“Real” Estate Entrepreneur

Tell me what are you doing?  Are you in control of your life in 2010?  Mind, body, and spirit, what are you doing?  My wife and I are working out 5 to 6 days a week for body.  Mind, we are both getting back into school, I am going for my Masters in Leadership Coaching Psychology and she is finishing up her Poli Sci degree for law school yay;) and spiritually we have been going to church a couple of times a month to a non denominational christian church and are looking into maybe going to a buddhist group once a month or so.

So now that you know that I am trying to better myself, what are you doing?

Please comment!!!  We can motivate each other.

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Well, Real Estate Entrepreneurs, what do you think this blog is going to be about. It is about how I feel today and how I feel about life. I have been writing a book for years about real estate investment and entrepreneurship and today I realize that there are no shortcuts. I was offered a position as BIC for a franchise and it just wasnt something that I was interested in. Why, because it wasnt for me, I am an entrepreneur not an employee. Same “E” different life.

I believe wholeheartedly in manifestation and we are manifesting a great life ahead.

I believe that entrepreneurship is like breathing. Not like unconscious breathing but like conscious sport breathing. We all know how to breathe, well we hope so. When you are able to breathe consciously you are able to give yourself so much more in life. You can work harder, longer and have more energy for everything that you are doing. In entrepreneurship, when you are on a role, doesnt everything come easier to you? How do you stay in that universal flow? By practicing over and over? Much like your conscious breathing?

Well, that is my two cents for today and hopefully you consider what I have to say. Also, try this, only breathe out of your nose for the next couple of days. If you cant do it, come back and donate a dollar to the blog. If you can do it, comment on if you were able to do more with more oxygen in your blood and if you feel better than you did before you were consciously breathing.

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Just as it is written, Google Real Estate Entrepreneur, and you will see that we are on the first page.  Pretty exciting if you ask me.  Especially if you think that we have been doing this for long.  We haven’t, we have been promoting the website seriously for only a couple of weeks.  I have read a couple of books that emphasized the importance of keywords, domain names, and content.  I guess we have a pretty good setup of them.

Some other great things have been happening for us lately.   Today, I passed my real estate broker’s exam to turn my investment company into a real estate brokerage.  This is a huge step forward for us.  It seems that as we work and follow our intuitions we take everything in stride and do very well.  I am quite happy with life right now. 

In addition to all of these great things I now have two birddogs that I am training on Friday for my first real class for our company.  If you remember I taught investment for the Star 99.7 radio stations “rags to riches” program a couple of years back.  It was a great program though it never really took off. 

Well how about some helpful tips?  Well, you need to smile.  Are you smiling right now?  Your smile is infectious and it will make everyone around you smile. 

Be very grateful for what you have, no matter how low you are there is someone that is below you and you are not in their shoes. 

Are you married?  Kiss your wife like you used to today.  Hold her for just that one extra second to let her know you care.

Go after your dreams!  There is nothing like going after your dreams, you will never feel as great as when you are in pursuit of your ultimate happiness.  Even when you achieve it, you will find that the pursuit was a great place.

You are an amazing person and all of the people in your life are fortunate to have you.

Check out my business site www.charlestonrealestateinvesting.com

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Well, in this blog I would like to talk about the importance of having a backup plan to your real estate investments.  At this point in my life, I have a great backup due to the sporadic nature of this business.  Whether or not you make any money in a month, you still need to pay your bills.  Credit is also a huge factor in growth in real estate.  The ability to leverage, enables you to multiply your returns almost effortlessly, ha!

Personally, I am in the Air Force Reserves.  In fact, when I started I was still active duty working full time.  I wouldnt recommend anyone getting into the business, to throw away their current job to chase this career.  Unless you have a great amount of backup funds , great enough to flip a couple houses and sit on the mortgages for a while, I wouldnt give up my day job just yet.  It was a very tough decision for me when I decided to give up my full time job, in fact I was making two thirds of my income in real estate and investments and I still had a difficult time just saying goodbye to the sure paycheck.  Well, in today’s economy you may not have that same reservation about a secure paycheck with businesses closing constantly and a nationwide 10% unemployment rate.  Do you have 10 friends?  Do you know 10 families?  Somebody is unemployed and can no longer provide for their family.  Sad, isnt it?  Im sorry if that is you, really I am.

Well, to avoid being in that position, or to get out of the unemployment position, start planning.  What if, should always be on your mind.  Off the tangent now and back onto what is going on with the backup or no backup.  I have often found myself not pushing as hard as I am able to push because I had enough money for the time being.  I was content, as much as I hate that word.  Being content is the worst feeling in the world.  Why on earth would you want to be content with your life?  Being content is not being happy, it is just not being miserable.

Without a backup plan you put yourself in a dangerous position, but with a backup plan you sometimes fall into the “I am fine” mindset which takes away from your ability to succeed.  What do you think, am I off?  Do you feel like this?

So the question that I can come up with is,”Do you sink or swim, or do you wade into the water?”  They say that if you pay your bills now, you will pay your bills always, how do you feel about that?  I believe it, I know I always figure a way to pay the bills.  Should I give up the backup plan?  Let me know your thoughts and tell me how you feel.

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