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Mistake #3: Too much…To Quick

There was a company a few years ago that stated that you can not eat just one potato chip, and the same adage applies to real estate.

Once you buy your first property, you will want to buy more, more, more!

However, you must hold back you delusions of grandeur and take this one step at a time. Real estate has many factors to consider and you must not take any of them lightly.

A good rule to apply is that you should have at least 10% of the value of the property liquid and set aside for any emergency issues. You will experience vacancies, maintenance emergencies and other suprises. You want to be prepared for these situations when they happen.

Nobody ever talks about the headaches and hardships of owning property, but we do! Gladiator Real Estate Group wants you to be prepared for the difficulties as well as your success!

It is easy to protect your upside and more difficult to protect your downside. BE PREPARED!

Mistake #2: Thinking you Can Get Rich Quick!

Who hasn’t fallen for one of these seminars, books or late night infomercials?

Hate your job?

Hate your boss?

Do you want financial freedom? Hmmmm……..Yes, Yes and Yes!!!!

The problem is, and I really dislike being the one to break this news to you, there really is no such thing as a “Get Rich Quick” program. Real wealth is created over time, Period. Most of the investors have created wealth by hard work and putting themselves in a position for that success.

Some of the programs you see on TV really do work, but the problem is that they are not quite as easy as the marketing leads you to believe. You can give a person the key to open the golden door, but you can not force them to walk across the room, put the key into the lock, turn it, twist the knob and actually push that door open. It is just too much for them!

Your real estate investment team should there to assist you with your portfolio so that you can create real wealth over time. This adventure should be a fun, exciting and enjoyable process that leads you and your family to real prosperity and financial freedom for generations to come.

If you are being pressured to invest in a deal, you might want to take a step back and think about who you are working with and what your real motivation is for buying the property.

In the current 2008 market, the BUYER is the one who should be applying the pressure, not the Sellers.

Some scientists have stated that humans only use 10% of their brain’s power.Psychological Analysis from an Unqualified Therapist

• Is this true?
• Does it mater?
• Do we believe it?
• Should we care?
• Did I see something on the Discovery Channel about this?

Most of us are conditioned from birth to think that there are:

• Winners and losers
• Smart and stupid
• Rich and Poor
• Left and Right
• Leaders and followers
• Amateurs and Professionals

Wait a minute; People can fit the criteria of both categories, right? I have seen people win, but also be considered a loser by others if their attitude was poor. I am sure we have all heard someone say, “That person is so smart that they are stupid!”

We can also switch from one side to the other. Isn’t that the point of best selling self-help books, motivational seminars and therapy?

So is it true, is it possible that we only use 10% of our brain? I am just getting more confused

The Quest for Truth

The Guests of The Jerry Springer Show appear to make the 10% theory seem valid, but is that show simply scripted entertainment? The “Suspects” on the reality show COPS sure seem to be functioning on a limited brain capacity. Is this a fair focus group to calculate our data?

Maybe we are simply looking in the wrong places. Lets study the real estate investor’s perspective. If successful, they are rich, smart and professionals leaders, right? If they are not, it sure is the ultimate goal and they are taking the steps words financial freedom.

Real Estate is on Sale for 20% above Fair Market Value!

Does the above statement get the investor in you excited!

No?

Why not?

The buying frenzy of the real estate boom validates this hypothesis, doesn’t it?

When the market was booming I saw investors buying anything, anywhere and from anyone.

Real Estate 101 Rule #1, and Monopoly for that matter, taught us all that the most important key to real estate investing is location, location location.

Somehow the definition of location got so twisted that it went from meaning “Park Avenue” to anything with an address in the state of Arizona!

Now that the market is correcting, we hear a lot about fear, depression and anger. A very negative energy is upon us.

We were all buying when real estate was 20% above market value (some of us much more than that……), but now that the market is down, we are scared out of our wits to buy a property!

Does this make any sense? Is this only using 10% of our brain? It sure seems like it!

What about Real Estate 101 Rule #2: Buy low and sell high?

How about this equation:
Down Market = ON SALE

Now that should get you excited. It appears to be common sense 101 too!!!!!

10% Brain Theory is UNTRUE!

My research leads me to decline the 10% brain Theory as fact.

Some of us might only use 10% of our brain at times, I sure have been guilty of it, but that does not mean the other 90% is unavailable to us. We either do not use it, or have not had the support or training to tap into this resource. We are simply conditioned to think a certain way, but we have the ability to rewire our brains and create successful situations from what most feel is a dire one. Creating wealth is not easy, if it was everyone would be doing it successfully.

Why would anyone want to do what everyone else is doing?

As investors, we need to look where nobody else will look. Blaze the trail when everyone is telling us that we will fail. We should buy when 99% of the public says it is a bad idea. Misery loves company, that is why the news is so full of negativity. The best real estate investors are leaders, not followers.

Is it a gamble? Maybe, but then again, a “Sure Thing” does not exist.

Work hard, perform your due diligence and go with that feeling in your gut that tells you I am ready to MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Final Word of Advice: Search. Invest. Prosper.