OfflineHello DG Family,
My name is Ethan and I am an active duty AF medic currently staioned in middle GA, I have been interested in REI for LOOONG time just never had the courage to act on it! I, like most of us, have bought every book, kit and get into RE now thing you can buy! However Dean's books make complete and total sense!! With the support he, Dean, offers and the success academy, along with this website how can you fail! I have not followed through with other things in the past call it young, dumb or irresponsible, but I have a family to protect and provide for, so I WILL NOT FAIL!!! Thats my promise to my immediate family and my new DG family. I plan to post weekly for sure but daily if I can. I have a few deals I am trying to figure out now, contacting owners and such, I will keep you posted.
What have I done so far to begin my journey?
I have read:
Profit from Real Estate Right Now, twice
Tour Town Your RE Profits , but for the second time now
Yes I have joined the Success Academy but NO I am not using them the way I should, I will try to do better I promise!!
Set my website www.southerhousebuyers.net , still working on it so any tips would be greatly appreciated!
My goals are:
Get my Buyer, Sellers list and answering service in place.
Complete 1 deal before my B-day on 3 April 2011.
Complete 10 deals or more in 2011.
With in 2 years equal my salary from the military, so my wife won't have to work anymore.
With in 5 years be debt free and boss free!!!
So here we go guys and gals, lets hit the road!!
P.S. I hope to work with everyone I can in the DG Family.
You can never eliminate fear, but you can use your fear and turn it into your strength!!!!
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
-Dr. Martin Luther King
Welcome to the DG family, ERI.
Thanks for posting. I liked what you had to say. Sounds like we have a lot in common, especially buying a lot of the other guru's programs and books or attending their seminars and classes. Dean's books really do make sense and actually helped me lock up the home we are living in now. I'm pretty sure I would not have had the confidence to approach the people, let alone make the deal if it had not been for reading "Profit From Real Estate Right Now" in June of '09.
I too have been all around this thing for more years than I like to admit and let fear hold me back. I like your quote from Martin Luther King. I did not know he said that. I'm glad you posted it here. It is so true.
I'm reading "Your Town..." now and threw the monkey off my shoulders this weekend and got back "in the game" looking at REO's, researching, driving around, etc. I found what looks like a really sweet deal yesterday only to find out that I was a few days late, lol. Someone had already put in an offer that was accepted. But that's okay. I'm out there - looking and starting afresh - in the game, up to bat.
How are you doing now? Please give us an update on your progress as will I.
good luck and thank you for sharing
the words of encouragement! I am excited to be on here and looking forward to going through with my plans and helping out anyway I can! Well about to finish another chapter of YOUR TOWN!!
You can never eliminate fear, but you can use your fear and turn it into your strength!!!!
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
-Dr. Martin Luther King
Chase this is my handle, Ethan
You can never eliminate fear, but you can use your fear and turn it into your strength!!!!
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
-Dr. Martin Luther King
SWAMPED!!! My co-worker was shot to death last weeka and we have been going crazy at work trying to help with the family and get a memorial service for her together in 3 days!! I have however been able to take few moments and try to read and f/u with a few leads! Well work is calling so keep the faith and keep moving on making money!!! GOD BLESS!!
You can never eliminate fear, but you can use your fear and turn it into your strength!!!!
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
-Dr. Martin Luther King
I love your enthusiam and congrats on taking action. In the future be sure to check out Dean's other book "Be a Real Estate Millionaire" as well. I've always felt that book is the foundation of why Dean Graziosi Investors are successful in ANY CYCLE while the two books you've been reading contain the info we need to be successful in this current market. It gives an overall summeray of all the cycles real estate investors will face and an overview of the different strategies. It's my favorite book of his. But for now, stick with what you're doing and build up the momentum.
I look forward to hearing about your success
Jordan
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop and look fear in the face. Do the things you think you cannot do. Tough times never last, but tough people do"
Hello Ethan
Congratulations on the start. I am ex-military and wanted to start while I was in, but everyone wanted to talk me out of it. Stay focused and you will succeed. This can work in military, especially if you have a spouse as your partner and someone to manage any rentals you have.
Godspeed to you.
Ty
Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, and Today is a gift...
Ethel Griffin
...So don't throw away a gift, do it today as tomorrow is not promised.
for the words of encouragement. I plan proving to the wife WE can do this together she is still very skeptical b/c of all the other things I have done!
I am doing research on a few properties but still no bites on my craigslist adds for buyers?? Any suggestions? If the research comes out the way I think it will then I will have 3 or 4 properties with no buyers!! I gonna stay positive and make it happen!! God Bless!
You can never eliminate fear, but you can use your fear and turn it into your strength!!!!
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
-Dr. Martin Luther King
I took my wife and son to Savannah for a couple days, wife thinks it was for a mini-vacation, but I actually did some work! Got numbers for few good properties, FSBO and "Ugly" houses, will be calling and mailing letters out this week. Didnt get to read much but I am following what I have read so far. Still working on my buyers list, any advice?? Well thats it for now, today marks a new week and, things to learn and new oppurtunities for us all!!
GOD Bless.
You can never eliminate fear, but you can use your fear and turn it into your strength!!!!
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
-Dr. Martin Luther King
I have a few letters in the mail, waiting on a few return phone calls and keeping my fingers crossed!! Trying to set my first deal in motion and prepare for the next one!! God bless!
You can never eliminate fear, but you can use your fear and turn it into your strength!!!!
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
-Dr. Martin Luther King
Ethan, welcome to the DG family. Even though you're in the AF I won't hold that against you lol.
I was in the Navy.
When you say you're in Middle GA, does that mean near Middle Georgia in Cochran??? Thats an aviation college and there were rumors of them expanding the airfiled near there to create an airline hub. And I heard theres alot of vacant land up there to create parking lots......
just a thought
where I am located about 30 min from there! I will look into that some more, any ideas where to start? There is definitely ALOT of land that way! Thanks for the tip! Look forward to hearing from you again, if there's anything I can do just ask! As far as the Navy...what happens at sea, stays at sea! LOL, goodtimes I bet though! Any advice or friendly smack talking is always welcome!! God Bless!!
You can never eliminate fear, but you can use your fear and turn it into your strength!!!!
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
-Dr. Martin Luther King
here in my hospital bed,they sent me home with, after my recent spinal fusion, its been a week and I am moving around ok but it still hurts! My standing orders are to lay down or stand up...thats it!! I can walk around but have to use a walker and it sucks!! Anyway, while I was outside taking my walk around the driveway, my neighbor, who owns the empty lot next to me, that I have been trying to buy since I bought my house, came over to check on me and said "I finally ready to sell the lot! I told him due to recent medical problems and me not being able to work on the side, we may have to get creative with deal and he replied "No problem i like Creativity and I will even finance it too!" I am so excited...I have already gathered some reserve cash to purchase the property and been looking at cheaper home plans to build on site, for us to move in and rent out our current home. looking into all the permits and specifics for the neighborhood but it looks promising! well my meds are starting to work so til next time!
You can never eliminate fear, but you can use your fear and turn it into your strength!!!!
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
-Dr. Martin Luther King
Ethan,
Read your last post. How are you doing? Hope you're out of the hospital and home now and feeling better.
Sounds promising with the vacant lot. Good luck with it.
We joined the academy a month ago and are trying to get going with taking more action.
Best wishes to you and your family.
Cheryl & Dave