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It was April of 2007. My first ACRE weekend. In order to attend I had to call in sick to work and get my good friends at Visa to pay the price of admission 
So there I was nervous and yet excited at the same time. There was so much information, so much to learn and do, my head was spinning!At the end of the weekend I left with a binder full of real estate information, and a vision for my future ( As Don calls it "My personal Belize")
For this post I will share the part of my Belize that pertains specifically to my real estate goals.
The first time I had heard Don speak about a personal Belize and creating a vision board I did not really see how it would help me become a sophisticated real estate investor.....How could cutting out pictures and pasting them on a piece of paper help? How could clearly writing out what I wanted in life help me buy a cash flow property?
After some consideration I decided to keep an open mind and give it a shot...after all, most of what I had been doing up to that point was not working so well!
Goals:
1) Build up a cash flow real estate portfolio large enough to support my life style.
***I bought back me FREEDOM in Oct 2010...and resigned from my J.O B (Just Over Broke)
2) Own a minimum of 100 rental units.
*** I own 106 as of April 2013. Based on where I come from, and my personal life experience at the time of writing my goals, this was a HUGE goal for me that I was not sure I could achieve. I now realize that I set my goal way to low! Fortunately we can adjust our goals as we go
3) Build a successful management business to maintain my portfolio and help others.
*** As I write this post I have a successful company that has four foundational pillars. Real estate investing| Property Management | Renovation solutions | Real estate education| ( www.wamproperties.com )
Personal Belize Accomplished
A few lessons that I learned throughout my last 6 year journey:
1) You MUST create a clearly defined, compelling future. If you do not know where you want to go and have action steps that you can implement on a consistent basis you will have a difficult time making your dreams a reality.
2)You need to have a strong reason WHY! If your reason for achieving your goals is not strong enough you may just give up when things get difficult.
3) You want to build a great team of amazing people around you. No one ever achieves greatness on their own!
In closing I would like to leave you with this quote.
"Most people fail in life not because they set their goals to high and miss, but because they set them to low and hit"
Dream BIG !!! You have endless potential !!!
Thanks REIN
P.S The best investment you can make is NOT stocks, bonds, gold, business, or even real estate! The best investment you can make is in yourself!
So there I was nervous and yet excited at the same time. There was so much information, so much to learn and do, my head was spinning!At the end of the weekend I left with a binder full of real estate information, and a vision for my future ( As Don calls it "My personal Belize")For this post I will share the part of my Belize that pertains specifically to my real estate goals.
The first time I had heard Don speak about a personal Belize and creating a vision board I did not really see how it would help me become a sophisticated real estate investor.....How could cutting out pictures and pasting them on a piece of paper help? How could clearly writing out what I wanted in life help me buy a cash flow property?
After some consideration I decided to keep an open mind and give it a shot...after all, most of what I had been doing up to that point was not working so well!
Goals:
1) Build up a cash flow real estate portfolio large enough to support my life style.
***I bought back me FREEDOM in Oct 2010...and resigned from my J.O B (Just Over Broke)
2) Own a minimum of 100 rental units.
*** I own 106 as of April 2013. Based on where I come from, and my personal life experience at the time of writing my goals, this was a HUGE goal for me that I was not sure I could achieve. I now realize that I set my goal way to low! Fortunately we can adjust our goals as we go
3) Build a successful management business to maintain my portfolio and help others.
*** As I write this post I have a successful company that has four foundational pillars. Real estate investing| Property Management | Renovation solutions | Real estate education| ( www.wamproperties.com )
Personal Belize Accomplished
A few lessons that I learned throughout my last 6 year journey:
1) You MUST create a clearly defined, compelling future. If you do not know where you want to go and have action steps that you can implement on a consistent basis you will have a difficult time making your dreams a reality.
2)You need to have a strong reason WHY! If your reason for achieving your goals is not strong enough you may just give up when things get difficult.
3) You want to build a great team of amazing people around you. No one ever achieves greatness on their own!
In closing I would like to leave you with this quote.
"Most people fail in life not because they set their goals to high and miss, but because they set them to low and hit"
Dream BIG !!! You have endless potential !!!
Thanks REIN
P.S The best investment you can make is NOT stocks, bonds, gold, business, or even real estate! The best investment you can make is in yourself!
