that doesn’t cover the entire cost of your deal, don’t let that stop you, look for other sources to make up the difference.

They say practice makes perfect and once you start practicing, you will become an expert in finding funds for your projects. Your real estate education is a never ending process. The rules of the game change all the time and you have to be prepared to change with them if you want success in the real estate business. Money is always available, even now during these tough economic times; you just have to know where it is and how to get it.

Dominick Corey / www.CherryPickReos.com / Cherry Pick Reo's

Viewing infomercials on real estate can be quite exciting; seeing how individuals claim to have made millions in real estate; starting out with no money down, bad credit, no credit, and no experience. It makes you want to pick up the phone and order right away. Before you do, hold on a minute. The truth is, watching an infomercial is not real estate education and should not be seen as educational at all.

Those claiming to have secret formulas or insider information are simply attempting to entice you into buying their products. In fact, most information can be found by visiting your local courthouse or reading the daily newspaper. There are no secrets in real estate investing -- you find property, you purchase it and resell it, rent it, or hold onto it.

The real secret is finding the RIGHT property in the RIGHT location, at the RIGHT price. This information does not come from watching a television show, but from experience. While real estate classes can help you learn the basics, learning hands-on is truly the only way that you can learn real estate from the inside out.

It is essential that you start out learning the basics from a reliable source. This can be through schooling, a mentor/coach, online classes, or real estate agencies who offer training. If you participate in any type of accredited classes, they will tell you that the chances of finding a $300,000 home that you could purchase for $3,000 is simply not out there. Opportunities like this do not exist and if they did, people wouldn't be talking about it, they would be out there investing in them instead of trying to sell $500 information packets on HDTV.

Where Do You Begin to Learn Real Estate?
When it comes to learning the business of real estate, you have many options -- local and online classes are held frequently. Real estate mentors take on students and teach them from the ground up. The amount of education you require depends on what you need to pass the real estate licensing exam. If you have no knowledge, of course, you will need more instruction than someone who has worked in the field, or has more knowledge of how the real estate business works.

If you are an outgoing person who likes to talk and participate in discussions, local classes or online classes with Mastermind groups might be better for you. If you haven't come out of your social shell yet, online classes may be the way to go for you.

Regardless of how you choose to learn real estate, don't waste your money on get rich quick schemes -- they simply don't work no matter how inviting they may appear. You can be successful in the real estate market, but it takes time and work to achieve your goals. There is no magic CD or training course -- there are no insider secrets or undiscovered resources. It's all about knowing what to buy and when to buy it and you can't get that from an hour long infomercial.
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Dominick Corey / Cherry Pick Reo's

If you are an REO industry insider, chances are you have heard the term “Daisy Chain” more than once. So what exactly is a “Daisy Chain”, you ask?

According to Webster’s dictionary, a “daisy chain is a string of daisies with stems linked to form a chain”.

These days, it seems like everyone in the real estate or lending industry is trying to get their paws in the pie, and get in between sellers and buyers so they can make a fee.

Everyone seems to claim to be direct with a seller who has “tape” or a buyer who has millions to spend. What ends up happening is that the sellers and the buyers are often kept apart as a result of too many middlemen and brokers getting in between, and trying to get a piece of a commission.

When this happens there can often be as many as 3 or 4 middlemen in between a seller and a buyer. This creates the “Daisy Chain.’

Who are these People in the Daisy Chain?

The typical culprits in the Daisy Chain are real estate agents and mortgage brokers. Many of these realtors and mortgage brokers have come upon hard times, and their usual source of income has been reduced or wiped out entirely as a result of the real estate melt down.

As a result, they often think getting involved in brokering REO pools will be a fast way to make money. The reality is that very few ever close any deals and most end up wasting their time as well as others’. Don’t get me wrong, many of these brokers are smart, well-meaning people, but unfortunately, they end up creating the Daisy Chain and make it difficult for real buyers and sellers to connect.

Daisy Chain Sample A typical Daisy Chain might look like this: Wealthy individual from New York (lets call him Bob) decides that now is the time to buy foreclosed homes. He has 5 million available to purchase, he goes on LinkedIn and finds someone who has “real product direct with seller.”

This person it tuns out is realtor somewhere in South Carolina and has a Hotmail email account (first bad sign). The truth is, the realtor doesn’t have the direct contact, but knows someone else (lets call him Joe) from LinkedIn or another web site who swears they are direct.

Joe is direct, but the person he is direct with, Joe never really vetted to make sure they really have the producted to sell. Lots of paperwork gets signed, non- disclosures and noncompetes, commission agreements before Joe (seller) can speak to Bob (the buyer).

Assuming this paperwork gets signed, there is about a 50% chance an actual call takes place. If there is a call, there usually will be the buyer and seller and all the middlemen on the call. What happens after that unfortunately is almost always nothing.

The reason nothing happens is because no one bothered to really see if the buyer and seller were capable of producing. Avoiding the Daisy Chain If you are a seller or a buyer the best thing to do is to deal direct with other sellers and buyers.

Easier said than done, but try to stay away from middleman unless they have been in the industry of brokering foreclosed pools or notes for at least 5 years. If they have not, ask them to prove to you that they have transacted deals in the past.

This will at least show that they know what they are doing and have been succesful in the past.

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Dominick Corey / www.CherryPickReos.com

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Why group real estate investing? History has proven again and again that the people who thrive are the ones who work together. Have you ever considered the power of working together to invest in a group?

If you haven’t, I’m going to enlighten you as to a number of reasons why you should consider investing in a group, and explain a few of the many benefits of group investing.

Often, the kinds of deals that provide the BEST dollar-for-dollar return in real estate are multi-million dollar deals…so how does the average investor get some of that money? Without shouldering the huge debt service themselves? Well, it’s often possible when you invest with a group in real estate. Just watch out for these 8 key factors before you invest with a real estate group.

Group real estate investing can maximize financial leverage.

What do I mean by this?

Think about what happens when you put ten percent down, or $30,000 cash, on a single family house and you receive a loan for ninety percent of the purchase price of $300,000…in effect you just leveraged your money TEN times to control an asset worth (if you bought right that is) MORE than TEN times the money you used to control it.

That $270,000 loan, the other ninety percent of the money used to own the property, was OPM— or “other people’s money”. Maybe you got it from a bank, or a mortgage lender, maybe even from a private lender, or even the seller of the property itself gave you that loan as seller financing that you used to finance ninety percent of the purchase price.

Doesn’t matter, because no matter where the money came from you didn’t need to have the entire purchase price to get control of the property (and enjoy the benefits of investing and real estate ownership)…did you?

Regardless, it’s nice to own a small house with a value of more than 10 times what you had to invest cash in order to get that ownership.

And for most people, they feel comfortable being on the line for that 90% of the purchase price in the form of the debt against the property. After all, it’s considered “normal” to owe on a house, and a $270,000 mortgage doesn’t even buy close to as much of a house as it did 10 years ago in many places of the country. (though it buys more than it did 10 years ago in a few areas)

Besides, they think that since real estate goes up in value over time the fact that they’re personally guaranteeing the loan of $270,000 isn’t a huge concern for many people.

But what if you could do that on steroids?

What if you could gain ownership in a $3 million property or a $30 million property?

If the purchase price percentage  numbers were the same, would you want to personally guarantee a loan for 10 times that— or $2.7 Million? What about $27 Million?

What if you could you raise a down payment for these deals (just say we’re assuming the same 10% we used earlier)?

For many people, those last two loan examples are out of their comfort zone. Especially when you think of “personally guaranteeing” the loan.

Even if they had or could raise the amount of money required to control the property, even if it was a sweet deal worth twice the purchase price and it was controlled for a cash investment just a FRACTION of the value-- that idea of being on the hook for that amount of money in financing to do the deal just wouldn’t sit well with them.

It wouldn’t matter WHAT the property was worth, or how much more than $27 Million it was worth, signing on the dotted line for $27 Million is just not something they’d be comfortable doing.

And yet many of these million dollar deals—especially as it applies to commercial real estate, such as the deals my company looks to acquire for long-term buy and hold wealth building purposes-- are the kinds of deals that provide the BEST dollar-for-dollar returns…

So how does the average investor get some of that money?

Without shouldering the huge debt service themselves?

Well, it’s often possible when you invest in a group in real estate.

For example, you can leverage the resources of other people, other investors—not just banks and mortgage companies. This can be a major plus because now it is not you alone who is responsible for the entire purchase price or perhaps, not even be on the line for the debt attached to the purchase.

Investing in a group can give you access to investments that might be so large in scale as to be out of reach for you alone.  

Many millionaire fortunes have been built by investing with groups— not only in real estate.

But let’s stick to real estate for the purposes of this article. Group real estate investing, especially, has proven over time to be very lucrative.

There’s a lot of information you need before deciding to pursue investing with a group in real estate…whether you’re looking to invest with a group that’s already investing or whether you intend to start your own investing group— in which case the scope of this article is much, much too small to adequately prepare you either legally or logistically, but will point you in the right direction.

Here are some simple tips that will guide you in your decision-making before you invest with a real estate group or begin one of your own:

1. Know the entity/business structure the investing group uses, and make sure it’s conducive to a group

2. Transparency is key- financials should be disclosed to all investors in the group

3. Your money is only as protected as it says in the legal documents

4. Determine liquidity (can investors sell out, or transfer their piece of the investment?) before investing

5. Be aware of investing government regulations (especially SEC)

6. Learn the right questions to ask

7. Hire the right experts, professionals, and advisors— attorneys, accountants, managers

8. Don’t invest in a group unless you are comfortable with the risk/reward ratio

I hope these tips have empowered you to think about the benefits of investing in real estate with a group.  If so, you will have taken an important mental step into a brighter and more prosperous future.

In fact, the majority of all millionaires at one point formed an alliance with other people of the same vision to ensure their success.

Perhaps it is time you did, too?

HIS Real Estate Network is an alliance of everyday people with the vision for financial freedom. It is your complete connection to real estate experts, money making information and opportunities for financial wealth. We are a community of like minded investors focused on one goal – prosperity through real estate. Find out more now about our group of real estate investors, and the opportunities available for you to get involved today with extremely lucrative returns and very acceptable risks, right here:  http://www.hisrealestatenetwork.com

 My last couple vacations have been more enjoyable and more profitable than any other vacation I’ve ever taken in my life. Luckily, during those past couple vacations I've still been pretty darn productive. In fact, I’m willing to bet when on vacation I get more done while gone, without working at all during those 7 days, than I was able to get done in 7 weeks just 7 years ago. Want to know how?

Want a peek into what freedom can look like when your real estate business is built around your strengths? Want to see what you too can create for yourself when you immerse yourself to master your investment specialty and build a business and not just pursue a "real estate hobby"? Step closer and let me share with you a little of my reality today.

I'll be taking another vacation soon. But if that vacation is anything like my last vacation, I'll be contributing hundreds upon hundreds of hours of effort in marketing and running my real estate business (this is not even going to count my other business interests). Here’s just a run-down of my last vacation, when while gone for 7 days all of this was still happening:

- Internet tech support help for the tens of thousands of members of the free social network for real estate investors my partners and I founded called Real Deal Community.

- Someone there to answer emails about our company and joint venture turnkey investments we offer to our passive real estate investors who place money with our company HIS Real Estate Network for great returns with very acceptable risks and no work.

- The directors of the internship program I’ve established that pours hundreds of hours per week of free labor efforts for my company’s marketing efforts every week, can step up and make things happen in my absence so everything continues to run smoothly and our business continues to receive the benefits of these valuable hours of effort on our behalf from the amazing individuals who comprise our internship marketer team.

- My business partners keep things on keel for our joint venture passive investors who’ve placed capital investments in our company’s ‘buy-and-hold’ commercial real estate income-producing projects in Orlando Florida office buildings and elsewhere.

- The crew at the Los Angeles, California office of our company can be counted on to continue moving and shaking in the Fix and Flip business, themselves and as they manage agents holding open houses and showing our rehabbed properties to prospect buyers—properties that when fixed up and sold make returns both for our company and for our investors who trust us to turn the money and pay them a healthy return fixing and re-selling houses.

- Contractors and their teams are fixing up our residential acquisitions and getting them ready according to our instructions for re-sale.

- Investor presentations are made daily by co-sponsors who partner with our company to offer commercial investing opportunities to their clients for a share of the profits with no work and no money of their own put in the deal, and new investors have the chance to place money with our company without me ever having personally spoken to them.

- Tens upon tens of thousands of “drip” emails per week go out via auto-responders to subscribers in our infusionsoft database, adding value and educating prospects -- slowly bringing people closer to doing business with us without my having to lift another finger.

- And of course there’s all that permanent marketing out there from 7 years worth of continual effort planting seeds on the internet…bringing in an investor prospect harvest to our marketing funnels every single hour of every single day.

At any given time, even when I’m on vacation, random projects I have set in motion also have video commercials being created, events being planned, websites being revamped, joint ventures being struck, and more.

I could go on here for a long time as that’s just off the top of my head!

The point here is not to impress you. Frankly, my business is still small compared to what I dreamed of creating when I first started out. The point is to impress upon you that creating a great real estate business is not a matter  of pursuing a ‘hobby’ as so many people I’ve seen dabble in the field, may do a few transactions here and there but never build a business of any kind.

In their case, they stop hustling and the money dried up—if they were ever making money in their real estate ‘hobby’ in the first place. In my case, that just doesn’t make any sense to me.

I’ve never been excited to build something that requires all my attention, time and energy to keep running forever (the technician having the entrepreneurial seizure as Michael Gerber of E-Myth fame would call it) but instead I DID put all of my attention, time and energy for YEARS into creating a business that could run and grow without my hand always at the tiller.

Now, when I vacation, ALL those moving parts can keep moving while I relax and catch a breather from pushing hard on the business front to spend a week enjoying myself with the people I care most about in the world.

Can I be up front with you? As a business owner I am so grateful I've stuck it out in bad times so that in good I can experience what it feels like to take a week off and come back with more done in a week than I ever could hope to accomplish alone in months.

I say all that not to boast. If you’ve ever met me in person, you know that is not my style.

I am nothing special.

But what my partners and I have set in motion with our real estate business HIS Real Estate Network is pretty big-- and I want (and believe is possible) similar for all of you reading this-- if you want it, and you're willing to pay that price I always talk about.

A price not of money but of sacrifice, time, study, value-adding to those who can help, relationship building, focus and determination, creating and strengthening your power teams etc.

If you’re reading this article with me to the end, I want you to know this: what you have experienced thus far in your career and business need not be your limit.

Your bar has been raised. You are capable of more. Go for it!

When I get back from my next vacation, my partner principals may soon be heading for the same. You know what? While they’re gone, they’ll get all those same benefits working for them too while they chill out on the beach or travel or whatever. Plus, they’ll have me laboring on his behalf—and that ain’t no small thing, you know? Feels pretty good to have that kind of partner relationships. What about you? When would NOW be a great time to stop trying to do everything yourself?

My Experience At My First HIS Real Estate Live Event

 

Recently, I attended a live HIS Real Estate investor seminar in downtown LA near their office located there. Originally, the event was going to be held at the office, but because there was such an interest, the event had to be moved to a larger venue nearby. Now what I am about to share may be a surprise to many who read this, but here goes.

 

I have been to a fair amount of events and seminars over the past few years, so I have a bit of experience in this department. And I know the routine now; speaker comes up, shares some info, entices and excites you, then bingo-bango, if you want more info rush to the back of the room, but hurry cause there is only a limited number of packages at this price. You know what I'm talking about right? Or haven't you had the pleasure of experiencing this yet? I told you I was experienced in this department!

 

Well, this was the first major difference at this event. Nothing for sale. Say what? It must not have been a real live event then you say. But you'd be wrong. Like advertised, this was a 2-day learning experience with not one mention of an item for sale. Well, perhaps once, jokingly, just to be sure people were paying attention and just in case they were feeling slighted since it was later in the afternoon and nothing had been offered for sale yet. I think I saw a couple people getting ready to run to the back out of habit from past seminars.

 

Seriously though, the team from HIS Real Estate delivered on their promise and uncovered details on their fix-n-flip residential model currently in this area, their commercial investor package, and how to do joint venture, partnership deals and raise private money. And the information provided covered many techniques and a lot of information you could take with you and implement if that was your desire. In addition, there was a wealth of information on how you or someone you may know, could work with HIS Real Estate, their partners, their power-team, and utilize all their experience to get started or expand your business without all the risks associated with doing this all on your own. Plus, it presents you with the advantage of getting into multiple deals quickly and into the world of commercial investing, which can be a daunting task on your own if you are not highly motivated, knowledgeable in this area of investing, and have the resources necessary to do it on your own.

 

On top of that, examples were shown and discussed of recently completed and live deals in the pipeline currently, not projects from years ago, thus demonstrating their ability to get it done in today's economic climate and provide a win-win scenario for their investor clients. While, Rick Melero did the bulk of the presentation, there were guest speakers from the fix-n-flip residential sector and a local attorney that shared information on how to work with private investors. There were various question and answer segments throughout the two days and all questions were answered as the group present was quite inquisitive. But then this is what the ultimate live seminar should be like. A ton of information presented with a quarter ton of follow-up questions to clarify what the attendees just heard. All done in a fashionable manner that was a win-win for everybody in attendance.

 

I believe everybody had a great time, learned a lot, and hopefully left with some new ideas for their business and perhaps some will be doing business with HIS Real Estate in the near future if not immediately.

 

As for me, since I have been associated with HIS Real Estate with the ongoing MMM Challenge, it really brought the pieces of the puzzle together and cemented my relationship with the company. There is nothing like a live event and networking with like minded professionals that can pull together a team and get your mind in the right place. Personally, I really enjoyed being a part of this live event, doing my part to help bring it together, and meeting and networking with the attendees. Plus, I was able to spend some quality time with many of my teammates in the Challenge, as well as, Adrian and Luis (Part of the LA Business Team), Director Sam Ally, and the man of the hour, Mr. Rick Melero. It is too bad the time went so fast, but I am already looking forward to the next live event coming up this fall in Orlando.

 

It would be great to see 'YOU' there in Orlando as well. It will be another great event with a boat load of information and nothing for 'sale', I promise. The scheduled dates are October 22nd & 23rd and you can register now for free if you go to: Live 2-day Investor Seminar or if you would like to get more information prior to signing up, get on one of the weekly Investor Webinars leading up to the event. But do it now; time flies and it will be here before you know it. If you need a flight – the sooner the better, plus these events normally get filled and you don't want to miss out, believe me. OK then, don't Mickey Mouse around, get signed up now and see you in Orlando in a few weeks.