No problem bro...if you have a strong real estate club in your area, you can basically do all of your deals within the club. Good clubs have member who are agents, bankers, rehabers, flippers, mortgage lenders, construction workers, handy men, paper professionals, general contractors, hard money lenders, rental owners, lawyers, accountants, title companies, commercial, warehousing and office space professionals, etc....all facets of the game.
Two hundred for a year is a good price (and a tax write-off). Make sure you join and volunteer on as many committess as possible. Set a goal to eventually help plan, set up and run the meetings because the folk who organize and run meetings are the ones with major connections and making $$. Find out who the top dogs are and volunteer your services to help them make money or complete projects...even if it means painting, helping to lay foundation, cutting grass, laying drywall, trash cleanup etc. -- the overall goal is to find a mentor because they are priceless. Many people start out in the game by simply finding deals for the big money earners and charging a finders fee ($200, $500, $1000, $2,000 or more per deal). If you can learn how to make somebody else money, you will eventually make money.
success
julian kelly
Originally posted by Lincoln:
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Can you make money using strictly Carlton Sheets?...yes. It is a good place to start?...yes. But if you are serious about making money in real estate, be prepared to continuously seek out more knowledge from other resources.
If you are hesitant, here are a few ways to learn about the industry first before committing your money to a course or packaged system:
1. Visit the library and check out as many books on the subject as you can.
2. Visit the bookstore and browse thru as many books as possible.
3. Check out your local real estate club and meet as many real estate people as possible and ask questions.
4. Call several real estate companies and ask "Who are your top three producing real estate agents who specialize in finding investment property for individuals." Call those people and talk to them about starting in the industry.
5. Visit your local real estate school and coinsider getting your license in real estate. Learning in a classroom settin like this may help, but it isn't necessary. You are not required to have a real estate licence to invest (I dont have one)
6. Visit this website http://www.creonline.com/ and read the 'How to Articles' ....also post your questions on the messageboard.
Best of luck
julian kelly Thanks for keeping it real and being straight with answering my question. It looks like I'm on the right track. I was already doing #2. checking out books by Russ Whitney. #3 I have my first meeting with REAL next week which is a local real estate club meets 12 times a year with speakers, only $250 a year membership. #5 I have the text book for the Real Estate licensing class which I'm studying on my own.
I quit djing and buying records 3 months ago so I'm saving money to reinvest in myself. Once I start to make money in R.E. then I'll start collecting again. I always wanted to have my own bar so hopefully I'll get that also through investing properly. I will call it "G-Spot" after Gman for providing this web page and for the music which is sensational just like "releasing" when hitting that spot.
Thanks for the web site. Hopefully I'll find a trustworthy mentor there.
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